Rebirth vs. Rebirth: Tragedy to Triumph

Chapter 237 Highlighter

“He really has bad character!”

“Kaylee stole the money. It’s clear-cut, she was caught in the act. What more is there to say?”

Candy chimed in, “Yes, it’s outrageous. The worst part is she’s still close with Violeta. Stealing from her own good friend-so shameless! Is she trying to harm Violeta?”

Violeta remained silent.

Kaylee immediately shook her head, “I didn’t steal the money. I have no idea why it was in my bag.”

Violeta glanced down briefly, then looked up at Zelena standing in the corner.

Zelena smirked at Violeta.

It was like she was saying to Violeta, “Didn’t expect that, huh? You got Kaylee to mess with me before, and now this is payback for her.”

The counselor frowned. “Kaylee, you’ve got to explain this to me! Otherwise, I’ll have to report this to the school for serious consequences!” Kaylee was at a loss for how to prove she was innocent.

Her mind was a mess.

“I swear I didn’t steal that money. And even if I did, why would I be dumb enough to stash it in my own bag? I’m not that stupid.”

Gillian interrupted her, “Why wouldn’t it make sense? You’re close with Violeta. She wouldn’t think you’d do it, so maybe you saw a chance and took it!”

in

this impossible? Betraying friends isn’t exactly rare

you argue about? Mr. Ecton, her attitude stinks. Let’s report this straight to the school and

did our class end up with

who had been silent all along, finally spoke up. She looked at the counselor and said,

let your friendship

with integrity and self-reliance as

attention. It was predictable that Kaylee’s punishment would likely be stricter than Casey’s punishment during the

a major disciplinary record or even

but didn’t know how to defend

“I’ve got proof that Kaylee didn’t steal

Everyone looked at her.

Zelena frowned.

still have

is it?”

calmly explained, “I sprinkled highlighter around

What?

“What does that mean?”

worried about the class funds being unsafe in my bag. So, I lightly dusted the edge of the envelope with a highlighter.

an eyeshadow palette

it on a white envelope wasn’t obvious at all, especially to someone rushing and not paying attention to details like

stick to their fingertips. Just check Kaylee’s fingertips for

didn’t you bring

didn’t she bring it up

course, because searching took time. If she had mentioned it earlier, someone might have washed away the gold powder in the