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.

talk big. Time

Not everyone

she’s tone–deaf and bluffing. And she has the nerve to mock Lacey? At least Lacey got some of it right. Jean wouldn’t even. survive

at the classroom, where tension was thick in the air. She let out a quiet

students weren’t average kids. Every single one of them had money, influence, or both. She

any fors.

not? If you’re not, then shut your mouth and stop

down!”

wide–eyed and harmless. Then she stood, strolled to the center of the room, tilted her head, and smuled like she was already three steps

sing it perfectly?

real apology. No

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heard it. As soon as she

been tough–so she’d learned

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

down, she’d always

wasn’t crctly average.

age, she was

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

kept crashing into? Jean hit them like they were

transitions Larry botched every time?

more emotional. She didn’t just sound good–she sounded like an angel. Like someone who had stood onstage a thousand times and made

room went dead

hearing. One part shocked, one part enchanted- they

faded into silence, Jean wrapped up

shrugging like she’d just finished tying her

toward the group

are

the

from a dream–something too surreal

the first to react. She looked like she’d just

room, Lacey included,

one wanted to admit Jean had blown them away. And definitely

fun joining the choir never crossed my mind Jean said

“I

her crew again. Not a word.

thought, eyes

admit when they’re not. Even when they know they’re in the wrong, they’d

flatly, not bothering to spare

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