When They Beg, I Rise!

"Lemmy, now's not the time to throw a fit. If the Dravens come knocking, it won't just be you in hot water. The Langstons will be dragged into this mess too." Lemira replied with a scoff, "Don't worry, I won't drag you into anything."

"It's not up to you to decide whether or not we get involved. You're not seeing the big picture here. Alaric has already smoothed things over with Dorian. All you need to do is apologize to Mr. Draven, clear the air, and he won't hold you accountable once you explain everything." Lemira frowned, "I refuse. I've got more important things to do right now."

"Lemira, when will you stop this nonsense? And what could possibly be more important than sorting this out?"

Jessica raised her voice, "Obviously, attending the celebration of our city's top student is way more important."

Lucian frowned, "I heard the top scorer is in your school, but that's their achievement, not yours, Lemira. You need to focus on sorting your own issues instead of just going along for the ride."

Jessica's voice grew louder, "Because if Lemira doesn't show up at the celebration, it can't start."

Lucian's tone turned sour, "Lemira isn't the guest of honor, why wait for her to kick things off?"

Lemira is the city's top student! How could the celebration go

care about her score and just bombarded her with

Seems like the only ones out of the loop were the Langstons. And you're supposed to be her brother, not

bit shocked in disbelief. He could never think of Lemira to reach

up,

caught Lucian's eye, proclaiming, "Congratulations to Lemira for securing the top rank in the city." The

I heard your

reply was thick with sarcasm, "And

I'm just surprised and happy for you. This is shocking

expected a Langston to be the city's top

botched the exam wasn't Lemira, but someone else. Evelina just pinned it on Lemira, probably out of jealousy for fearing Lemira scoring higher than her. That's why she made the slanderous comments in

It must've been the faulty stationery scandal. She didn't