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.

mimic Dominic’s tone and posture, “Winter’s coming. Looks like it’s time for the Mills family to

“PAL”

she didn’t

or she would’ve spit it all

line? The legendary “Winter has come.

had shown up to stand up for

Butan that method

ran fast. Watching it go down in person might’ve

gone to Stellarford Academy

he could even speak to

7.39 PM c

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school

few boys lounged around the edge of the court. Winston sat alone on the far end of a wooden

a bottle of cold water and took a long, effortless swig, wild and elegant all

his mouth like dew clinging to a flower–bright, pure,

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over with his own bottle, hand landing lightly on Winston’s

kept drinking his water in

he gave

had clung

she was his

had known

for years.

out about the

family like strangers–cold, distant, even

talked to them.

knew about Winston’s four famous older brothers. But this

thought you hated your whole

cold gaze flickered

water bottle, crushing it

shut

signs–and right now, Winston was bristling like a

he didn’t really get

was

Rylan followed his gaze-

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

eyes met across the

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