My Fake Boyfriend Is the School Bad Boy novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224 News Vans Rush The Campus

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Sofia stood up beside Hugo.

“The petition requires a board response within forty-eight hours,” Sofia stated. She held her poster board high. The black letters read: Honor The Handbook. Grant The Tribunal. “Mr. Harrison signed the document. You possess zero grounds for dismissal.”

Another student stood up in the second row. It was a girl from the A-wing.

“Grant the tribunal, the girl demanded.

Two more students stood up. Then ten. Then fifty.

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The movement rippled through the massive crowd. Hundreds of teenagers pushed themselves off the damp pavement. They stood shoulder to shoulder. They formed an impenetrable wall of uniforms. They rejected the intimidation tactics. They rejected the rigged system.

“Disperse!” Miller shouted into the megaphone. The static shrieked. “Guards, clear the plaza. Start with the front row. Detain Martinez and

Petrova.

The four security guards hesitated. They looked at the sheer size of the crowd. They lacked the manpower to detain three hundred angry

teenagers.

‘Do your jobs!” Chairman Davis yelled from the top of the steps.

The lead guard took a step forward. He reached for Hugo’s arm.

Ryder moved. He stepped in front of Hugo, placing his broad frame between the security guard and the B-wing student. Ryder wore his scuffed boots and his dark jeans. He looked like the dangerous delinquent the media portrayed. He looked ready for a physical war.

“Do not touch him, Ryder warned. His tone sounded like scraping metal.

The guard stopped.

The standoff froze the courtyard. The administration held the wealth. The administration held the power to ruin transcripts and revoke grants. But the students held the numbers. They held the moral high ground.

I stood up. I stepped beside Ryder. I faced the principal.

“You cannot silence the truth, I said to Miller. “You cannot suspend an entire generation because we refuse to accept your lies. We demand the Academic Tribunal.”

‘I will expel every single one of you, Miller threatened. The desperation made his face turn an ugly shade of red. “I will ruin your college prospects. I will call the police and charge you with trespassing.”

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I looked at the faces surrounding me. The fear that dictated our lives for four years vanished. The elite used our ambition against us. They knew we wanted to escape the East Side, so they dangled the grants and the recommendations just out of reach. They forced us to compromise our values to secure a future.

Today, the compromise ended.

I felt an overwhelming surge of pride. This was my community. These were the kids who shared cheap sandwiches in the battered corridors. We lacked the designer clothes and the trust funds. We possessed raw grit. We possessed solidarity.

Principal Miller raised the megaphone again. His hands shook. The plastic device trembled against his mouth.

This is your final warning,” Miller bellowed. “The police are five minutes away. When they arrive, this ceases to be a school issue. This becomes a criminal matter. You will leave this campus in handcuffs. Ask Mr. Steinmann how that feels.”

Ryder flinched at the mention of his arrest, but he did not step back. He held the line.

“Call the police,” Sofia challenged. Her brown eyes burned with defiance. Let them arrest three hundred honor roll students for reading the school rulebook. Let the city see how Crestview Prep treats the working class.”

Chairman Davis marched down the stone steps. He snatched the red megaphone out of Miller’s hands. The billionaire board member decided to take control. He possessed zero patience for teenage rebellion. He viewed us as defective commodities.

‘Listen to me, Davis commanded. He did not yell. He used a cold, measured tone that carried total authority. “You believe this protest matters. It does not. The real world does not run on fairness. It runs on capital. It runs on power. We own this institution. We own the board. We will deny the tribunal. We will expel Petrova. Your little display of unity changes nothing. It only guarantees your own

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