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I used to steal my poor classmate\u2019s lunch every day\u2026until I found out who was really rich.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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I was the terror of the school. That\u2019s not an exaggeration, it\u2019s a fact. When I walked through the hallways, the younger children would look down, and the teachers would pretend not to see certain things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My name is Sebastian. I\u2019m an only child. My father was an influential politician, one of those who appear on television smiling while talking about \u201cequal opportunities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mother owned a chain of luxury spas. We lived in a mansion so large that the silence echoed in the hallways.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had everything a boy my age could want: the most expensive sneakers, the latest iPhone, designer clothes, a credit card that seemed to have no limit.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I also had something that no one saw: a heavy, thick loneliness that accompanied me even when I was surrounded by people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In school, my power was based on fear. And like any coward with power, I needed a victim.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tom\u00e1s was that victim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom\u00e1s was the scholarship student. The one who was always at the back of the classroom. The one who wore the uniform inherited from some unknown cousin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He walked with his shoulders hunched and his eyes fixed on the ground, as if he were asking for forgiveness for existing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He always carried his lunch in a wrinkled brown paper bag, stained with oil that betrayed simple, repetitive meals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For me, it was a perfect target.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every day, during recess, I repeated the same \u201cprank.\u201d I would snatch the bag from his hands, climb onto a table, and shout so everyone could hear:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014Let\u2019s see what garbage the little prince from the favela brought today!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laughter erupted like fireworks. I lived for that sound. Tom\u00e1s never fought back. He didn\u2019t shout. He didn\u2019t push.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He would just stand there, his eyes bright and red, silently pleading for it all to end quickly. I would take out his food\u2014sometimes a bruised banana, sometimes cold rice\u2014and throw it in the trash as if it were contaminated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Afterwards, I would go to the cafeteria and buy pizza, hamburgers, whatever I wanted, paying with my card without looking at the price.<\/span><\/p>\n

I never thought of that as cruelty. To me, it was entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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