Chapter 152

Mandy’s expression softened a touch upon hearing her daughter’s reply. “Next time, give me at heads up, will you? Otherwise, I’ll start to worry.”

“Sure,” Summer murmured, drifting into the living room and collapsing into the plush embrace of the sofa with a distracted air.

Mandy glanced at Summer, finally registering her daughter’s troubled look, and asked with a frown, “What’s got into you? You look like you’ve lost your spirit.”

Summer hugged a throw pillow to her chest, her legs curled up on the sofa. She didn’t look at her mother as she spoke in a faint voice. “It’s nothing.”

“Is someone at work giving you a hard time?” Mandy probed, her brows knitting tighter.

“No.” Summer shook her head., “Everyone’s been really nice to me.”

Unaccustomed to such a forlorn expression on her daughter’s face, Mandy pressed further, “Then did something happen at school?”

After a pause, as if a particular name came to mind, Mandy’s face darkened instantly. “Is it Mirabella? Has she been bullying you again?”

the pillow without a word, her whole demeanor exuding

First, she drove your grandma back to

jumped at the sound of

at her

only fueled Mandy’s ire, “You’re just too kind–hearted, letting people walk

flipping through contacts with a scornful laugh. “My daughter won’t be bullied for

phone before Mandy could dial, “Mom, it’s really nothing. Don’t get worked up over someone that’s not

frowned, “Summer, give me the phone back

comply, Summer placed the phone out of reach, sat next to her mother, gently patting her back in a

Chapter 152

the wrong

“By the way, our monthly exam results came out today. I

Mandy’s anger dissipated slightly, “Your ranking has improved by a few spots since the

calling the Davis family,

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