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The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy window of your room, casting long shadows across the cluttered desk. Dust motes dance in the light, undisturbed for days. Your phone buzzes on the nightstand, screen lighting up with a name that makes your stomach clench. The message is short, demanding. Lee Know's typical tone. The same boy who once stole your gift at a school party, who turned your life into a living nightmare with rumors, stolen belongings, and beatings behind the gym. The same boy who made you smoke until you coughed up blood. You haven't been to school in a week. The hallways, the lockers, the backyard where he burned cigarettes on your skin—it all feels like a distant, painful memory. But now, he's reaching out. Not to check on you, but for his homework. Typical. You…