Zero Tolerance

Shelly was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Seeing Harper doing so well these days, Shelly was seething. Back in grade school, Harper had been flat broke, nothing in her lunchbox but thin rice gruel and a few pickles, while Shelly always had sandwich money and a bag of chips.

Now, the tables had turned. Shelly was the one struggling to get by.

What made it sting even more was that Harper had