The gym went silent.
Brielle stood frozen.
Mason did not smile. He did not gloat. He simply held the microphone and spoke.
“I didn’t make this to embarrass you, Brielle. I made it because every person you laughed at deserved to know they weren’t alone.”
Then he looked out over the room.
“If anyone here has been treated this way, in this school or anywhere else, I want you to know you don’t have to carry it quietly.”
Slowly, one boy near the back stood.
Then a girl in a
