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.

you talk big.

Not

she’s tone–deaf and bluffing. And she has the nerve to mock Lacey? At least Lacey got some of it right. Jean

glanced around at the classroom, where tension was thick in the air. She let out a quiet sigh and shook her head. There wasn’t much she

them had money, influence,

any fors.

If you’re not,

down!”

blinked, looking wide–eyed and harmless. Then she stood, strolled to the center of the room, tilted her head, and smuled like

it perfectly?

give you a real apology. No jokes, someone

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entire song the first time she heard it. As soon as

tough–so she’d learned how

come easy. So she hustled, picked up every trick and talent she

deep down, she’d always

wasn’t crctly average.

her age,

soft but strong, as if singing came as naturally as breathing. She looked completely relaxed, barely

into? Jean hit them

every

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

room went

stood there, stunned. They couldn’t believe what they were hearing. One part shocked, one part enchanted- they were frozen, speechless, completely thrown off by what had just

Jean wrapped up

like she’d just finished tying her

cut straight toward the

Where are

snapped the

up from a dream–something

and you’re not in the choir?” Hannah was the first to react. She

of the room, Lacey included, stayed quiet.

to admit Jean had blown them away. And definitely not to her

fun joining the choir never crossed my mind

“I

at Lacey and her crew again. Not a word.

eyes flashing with something

right they forget how to admit when they’re not. Even when they know they’re in the wrong, they’d

she said flatly, not bothering to spare them another

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