Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 13

Agnes never fancied high–collar shirts, and Beatrice knew this well. Today she felt weird somehow, and it turned out to be a bombshell discovery.

Beatrice stepped up and yanked down Agnes‘ collar, “Agnes, I’m gonna tell Dad about you messing around with some dude! You’ve got a hickey, but you broke up with Elton, so it must have been the guy who dropped you off today!”

Beatrice looked at her with scorn, “Agnes, I never thought you’d be such a floozy. Bet you stabbed Elton in the back, and that’s why he dumped you, right?”

“Beatrice, zip it.”

“I hit the nail on the head, didn’t I? If you want me to keep mum, hand me the invite and tell Dad yourself that you don’t wanna go. Or else, Dad will hear it from me, as well as Elton and his folks.”

scared of Beatrice’s threat, but because she was fed up

a smug grin, Agnes

next day, Agnes got up early skipped breakfast, and headed back

a junior journalism major

a distress message from her

immediately tossed her suitcase and bolted

knew this was serious. She had done research on bullying at school, and these five mean girls were the main perps. They had formed a group

said a pretty woman was

was a case in point. He was a straight–A student, attractive, and had a lot of female admirers at school. Because he was icy and aloof, his fans nicknamed him Prince Frost and formed a group called the Ice Cream Club. The five ringleaders called themselves Ice Cream Princesses, but everyone else knew them as the 5 Bitches.

with an iron fist, picking on any girl who had contact with Ryder. Any girl who had written him a love letter, given him a gift, or

had her hair chopped off by the 5 Bitches for giving Ryder a love letter. They forced