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?”

a word, her whole

slammed her water glass down on the marble coffee table with a loud smack, “That brat is nothing but trouble! First, she drove your grandma back to her hometown,

floor, jumped at the sound

Summer finally looked up, a strained smile tugging at her lips.

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

be bullied for nothing. I need to have a word with the

putting down the pillow and snatching the phone before Mandy could dial, “Mom, it’s

the phone back

gently patting her back

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the

brief pause. Summer changed the subject. “By the way, our monthly exam results came out

anger dissipated slightly, “Your ranking has improved by

the Davis family, Summer finally let out a

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