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.

concern. "Danielle, are you okay? Did that scare you?" "I’m fine, Mom," Danielle answered smoothly, almost

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

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

didn’t mean to. I’m not sure what I tripped

as she overheard this. ’Is Sarah about to ruin everything? Has she figured

breath. If she had known this would happen, she would’ve handled Sarah much more harshly earlier. "Just go downstairs now and be more careful," Vivian said, not

let out a relieved sigh when she realized her mother wasn’t going to press the issue any

voice rang out again, full of surprise. "Oh, Danielle, that necklace you’re wearing -it’s

"It’s from