“I kept asking him to stop, but . . .” Sniff. “He kept doing it. It hurt.” “Did you tell the teacher?” Morgan asked. Ava nodded. “Mrs. Sloan said he probably likes me. If he likes me, why did he keep hurting me?” “Your teacher is wrong.” Morgan bit back her irritation. “Boys don’t hurt girls they like.” They do it because they enjoy it, and if no one teaches them manners, they grow up to be men with no respect for others,
