Chapter 179

The change didn’t happen all at once.

It never does.

There was no big moment the next morning where everything suddenly became perfect. No apology speech. No dramatic shift in the entire class.

But something small had changed.

And small changes, Daniel had learned, were often the ones that lasted.

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Wednesday morning started normally.

Alex was back to talking.

A lot.

“Did you know frogs can breathe through skin and lungs and also maybe dreams?” Alex said while ...