With my face burning from the force of Imani’s slap, I watched her storm down the hall and around the corner. I brushed my fingers against my cheek and clenched my jaw, chest tightening slightly at her anger and pain.
João and Kai, who had been silent up until now, burst out into a fit of laughter.
“What the f**k are you laughing at?” I growled and shoved João into the red lockers.
“The f**k did you do to her?” he asked.
Kai glanced back down the hall in her direction, cracking a small smile that I rarely saw anymore after his mom died. “I haven’t ever seen her that angry before. She’s usually a quiet little thing.” Kai drew his tongue across his bottom lip, then turned in my direction. “What happened?”
I swung my backpack off my shoulder and pulled out a lighter. “Nothing.”
“Bullshi
