Chapter 0072

“9?” someone gasped.

I agreed, that seemed like so many people to be eliminated all at once!

“9,” Nathan confirmed. “When you are eliminated, you are to pack your bags and immediately vacate the premises. There will be cars waiting to escort you home. There will be no arguments or reconsiderations.”

A rising mumble roused again, as the girls whispered to one another.

Many of them turned to look at me.

“The first one to go…”

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I tried to ignore them.

Soon, they stopped paying attention to me, and instead cast their dagger eyes at each other.

After Nathan’s announcement, many ‘accidents‘ seemed to consistently happen amongst the

candidates.

Spilled drinks. “How clumsy of me.”

Tripping. “You should really watch your step.”

Torn dresses. “Didn’t you notice that nail sticking out there?”

It seemed that with the quickly approaching elimination, the girls had begun to turn on one another.

themselves. Rather, they relied on their alliances to defend them and carry out acts of subterfuge. Yet

masterminds were.

seriously, and

to ruin my dress with an opened lipstick case, until she

Sorry, Piper.”

be considered

even sat down, the fighting between Olivia and Linda had reached a boiling point. Though they never raised their voices,

turned lethal.

Linda? I’m sure

trouble telling the decades apart,

Linda smiled tightly at each

her red wine all down the front of Linda’s mauve

of me.” Olivia held

“Why, you!” She moved to slap Olivia, but Olivia ducked out of the way just

time.

standing just behind her.

me, Nicholas caught Linda’s wrist, stilling her. Her eyes went wide, her

the way to the tips of

absolutely

yourself,” he said, and

a moment, but never managed to

out of the room.

of the girls made soft noises of excitement, and

a front–runner, but here she was, losing

herteme

showing, she might drop far enough to be

about to thank him for stopping that slap. It would have

he

more aware

he just

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