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?”

rested her head on the pillow without a word, her whole demeanor exuding a sense of deep

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

second floor, jumped at the sound of the glass hitting the table.

up, a strained smile tugging at her lips. “Mom,

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

laugh. “My daughter won’t be bullied for nothing. I need to have

snatching the phone before Mandy could dial, “Mom, it’s really nothing. Don’t get worked up

“Summer, give me the phone back this

out of reach, sat next to her mother, gently patting her back in

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get the wrong idea.”

subject. “By the way, our monthly exam results came out today. I scored 670, ranked

by a few spots since the end of the last semester. Not bad.”

had dropped the Idea of calling the Davis family, Summer finally let

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