Chapter 0391

An announcement went out for all the candidates to head to the foyer to receive the results of the most recent event, the ball where we were supposed to look happy.

At that same ball, everything sort of fell apart. Joyce declared erroneously that he and I were having an affair. Jane tried to kill me. Jane plummeted off the balcony and then disappeared into thin air curtesy, we suspected, of Hawk himself.

I stood between Susie and Veronica in the foyer, with Tiffany nearby. Olivia and Lilliana were nearer the stage, looking bored. Jessica, behind them, looked simultaneously nervous and annoyed. Of everyone here, her situation was probably the worst.

She had thought she was making progress with Joyce. She’d had the rug pulled firmly out from under her with Joyce’s sudden declaration.

“Thank you for coming today,” Nathan said, speaking into a microphone as he stands on top of the stage. There were no cameras present for today’s

announcements, which wasn’t totally unusual for announcements, but did seem odd in regards to the results being released.

Maybe the public had already been made aware of the results. Or maybe the entire event was edited for public consumption. I would have to ask Charlotte later.

for those who seemed to be having the most fun at the event,” Nathan said. “As such, the winner of the highest number of points

excitedly. I clapped for her.

likely would have benefited too, had I not been called away to face off

worry, but I was relieved at least that Susie was no longer

Susie. If anything, she seemed irritated by all that

called on

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to hear. “Isn’t it unfair for any of Prince Joyce’s selections to

a sharp, disapproving grimace. He lifted his microphone

expected questions like these. Maybe this was why there were no cameras

girl who is not even one of his selections,” Lilliana continued despite Nathan’s

name,” Tiffany said loudly, in my defense.

the one I’m questioning. If he has

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