Clementine:
"How fucking dare you?" I didn’t even say anything specific, and Lady Gracie started to freak out."
Of course, she wouldn’t get questioned for it. But maybe it would ruin her plan. Or if Troy’s father was decent enough to put things together, he would realize that this evil woman wanted Troy gone. She had used me to take him down.
If only Troy had been mature enough to listen to me at that time, things might have been different now. But I guess I couldn’t expect a sixteen-year-old to have it all figured out, just like I hadn’t.
I noticed the crowd had already started to gather around us, and among them stood the Lurker. Mrs. Patrick rushed over, trying to diffuse the situation so the happy reunion wouldn’t be ruined.
"I think we will take Clementine away. It seems like she cannot handle alcohol," Mrs. Patrick hissed, eyeing me to apologize and leave.
"No, I can. Look, I can put it on my head." I placed a glass on my head, making a fool of myself just for the sake of our plan.
"Let’s go, Mom. Lady Hilda is right. Clementine is not able to hold herself up," Messi commented, and here I was, about to take a final blow.
"Really? I think I can handle it better than you. At least I don’t lose my shit and try to abduct someone and sell them to someone creepy."
As soon as I made the accusation of trafficking, everybody gasped, and Messi lunged at me. He came at me aggressively, almost as if he was about to attack. That’s when I grabbed the glass I was balancing on my head and doused him with it, throwing it so hard in his face that alcohol splattered everywhere, even on his mother and Mariana’s dresses.
Another gasp erupted.
"Oh my God, what is wrong with you?" Lady Gracie yelled, placing a hand on her son’s chest. He was glaring me down at this point.
I noticed my mates getting anxious in the distance. I had told them not to intervene, because if they did, things would spread wider. We only wanted all the hatred toward one person.
"Why is this girl even here? She should have stayed in the academy!" Lady Hilda was the first to yell.
The Lurker, who had been watching everything, suddenly began to record us. And now, Haiden and Troy came along.
"If she would have stayed, we would have stayed too!" Haiden yelled at his aunt, making her clench her jaw.
Troy stepped forward as well. "Yeah, then we would have never come either."
As soon as he said that, Lady Gracie turned to look at him.
"Well, then you should have never come. You three should have stayed in the academy and been punished. So that next time, when you do get a chance to visit your loved ones, you behave."
Lady Gracie had done an amazing job falling for our tricks.
We three suddenly went calm. None of us responded. I bet they even noticed the smiles on our faces as we gave each other head nods like idiots.
"What? Did you want to ruin this night for me?" Mariana picked up, questioning us.



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