Aria stepped out of the car slowly when she got home, her bag hanging loosely on her shoulder. The ride back from school had been quiet, but her mind hadn’t been. It had been loud. Too loud.
She shut the car door and stood there for a second, staring at the front of the mansion like she was trying to prepare herself before going in.
The expelled girls.
The whispers.
The bathroom.
Her jaw tightened slightly as she walked inside.
Everything had changed so fast. Just a few days ago, people were talking about her openly, laughing, pointing, saying whatever they wanted. Then suddenly, silence. No one said anything anymore. No one dared to. And she already knew why.
Adrian.
She had confronted him the day before. She didn’t even try to pretend she didn’t know.
“You expelled them.”
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