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Am nächsten Tag war Ravis Name auf allen Lippen. Geld kam in seinem Account ohne Erklärung. Und die Leute gravitationierten vor ihm, ehrgeizig für seine Aufmerksamkeit. Auch Jaycee, einst ein leuchtender Schatten, seemed to shrink in his presence. Ravi quit his job at Delamonaco's with a smirk. He didn't need it anymore.
He bought new clothes, threw lavish parties and drove to school in a sleek car he hadn't even realized he owned until it was in his driveway. But none of it mattered without Edie. When he approached her after school, expecting the admiration he had now received from everyone else, her expression stopped him cold. You've changed, she said. In a good way, right? He asked, his voice too eager.
No, she replied, her tone flat. This isn't you. The words stung more than he cared to admit, but he brushed them off. She didn't understand. How could she? He'd spent years clawing his way out of mediocrity, and now he finally had a taste of something better. Still, her rejection gnawed at him. At a party a week later, Ravi saw his chance to prove himself when JC arrived, uninvited.
JC was drunk and loud, pushing his way through the crowd like he owned the place. Ravi's stomach tightened as he watched him shove past people, slurring insults and laughing at his own jokes. The flicker of resentment inside Ravi grew hotter with each step JC took. The moment came when Jay-Z stumbled too close. His mocking voice louder than the music. The crowd quieted as Ravi stepped forward.
Words were thrown like punches, sharp and biting. Then came the real shoves. And before Ravi knew it, he had swung. Seine Füße brachten in Jacey und die Kraft sendete ihn auf den Boden. Ravi registrierte kaum den Schrei um ihn herum. Die Heizung sprach durch seine Hände, eine seltsame, brennende Sensation. Und als er nach unten guckte, sahen seine Finger nicht richtig aus.
Seine Zähne waren schwarz und scharf. Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017 His nose was broken, his lips split wide. Ravi grabbed him again, yanking him up only to throw him down harder. The weight of his own strength felt alien, as if it didn't belong to him. The room was silent except for Jaycees broken gasps.
Ravi stood over him, breathing hard, his hands trembling as he stared at the damage he'd caused. Ravi! Edie shouted, her voice sharp and filled with horror. He turned to see her standing in the doorway, pale and wide-eyed. She didn't move, her shock freezing her in place when she asked what he was doing. The words felt distant, unreal, when Ravi said he was proving he wasn't a joke.
Edie shook her head and backed away, her face twisted, not in anger, but something worse, disgust. You're not the Ravi I knew, she said, and then she was gone. The arrest was swift. By the next morning, Ravi's face was splashed across social media and the local news with assault charges. The boy who had once been invisible was now infamous.
In the confines of the jail, Ravi sat on the cot, staring at the floor. His world, once so full of promise, had crumbled. The wealth, the power, the fleeting attention of strangers, all of it felt meaningless. Edie besuchte ihn einmal. Sie saß von ihm. Seine Arme schlug sich fest. Sie wusste nicht, warum sie da war. Sie fühlte sich nur noch einmal an, um ihn zu sehen.
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