CRYSTAL POV
Tara was manipulative enough to set something like this up, and Serena had already proven before that she would always choose Tara over me whenever things became uncomfortable, so there was absolutely no reason for me to believe this sudden concern about my safety was genuine.
And yet, the problem was that Serena did not look fake earlier, that was the part that bothered me.
The nervousness in her eyes had looked real, which made me hate this entire situation even more.
I sat cross-legged on my bed pretending to read while my thoughts kept spiralling in different directions, and across the room, Mara watched me with suspicion while chewing absentmindedly on some snack she had smuggled from the cafeteria earlier.
"You've been staring at the same page for almost
