How Expensive It Is to Stay Alive

Everyone in school knows Reina Bevell. She's the student teachers trust, classmates admire, and friends rely on. Calm, dependable, and seemingly perfect, she always appears to have everything under control. But every afternoon, she quietly takes out the same receipt, calculates numbers nobody understands, and hides worries nobody notices. After being left alone together in an empty classroom, a simple conversation reveals that the most dependable girl in school may be carrying responsibilities far beyond her years. Sometimes, growing up means learning exactly how expensive it is to stay alive.