When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

When the Family Ch 19

Chapter 19 Secrets Linger in the Arts Building

“Lacey. I’m free today, so I can join rehearsal.”

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Jean suddenly stepped into the group, backpack in hand, smiling with easy confidence. Her eyes drifted from one face to the next before landing on Lacey.

Then she added, just a little louder. Let’s meet at the arts building, alright? Don’t kill the vibe.”

Lacey blinked, caught off guard, then her eyes darkened with irritation.

Jean, you might want to watch your tone.

Everyone around them stared, confused-

What happened to Jean?

She used to be harmless. Now she was coming off bold–almost cocky.

“Watch my tone! Alright then. I’ll leave.” Jean arched a brow

Not like I’m dying to be in this shit anyway.

She turned and made her way toward the back door.

Lacey bit her lip, then quickly called after her.

“You stay. We’ll rehearse in the arts building.”

Jean got exactly what she wanted–she was on her way to the arts building

Sure, part of her just wanted to watch Lacey squirm. But more than that-

Something about that place felt tied to the strange metal shard I’d found Even if I couldn’t explain it, the feeling wouldn’t leave me alone.

Jean had always believed that when weird things kept happening in the same place, they were probably connected.

Of course, Jean wasn’t blind to the possibility that the building might be dangerous,

But there were a bunch of students rehearsing today. If something did happen, Lacey’s group would be the ones in the line of fire–not her

Plus, aside from Lacey’s incident, there hadn’t been any major rumors. The arts building was still open like nothing had ever happened

Jean wanted to stay out of it all. She’d much rather chill, mind her own business, and ignore the chaos.

But now, it felt like I was already neck–deep in it.

And if that was the case, she might as well figure out what she was dealing with.

building at Stellarford Academy had a charming, artsy vibe to it–elegant,

as they swept

brought our tree, Lacey called out as soon as they entered, heading straight for the teacher who was

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over with a bright smile and gave Jean a friendly

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Finals are coming up fast, so let’s get you up to speed,

lazily, just enough to

quick overview of their project for the Glory of Hope Cup finals–the stage

story short, it was

female lead. obviously. The plot kicked off when a tree outside her character’s house mysteriously died due to worsening environmental conditions. Devastated, the heroine launched a whole feel–good. planet–saving mission filled with one motivational

tree magically came back to

Big finale. Happy ending. Everyone cheered. Nature

And Jean!

had to play as

that died, revived, died again,

The literal living metaphor.

to use a tree prop. But it looked

the spirit of a tree that’s been through so much and still found

they switched to

Not even after asking around in the school’s

return to

you have to do is put on the costume and move around a bit. Super simple. Hardly

too relieved, like a weight had been lifted. After stressing over not finding a tree actor, she’d finally landed one -and now she was clearly worried

over at the costume

trunk with oversized plush leaves, and a cutout in the middle for the actor’s face

at first. But

better than she’d

she got why no one

and they stick you in a leafy onesie with no

that effort, and no reward. No wonder

try it on now,

she hadn’t been scared at all five minutes ago. Her

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see her make

eyes toward Lacey

but with a est

like two seconds of age time.

for good

the work

with a sided sigh looking like a boss on break, not a student in

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