Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Slater was in a panic: "What the heck are you doing?! You believe I can sue you for invasion of privacy?!"

Mamie retorted, "Public place, legitimate evidence gathering. Sue all you want, but I'm just a concerned citizen here, thank you very much."

"You-you guys-" Slater was fuming.

Sybil, seeing Mamie was seriously filming with her phone, couldn't help frowning: "Slater, are you out of your mind?"

Slater was like, "What the fuck?"

"If you don't know, then don't talk nonsense. We're splitting the bill here, fair and square. No expenses for you to claim. Now, move it, let's eat and head back to school!" Slater, resentful, shot a menacing glare at Roseanne and the others before walking away.

Arkle, however, didn't move, caught up in the thought of splitting the bill...

"Sorry, I just remembered something urgent. I gotta go, enjoy your meal!"

With that, he dashed off faster than a rabbit.

Slater scoffed: "Country bumpkin! Just afraid of spending money!"

Sybil dismissed it: "Let him be."

As Roseanne and her friends left the diner, their ride pulled up.

Mamie and Scales got in first.

Roseanne was about to take the shotgun seat when she caught a figure out of the corner of her eye and paused.

Thinking it over, she approached, "Are you... Arkle?"

stepped out from the shadowy corner, scratching his

you're heading back to school, we've got a ride. You could

surprise was tinged with

diner was far from school. Coming over, Slater had called for a cab, costing

the bus, but the service had already stopped for the

set up a carpool on a ride-sharing app, aiming to spend only five bucks to get back, but couldn't find a match. Just as he was about to cancel, Roseanne showed up.

"Thanks a lot!"

was

was already snug with Mamie, and adding him to the

you? My

scratched his head and flashed a big,

minutes later, they arrived at

put, looking puzzled. "We're here,

explained, "We don't live on

scratched

He

Pulled something out of

his

and handed it to

through the car wil

before dashing off.

picked up what he'd handed

cash. Twenty

digital payments,

glanced at it and commented, "He's too