When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

Chapter 20

When the Family Ch 20

Chapter 20 She Sang, They Schemed.

Jean was still smiling. Not even trying to hide it. She leaned back like this whole thing was beneath her.

“But it was funny,” she said with an innocent shrug.

That song wasn’t even difficult, Jean thought. How is Lacey butchering it this bad? She’s literally turning it into a comedy act.

And she was supposed to sit there and endure it? On repeat?

She had already been holding it in..

This time, she just couldn’t.

“You know how hard that song is? If you tried, you’d probably crash even harder than Lacey!”

Someone jumped in, clearly offended on Lacey’s behalf.

“She probably doesn’t even know how to sing. Come on, look at her. You think she’s got any kind of talent?”

“Lacey, ignore her. Jean’s just bored and being petty. Stirring the pot because she’s got nothing better to do.”

Jean let out a short snort and replied without missing a beat.

“You guys

serious? If I can’t sing, then nobody in this room can.”

She said it like it was the most obvious fact in the world, lounging there like she didn’t have a care.

That smug confidence? It made Lacey’s blood boil.

Pho does she think she is?

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Lacey had never heard Jean sing a note in her life. The girl couldn’t even hold a proper conversation most days. She was a non–factor. A nobody. And now she was laughing like she owned the place?

Lacey’s fingers curled into a tight grip, but her face didn’t flinch.

“Oh yeah?” Her voice stayed smooth as she tilted her chin. “Then let’s hear it. Show us what you’ve got

The rest of the group didn’t hesitate to back her up.

big.

Not

nerve to mock Lacey? At least Lacey got some of

in the air. She let out a quiet sigh and shook her head. There wasn’t much she could

weren’t average kids. Every single one of them had money, influence, or both. She couldn’t afford to step

any fors.

not, then shut

down!”

she stood, strolled to the center of the room, tilted her head, and smuled

perfectly?

real apology. No

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first time she heard it. As

been tough–so she’d learned

she hustled, picked up every trick and talent she could. Anything to earn a

deep down,

wasn’t crctly average.

her age,

came as naturally as breathing. She looked completely relaxed, barely trying, yet every note glided effortlessly into the next–haunting,

high notes Lacey kept crashing into? Jean hit them like they were

Larry botched every time? Jean didn’t

like an angel. Like someone who had stood onstage a thousand times and made people cry

room went

what they were hearing. One part shocked, one part

silence, Jean wrapped

she said, shrugging like she’d just finished tying her

her eyes cut straight toward the group hovering around

Where are those

snapped the rooth

up from a dream–something too surreal to process

you’re not in the choir?” Hannah was the first to react. She looked like she’d just

Lacey

to admit Jean had blown them away. And

joining the choir never crossed my mind Jean

“I

looked over at Lacey and her crew again. Not a word. Not a single

thought, eyes flashing with

they forget how to admit when they’re not. Even when they know they’re in the wrong, they’d rather bite their tongues than show

bathroom,” she said flatly, not bothering to

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