When the Family Ch 11

Chapter 11 Don’t Expect Anything From Me

Jean ran straight into the bathroom.

Don’t ask her why she didn’t go back to class. She just happened to need to pee, okay?

By the time she returned to the classroom, the atmosphere had clearly shifted.

Deon’s seat was empty–he wasn’t there.

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And the rest of the class had lost their gossip–loving energy. Everyone sat with serious faces, quietly focused on their own

tasks.

What the heck was going on?

Jean

sat down, puzzled, when the back of her shoulder got poked with a pen again.

turned around-

Sofia had leaned in. The girl might be a top student, but she was just as into gossip. She lowered her voice, speaking like she was sharing state secrets. “Guess who just showed up?”

“Who? Some celebrity filming a variety show at our school““Jean guessed wildly. With the way Sofia was actin someone huge.

Sofia:…

it had to be

“It was Dominic She enunciated each word clearly. “You know, the Ginger family, The most powerful name in Blairford

Dominic?

Jean blinked in surprise.

Her lovely discounted older brother, what was he doing at school?

“Deon and his mom got the shock of their lives.” Sofia spoke like was just another Tuesday, clearly unmoved by Deon’s humiliation. Then her expression shifted, and she added with a hint of lingering fear, “Dominic is seriously scary. Do you know what he said?”

“What?” Jean asked flatly.

Sofia tried to mimic Dominic’s tone and posture, “Winter’s coming.

“PAL”

she didn’t have

or she would’ve spit it all

that the classic CEO novel line?

Dominic had shown up to stand up

Butan that method

Watching it go down in

Stellarford Academy

before he could even

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high school basketball

Winston

popped open a bottle of cold water and took a long, effortless swig,

water slid down the corner of his mouth like dew clinging to a flower–bright, pure,

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his own bottle, hand landing lightly on Winston’s shoulder. He gave a half–smile.

reply. He just kept drinking

finished, he gave a

Rylan looked thoughtful. With how that girl had clung

she was his

known

for years.

out about the

treated family like strangers–cold, distant, even

them. Never talked to them. And he

brothers. But this sister? You’d never know she existed

Rylan tilted his head, unable to hold back, “I thought you hated your whole family. Yesterday, you really didn’t

cold gaze flickered

the water bottle, crushing it in his hand until it warped and

immediately shut his

to read the signs–and right now, Winston was bristling like a hedgehog, all prickles

didn’t

focus was locked

Rylan followed his gaze-

saw a tall man in a suit standing there. Cold, imposing, with the same sharp

eyes met across the

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