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.

talk. Not

nerve to mock Lacey? At least Lacey

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

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

any fors.

not? If you’re not, then shut

down!”

the center of the room, tilted her head, and

if I sing it perfectly? What

a real apology. No jokes, someone

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song the first time she heard it. As soon as she opened her mouth, the melody

tough–so she’d learned

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

deep down, she’d

wasn’t crctly average.

other kids her age, she was just

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

kept crashing into? Jean hit

botched every time?

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

went

believe what they were hearing. One part shocked, one part enchanted-

faded into silence, Jean wrapped up the song with everyone still frozen

shrugging like she’d

toward the group

are

snapped the

woken up from a dream–something too surreal to process and too

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

of the room, Lacey included, stayed

Jean had blown them

the choir never crossed my mind Jean said with a light

“I

her crew again.

thought, eyes flashing with something

Even when they know they’re in the wrong,

said flatly, not bothering to spare them

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