Everyone Laughed When I Agreed to Dance With the Class Outcast at Prom – But the Tiny Box He Handed Me at Midnight Made My Knees Buckle

When the school’s most mocked boy asked me to prom, everyone laughed—including my controlling older brother. I thought surviving the humiliation would be the hardest part. Then, at the end of our dance, Theo handed me a red folder and whispered, “Your brother is lying to you.”

I had always thought of senior year as the finish line, the place where I continue reading …