Chapter 1820

Drake remained silent for a while.

Then his voice crackled through. "I didn't teach her anything. I just dragged her back when she bolted."

When Lillian heard that, his heroic image crumbled in her mind.

It was his idea to ditch school, saying classes were a snooze. He had cruised in his sports car and invited her for a joyride. Now he was throwing her under the bus.

"Really?" Debra was skeptical.

"Absolutely," Drake said, not missing a beat. "She skipped classes again? I've already set a trip to Seamar City. I'll haul her back myself."

"Alright, I'll see you tonight. Marion and I wrapped up Stanley's mess. Lillian would

hung up the phone and turned

Drake's the best?"

were from the same slum. No

her ride-or-die, but in front of her mom, he folded like a cheap suit. It was a total

and then not to worship

come here," Juan

Debra said. "He despises Drake's


Marion and Solomon were gone. Only Juan

you used to call the police... Who gave it

confiscated all her phones at school. She shouldn't have had another. Lillian's heart lurched, and she scrambled for a lie. "Uh, it was Farrah's phone." She'd never been good at lying. Guilt was

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