Tara had outgrown her love for the spotlight. Indeed, she didn't like being stared at. Nowadays, she abhorred it. As she got out of Antonio's sports car, she could feel the stares. She went from easy-going and open to uncomfortable in a nanosecond. Chloe greeted her upon seeing her. Almost as if nothing had happened. And in a way, nothing had happened. Nobody knew about the a*******n. Ergo, nothing had happened. Or, so it seemed. Tara had to pretend. And keeping up the façade was not an easy task. She hurt. And yet, she couldn't show it. Antonio was off to do some business while she had to keep pretending at school that nothing happened to her. That she had just skipped college for one day. It was tough. It was painful. But there was no way around it. She had to keep pretending. What h

