Not A Small-Town Girl

Audrey thought.

Her blood boiled with jealousy, but she forced herself to stay calm, especially with her parents standing there.

Danielle must’ve felt Audrey’s glare because she looked up, meeting Audrey’s eyes for a split second.

Audrey froze. ’Has Danielle noticed something? No, it couldn’t be,’ she thought. After all, Audrey was the one drenched in juice, not Danielle.

"Mom, Dad, Danielle, David, I’m going upstairs to change. Excuse me," Audrey said, putting on her best polite smile as she excused herself, refusing to blame Sarah in front of everyone.

As she walked past David, she shot him one last look, but David didn’t even glance at her. He didn’t acknowledge her at all. Audrey’s chest tightened with frustration.

Did that scare you?" "I’m fine, Mom,"

even more, she was scoring points with David in front of her

Sarah, her tone suddenly stern. "Sarah, you need to be more careful

the tremble in her voice as she apologized. "I’m so sorry, ma’am. I didn’t mean to. I’m not sure what I tripped on when I approached Miss Danielle... but I’ll be more careful next

this. ’Is Sarah about to ruin everything? Has she figured it out?’ she

downstairs now and be more careful," Vivian said, not intending to make

let out a relieved sigh when she realized her

necklace you’re wearing -it’s

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