Chapter 981

Molly took another bite of her apple and asked, "So, what sparked the fight?"

Nancy replied, "I had to stand up for a friend."

Molly paused for a moment, then asked, "So what does that make the three of us then? Friends? Enemies?"

When trouble hits, it's all about who can bolt the fastest;

When it comes to punishment, it's about who can pin the blame on someone else;

Blame isn't just tossed around-it's thrown with the whole pot;

If you can take two down with you, don't spare the one who's just watching;

It's not about surviving together, but going down together.

And if we don't go down, at least we're dragging you with us...

Mia and Molly exchanged looks, both at a loss for words. Their relationship, it seemed, couldn't really be labeled as "friendship."

"Could it be, family?" Mia wondered.

Molly nodded, munching on her apple, "I think so. Why else would we trick our dad without flinching?"

They both silently agreed it must be a family thing. "Five million isn't much for you, so why the long face?" Jade, also munching on an apple, asked. Mia handed her a "family rule" document.

Jade snapped a picture and shared it in the family group chat.

Leo: ???

Cooper: ???

"Why though?"

"What's the reason?"

Molly: "Maybe my Andre doesn't see you three as people."

Henry, still as naive as ever, waited at the door every day for dad to come home, running out the moment he heard the car.

Everyone felt the truth was too harsh and didn't have the heart to tell him his place in his father's heart.

As exams loomed, Anya became the most anxious.

cool Chef Nancy stopped cooking fish and got into

Chad's lucky

visiting Stephanie, she secretly checked out temples and churches, taking taxis on

was trying to curry favor

On the exam day.

Cedillo family split

and early

Leo jokingly

got all your

and Bruce walked him to the

the other

the exam hall, no more kisses, buddy." Mia's head was hugged by her

was supposed to be just one lucky kiss, but

separate him from his

pulled an all-nighter and flown in, working on a paper during the flight. Exhausted, but he promised to see his sister to the exam center. Seeing his dedication, Mia scolded him to catch some sleep. Watching Henry

becoming even

wife into the exam hall, while Cooper lay down in the van with Henry to

feeling wronged, let his tearful eyes rest

looked towards the exam area

days passed, and it was finally

hall, and Anya was the first

arm around Anya's shoulders, giving her

seeing this, looked away, pretending

her son for a kiss. "If I guessed any questions wrong,

by his mom, heard this and his

smiling, but the adults laughed heartily, pointing at Henry, "Henry, our little genius, too smart

prep course for the grad

was over, and many out-of-towners

feel a pang of reluctance, "Denny, how do you think you did on the

clothes, didn't look

again, "Is Havenbrook University

put his clothes

packing his notes and study materials, "Where do

didn't have a target before, but now I think any school in Havenbrook would do." It meant staying

his

look at Jamie.

places are easier to

her family's in Havenbrook, it suits her to

"an

time at a

heart, she spoke slowly, "I know I'm not as gifted, you and Mia are the smart ones, but I

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