Chapter 125

Chapter 125

Yvonne had been waiting for her family to praise her, but Sally’s reaction was so intense that it stunned her. For a second, she just froze, then darted behind Jared for cover.

Jared frowned, studying Yvonne’s boyish short hair, then shot me a reproachful look. “Victoria, why did you cut Yvonne’s

hair so short?”

Next to me, Quinn rolled her eyes and silently mouthed, “You’re nuts.”

I knew that every time Yvonne made a mistake, it always came back to me getting scolded. I’d gotten used to it.

“Yvonne was the one who wanted to get her hair cut,” I said.

Yvonne nervously clutched Jared’s shirt and whispered, “Yeah, I wanted to. Does it look bad?”

This time, I wasn’t going to take all the blame for Yvonne’s choices. Since she was the one involved, I made sure she spoke up for herself.

like a dog chewed on it,” Sally finally stopped blaming

Yvonne seriously, “Why did you cut your hair? You’re a girl. Long hair is

be pretty. Mom’s pretty, but it doesn’t do her any good,” Yvonne said, using me

her hands on her hips and in her best grown–up voice, she added, “I want to be a fighter

a glance and couldn’t help but laugh. They gave Yvonne’s cheeks a playful pinch, and just like that, the

probably remembering how they’d just finished scolding me. He said, “Since it was Yvonne’s idea, you still should’ve talked to me before

squat to me. I just replied coolly, “She’s growing up. She can make her own

clearly wasn’t buying it. “Growing up? She’s not even eighteen yet. She still needs to be kept in line. Just look at her, all tomboyish. She

be a boy for a while,” Yvonne said,

but laugh at that and let it

“I’m flying to Showtown this afternoon. Want to

flickered.

you might be bored staying here, so why not come along for a change of scenery?” Jared said, actually

he start caring about how

I was letting a chance like

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