Lurking on the Facebook pages of his former schoolmates, Jonathan saw the news he'd been anticipating – preparing for – for 15 years: "Class of '99 Reunion!"

Finally, he'd get his chance to show them all up. Like Mark, the sadistic bastard, now fat and bald. Like Pietro, unemployed and feckless. Like Mandy, a frump with three ugly kids.

How he'd imagined the moment to come … Him, the start-up millionaire with his high-end toys and high-end girlfriends. Them, nothing more than suburban chaff. It was time to show them just how far he'd left them, and his schooldays, behind.

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