The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 24

Emmitt rested his hands on the tabletop, peering at Summer as the corners of her lips curved into a bittersweet smile. “I guess you could say that.”

Spotting his expression, Summer’s face softened with concern. “Haven’t settled on a school yet? If that’s the case, I’ll just give my dad a call right now…” She reached into her purse and pulled out her cell phone.

“No need for calls,” Emmitt interjected, “it’s not that we haven’t chosen a school.”

Summer’s hand, poised to dial paused mid–air as she looked at him, puzzled.

After a slight tug at the corner of his lips and a two–second silence, Emmitt revealed, “She’s already picked her school. It’s Parkside High School,”

to sink in, then with a voice tinged with incredulity and

the school tomorrow. Actually, the reason I asked you

out–of–the–way town and hasn’t seen much of the world. We’re not exactly clear on how her grades are, but they’re definitely not Parkside High material. I have no clue how she got her hands on that transfer acceptance letter from Parkside High, but she’s adamant about

was family,

emotions within. It took only a second before she looked back at Emmitt with a sweet smile. “Don’t worry, Emmitt. You didn’t have

couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret. If only there

where Mira’s transfer letter came from?” Summer quickly resumed

Mom and Dad are clueless too.”

uncertain expression. “You know, I vaguely remember last month. I think I overheard my

admission letter? But then it struck him–Mirabella hadn’t been raised in the Gilbert family. She’d been left to grow up in a distant town with her grandmother. Considering her rather unprivileged upbringing, would the Gilberts really pull strings to get her into such a prestigious school? He found it hard to