Chapter 14 - The School Changes Its Rules

The scandal forced the school to examine more than Vanessa’s behavior.
Admissions oversight changed.
Scholarship governance changed.
Family donors no longer received informal influence over applicants.
Financial reporting became more transparent.
Principal Warren admitted the school had allowed wealth to become
proximity to power.
Rachel appreciated the honesty.
She did not demand the school become perfect overnight.
She demanded systems that did not depend on rich families behaving well.
Liam joined the robotics club.
Then soccer.
He got in trouble once for launching a paper airplane during assembly.
Rachel was secretly relieved.
He was becoming an ordinary student again.
Not the boy who had been slapped.
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Not the hero’s son.
Just Liam.