The Fall of a Golden Boy — Episode 4

on social media on the first day of fall semester she became the center of attention boys flocked to her girls praised her on her face and talked behind her back tristan the star quarterback the top of the campus pyramid fell for her instantly he was completely obsessed from moment on sloan was all he saw he'd break into the campus at 6 a.m just to get her the best

lab system he'd drive to three different beverage shops just to get her secret menu drink he'd do anything to make her laugh i'm full i set down my half-eaten burrito bowl and ran to my room if i stayed one more second i was scared i'd start crying i closed the door and buried my face in the pillow i bit down hard on my lip so i wouldn't make a sound

i opened my laptop and logged into the student portal i looked up the inter-campus transfer process there was a top public university up in northern california my aunt worked there as an academic advisor in the physics department she'd asked me the year before if i wanted to transfer i have a very strong stem program and i've won state championships with my robotics

i'd said no back then i didn't want to leave home i didn't want to leave tristan looking back now It was almost funny. The person I'd refused to leave hadn't hesitated to hurt me. My phone It was a video call from Tristan. I declined right away. He called again. I declined again.