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.”

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

and left with a smug grin, Agnes

early skipped breakfast, and headed back to school

junior journalism major at Lakeside

the school gate, she received a distress message from her roommate, Kerri. The 5 Bitches had trapped

seeing the message, Agnes immediately tossed her suitcase and bolted

bullying at school, and these five mean girls were the main perps. They had formed a group called the Ice Cream Club and 90% of the bullying incidents at Lakeside College were related to this group.

was caused by a guy, Ryder Whitfield, a hotshot and a medical student at Lakeside College. Some said a pretty woman was a ticking time bomb, but a good–looking guy could stir up just as much

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

who had written him a

when she was working on a news project, a girl had her hair chopped off by the 5 Bitches for giving Ryder a love letter. They forced her to strip and posted the photos on the school forum. The girl couldn’t take the humiliation and almost committed suicide.