JULIA
“Get back here! Face me so I can show you where you should be!” Cindy Astor continued to scream at my back.
“Mom, that’s enough,” Evan finally said, but it was over. I tuned them all out.
I walked out of the estate, shivering as my clothes clung to me like a second skin.
Wet.
Humiliated.
The whispers followed me like ghosts, echoing in my mind long after I left the garden. They didn't even bother to be subtle.
I didn’t look back as I walked out of the estate, not at Gianna, not at Harper, not at the wide-eyed onlookers who had made no attempt to hide their stares.
And definitely not at Heather or Evan.
I didn’t need to see their faces to know what they thought.
I sighed in relief when I saw the gate ahead.
It sucked that I had to fall in the swimming pool, but it
