Elijah shot Cameron a cold nce, then went back to his seat and resumed reading. He wasn''t negotiating with Cameron-he was informing her. He was cold and distant, but also bossy in that quiet,manding way.


    Cameron was speechless for a moment and thought. Don''t bother him while he''s studying? else just because he gets straight As


    “Elijah” she said. "I''m taking your number one spot on the SATS. Mark my words."


    What, he thinks he''s better than everyone


    She crumpled up the paper in one hand and, with a smooth flick of her wrist, sent it flying in a perfect arc straight into a ck trash can ten feet away.


    She raised an eyebrow slightly at Elijah, sitting there with his back straight. He didn''t move or say anything as if he hadn''t heard her at all. Or maybe he had and just thought she was delusional and not worth responding to.


    Cameron thought, "Well, yeah. When the worst-ranked kid in ss says she''sing for the top spot, it does sound like a joke. She let out a smallugh, grabbed her phone and keys, and walked out of the room.


    After she left. Elijah finally nced toward the trash can a few feet away, frowning slightly as he pondered. Looks like I have to find a kay to get him kicked out.


    After buying toiletries from the campus store, Cameron was on her way back to the dorm when her phone buzzed in her packet.


    "Milena" Cameron said tly as she read the caller ID. It was Milena Wace her biological sister who was two years younger than her.


    Cameron frowned a little, but still picked up the call. As soon as the call connected, Milena''s usatory voice came through the receiver. "Cam, you ran out of the operating room? You even broke Dr. Jensen''s hand! What the hell were you thinking?


    "You don''t want the gender reassignment surgery anymore? Why? Cam. I know it''s hard on you, but this is all for our family. You can''t be this selfish.


    "When Mom and Dad found out you ran


    you ran out of the OR, they were furious. Mom even fainted. Cam, if you don''t go through with it, what happens to your engagement to Amelia?"


    Milena sounded like she was on the verge of tears, like Cameron hadmitted some unforgivable crime-like it was Milena herself who had suffered because of it.


    Cameron listened in silence, a cold smile tugging at the corner of her lips. "What happens?" she said tly. "Did everyone in the Wace family die or something?


    "Cam?" Milena clearly froze. Even through the phone, she could feel how cold Carperon''s voice was.


    She wondered, ''Something''s off. Cameron never talked to me like that before. What''s going on?"


    Cameron spoke, "Milena, don''t forget-you''re Mom and Dad''s daughter too. I won''t go through with the surgery. But you could. If you''re really that devoted, why don''t you go marry into the Chapman family? You can transition, be a man, and yourself."


    Amelia


    "Me?" Milena''s voice shot up as she panicked. "Cam, I''m still young. I''m two years younger than Amelia. How could I possibly-"


    Cameron cut in. Two years younger! That''s it? A two-year age gap is nothing. What, you don''t want to?"


    Milena went quiet, gripping her phone tightly as she thought, Damn it. When did Cameron get so sharp-tongued? And why is she suddenly talking about me bing a man and marrying Amelia! Going through all that pain and surgery? No way. I''m not doing that."


    Her voice dropped into a pitiful tone. "Cam,e on, don''t joke like that. You''re the one engaged to Amelia, not me


    Cameron cut ber off again, her face full of mockery as she said, "You know damn well the only reason that engagement happened was because our parents lied and said I was a boy.


    "My engagement to Amelia was never real in the first ce, right? So why are you still wasting your breath?"


    Milena was rendered speechless.


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