I’d seen countless times where Patrick sought to make someone miserable. That day was different. I knew he hated school, and most of the teachers, but I saw something new in his reaction that afternoon. It wasn’t that Mr. Biner antagonized him. It was something else. It was the way he reacted when he had to go home early. He hated school and made no secret of it. But did he despise being home just as much? I don’t know. I have no idea where he felt like he belonged. That afternoon proved one thing, though. He was more comfortable walking into a thunderstorm than being in either one of those
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