From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 62

After Daniel retreated to his room, he hopped onto his GlobalGigaNet account, eager to check his messages. Scrolling through, he was shocked that Sherman had boldly asked Phoenix to connect on the chat app.

But Phoenix had turned him down.

Daniel’s jaw dropped in shock and a look of utter disbelief painted across his face.

Man, this Phoenix was something else!

Mad respect!

His curiosity about Phoenix was growing by the second!

The Morris family was still as death, the moonlight barely penetrating the heavy curtains of the bedroom. A solitary figure lay in bed, engulfed by the shadows.

“No, please, no!” The figure jolted awake from a nightmare, fumbling to switch on the bedside lamp, her face pale as a sheet, forehead slick with cold sweat.

Rebecca had been haunted by that dream again.

Even upon waking, she couldn’t shake off the pain and despair from her past life’s final moments and that face.

Just the thought of it filled her with an unbearable dread.

In this life, she was determined to break the cycle.

Clutching the covers tightly, her hands trembling, Rebecca fired up her computer and typed in a name. The screen threw back a 404 error, showing no information found.

was in

in her mind. Right, there

his side, at the very top of the social pyramid!

to catch Mr. Christensen’s eye. She needed substance and strength.

time to step up her

eyes narrowed with resolve.

counting the

1/7/2

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when someone practicing French caught her ear. She paused,

master, juggling ten languages with ease, while rubbing elbows with

ears, stirring an almost irresistible

1. it.

her, “Hey, Anthea, how are you?”

in acknowledgment.

up on my French,” Baldie said. “You into it?” Mid–sentence, it dawned on him that Anthea hadn’t even finished

could she possibly be interested

I

I’m the top of

students was an unspoken rule. The underachievers hung out together, and

Baldie was the dream of many girls in class.