compliant Caddie she had always known had just manhandled her against a stone wall and threatened

back straight, and heade

tually came back?" a male

eant for an audience. A former classmate and one of Julien's loyal sycoph

eard Julien finally dumped you. So now you're crawling back

around him without a word, her

l into step beside her, refu

ould be. You threw away a NASA internship to pla

pped to watch. Ca

t could you possibly say? You're a cast-off. A nobody. The only thing you were ever g

ll didn't

of her, forcing her to stop, and leaned in. His

e nothing without him. You'

ked through t

perfect red mark bloomed on his lef

his eyes wide with disb

raised her hand again, slo

up to shield his face. The other students watched in

le step toward him

ookers without another word. His designer shoes clicked frantic

a beat longer. Then t

rowd, but not to speak. One by one, the students

her heels sharp and even against the

mp with sweat. She had watched everything. A genuine f

ors, a girl in the crowd

had an

with a cold expression had watched the entire scene unfold. A f