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

your grandma back to

from the second floor, jumped at the sound of the

up, a strained smile tugging at her lips. “Mom, don’t be angry.

just too kind–hearted, letting people walk all over

“My daughter won’t be bullied for nothing. I

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

me the phone

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

Chapter 152

the wrong

monthly exam results came out today. I scored 670, ranked

by a few spots since the end of the last semester.

of calling the Davis

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