Chapter 83

Yolanda hung up the phone and glanced across the street. There was a fruit store right there.

"I've got some plans tonight. I won't be heading back with you," she said to Bryce before heading toward the fruit store across the road.

"See you tomorrow..." Bryce muttered. He felt a bit down as he watched her walk away.

He couldn't quite explain it. Ever since Yolanda came out of the juvenile detention center, she seemed to possess an inexplicable air that irresistibly drew him.

However, he also felt like the distance between them was growing. It was as if the good times when they used to be friends were slipping away beyond his reach.

...

Yolanda bought a fruit basket from the store and then took a taxi to the Regency Hotel. By the time she arrived, dinner had already started.

As she entered the banquet hall, Alice and Joe Henderson were busy making rounds and toasting with guests as if this were their event.

The moment Alice spotted Yolanda walking in, she raised her voice and chastised her loudly, "Yolanda, why are you so late? It's been over half an hour. I thought you weren't coming." "School ended late," Yolanda replied coolly.

she glanced around the room. Soon, her gaze fell on a couple sitting at the main table

wife,

bad-mouthed Yolanda to them as they looked at

present were Alice's relatives from her family home. Seeing Yolanda's plain outfit and overweight figure, many of them frowned in

around her. She focused instead on

Neil and Elena, presenting them with the fruit basket. The couple glanced at the modest gift with

that, Elena accepted it with a

to a seat

guests around her subtly moved their chairs away as if sitting with her was a

expression. "Yolanda, I heard you've started school. How are you adjusting to the new

Yolanda could respond, Alice pretended to remember something and continued with a mocking smile, "Oh, I almost forgot. You won't need to adjust for

would she be dropping out?" someone nearby

it just because she loves to brag,"

birthday party, Yolanda boasted she would top the entrance exams. If she didn't, she said she would drop out and give her spot to our

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