The Annoying Sleepwalker Chapter 25
At the same time, the scholarship results came out. My name was still on the list.
I sat there staring at the screen for a long time.
I didn’t cry.
I didn’t shout.
For the first time, I just felt steady.
Later, Blair’s disciplinary action became official.
She received a formal reprimand and paid the full compensation.
She lost all student honors and recommendation eligibility for the year.
And she was permanently moved out of our room.
Her evaluation showed no clinical diagnosis of any sleep disorder.
The story circulated on campus for a while, then newer gossip buried it.
But there was one comment on Yik Yak that I never forgot.
“Kindness is a virtue.”
“But it isn’t a waiver for damages.”
It took me a whole lifetime to understand that.
Kindness needs boundaries.
Without them, people will treat it as an open door.
Bystanders tell you to be gracious because they aren’t the ones paying the price.
So this time, I didn’t ask anyone to understand me.
I just laid out the bill and made everyone look at it for themselves.
Turns out, a simple “just let it go” can be very, very expensive.