Andrew thought that behaviour was strange, but still didn't know how to deal with the situation. So he pretended he didn't see anything, and walked past Thomas. Dodging in trying not to bump into him.

Thomas just kept quiet and watched Andrew's behaviour during the next class breaks. Thomas forbade Andrew to play in the sandbox. Then he forbade him to play near the fountain, then he forbade him to play on the swing, then he even forbade him to play in the Garden. Lastly, Andrew was forbidden to play in the yard. He could no longer play in the courtyard when one of his colleagues was not there. Everything belonged to Thomas.

Almost always, when he got home, he had a new note inside his backpack. Most likely it had been Thomas. In the notes, he could find sentences like “Don't come back”, or “Don't touch my things”.

Thomas and Jimmy once hit a kid at school so hard that the boy's nostrils felt like bloody faucets. As Thomas smacked the boy in the face in front of everyone at recess, he