Chapter 110

Chapter 110

Carmen had just stepped into the classroom when she was instantly drowned in a flood of prying stares and hushed whispers.

A person asked, “Did you hear?”

Another said, “Everyone’s heard about it by now, alright? She cheated in the state competition and got Alec kicked out of the Painting Association. As for that Rithol Art School incident, like she didn’t know someone swapped her project. She probably just hired a ghostwriter.

“And that’s not all. She probably just got back from the new principal’s office. Those bullies who got someone killed were expelled, and word is, she was pulling the strings behind the scenes too.

“Appearances can be so deceiving! She always acted like such a sweet and generous person, who would’ve thought she’d turn out like this?

“The Wilson family is really unlucky, favoring this worthless trash over their own flesh and blood.

“Man, Aubree is totally killing it these days!”

One foot in the classroom, the other rooted outside, Carmen stood frozen, her fingers digging into the straps of her backpack until her knuckles turned white. Head slightly bowed, her eyes blazed with barely contained fury.

is becoming more and more of a threat. Last night, Dad and Daxton even made me promise, in front of the whole family, that I’d find an opportunity

to Aubree? I didn’t do

had my custom-designed gown altered for Aubree! How dare

all Aubree’s fault! Why couldn’t she have just stayed missing after being abducted? Why

like you all haven’t

said, “Everyone knows you’re

her toward the classroom. “Don’t mind them, Carmen,” she said urgently, “They’re just jealous of your family’s status, and the fact that

how annoyed Alvin was with

stepped forward, and delivered a stinging slap across the speaker’s face. “Since when do you get to judge

blow, but a quick-thinking classmate grabbed her arm.”Let it go, let it go,” the classmate urged, “She’s got the whole Wilson family behind her. Hit her today, and you’ll

said, “What a joke! Mark my words, you’ll never measure up to Aubree, not in

why is it always her?’ Carmen seethed

deaf to Lizzie’s words of comfort. The farce only came to a temporary halt when the

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teaching materials.

word of the lesson. Her

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