Instead she tried to shrink away and out of sight. She stopped raising her hand to answer questions, hoping the teacher might forget she was there. The confident, sassy, athletic girl grew quiet. Her grades started to slip, and she didn’t have the energy to do her homework. At home, she’d steal money out of her mom’s purse. It got harder and harder to bottle up what was boiling inside. When her classmates made fun of her, she started to shove back. Her teacher and her classmates were no longer impressed—now Faye was an aggressor.
