<b>Chapter </b><b>63 </b>


    <b><i>ra’s </i></b><b>POV</b><b>: </b>


    Two years have passed since I left home. During that time, I father only contacted me twice. Once was the next day after I left. I figured Jason and Sophie gave him the cliff notes version of what went down, portraying themselves as victims no less.


    “What the hell <i>do </i>you <i>think you’re </i>doing<i>! </i>How dare <i>you </i><i>allow </i><i>outsiders </i><i>to </i>insult <i>your </i><i>precious </i>sister<i>! </i>If you try and spread <i>lies-</i>”


    I immediately hung up the phone. I wasn’t in the mood to hear his baseless threats. The second time was at the end of my first academic year. There was a huge g held for all the students who excelled. By the end of my freshman year, I was number one in my entire ss. Because of this, I was one of the guest speakers. My “family” was given special invitations. To save face and avoid gossip, my family including Jason all showed up pretending to be the perfect and supportive family.


    <i>“</i><i>Jameson</i><i>! </i><i>Good </i><i>to </i><i>see </i><i>you </i><i>again</i><i>!</i><i>” </i>


    The Dean of the school, Roger Woodcrest eagerly shook my dad’s hand.


    “<i>Good </i>to <i>see </i><i>you </i><i>too </i><i>Roger</i><i>! </i>I <i>see </i><i>you’ve </i><i>been </i><i>doing an excellent </i><i>job </i>as <i>Dean</i>.” <fna9eb> Updates are released by Find_Novel(.</fna9eb>


    “<i>Thanks </i>for <i>that</i>. <i>Man</i>, <i>I </i><i>got </i><i>to </i><i>tell </i><i>you</i><i>, </i><i>your </i><i>daughter </i><i>is </i><i>nothing </i><i>short </i><i>of </i><i>amazing</i><i>! </i><i>A </i><i>chip </i>off <i>the </i><i>ole </i><i>block </i>she’s <i>brilliant </i><i>Truly </i><i>Caroline’s </i><i>daughter</i><i>!</i>”


    Jameson along with Anna looked slightly ufortable. Managing a fake smile, he thanked Dean


    Woodcrest and excused himself. After my speech, the crowd cheered, especially the students. By the


    end of the year, I was one of the most popr students at Lexington, mainly due to my tutoring


    sessions.


    After Christmas break, I set up tutoring sessions inb with many of the students from freshmen to seniors. The end result, Lexington had some of the highest test score rates during the school had ever seen. After an hour of praise, my family decided to y the proud role. I caught my father and stepmother lying about how they had always been so proud of me. Sophie twirled around doing her “I just love my sister so much“, dance. It was sickening.


    The real vomiting moment was when I overheard Jason bragging about me being his fiancé to my ssmate Gregory West.


    “Oh<i>, </i><i>I </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>aware </i>she was engaged. That’s <i>certainly </i><i>going </i>to break <i>a </i><i>few </i><i>hearts</i>.”


    <i>engaged</i>.


    Jason had a sh of irritation across his face; he didn’t want me by the idea of others wanting me pissed him off too.


    After the ceremony, I didn’t see any of them again. After I turned 18, Jason began sending me messages asking when I wanted to announce our engagement. He’d concluded we would get married after he graduated from Lexington, which wouldn’t be for another five years. I ignored all those messages however as I had no intention of marrying him. The end of my second year at Lexington wasing to an end. Gloria and Casey were about to graduate, and I was about to transfer to Osha.


    The day I got my eptance letter from Osha, Gloria and Casey took me out to dinner to celebrate.


    <i>“</i><i>Oh </i>my gosh<i>!! </i><i>I </i>can’t <i>believe </i><i>we’re </i><i>all </i><i>going </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>together </i><i>at </i><i>Osha</i><i>! </i><i>re</i><i>–</i><i>bear </i><i>I’m </i>so <i>proud </i><i>of </i><i>you</i><i>!</i>”


    Gloria and Casey both looked at me like proud older siblings. Before I received my letter, Gloria informed me she and Casey would be going to Osha for grad school. Hey father was opening up a new practice in South Bay and she wanted to be close to her family, Casey of course wanted to be close to her. She practically had tears in her eyes thinking we would separate.


    <i>“</i><i>re</i><i>–</i><i>bear</i>, <i>all </i><i>my </i><i>life </i><i>I’ve always </i><i>wanted </i><i>a </i><i>little </i><i>sister</i><i>; </i><i>I </i><i>mean </i><i>don’t </i><i>get </i><i>me </i><i>wrong </i><i>I </i><i>love </i><i>my </i><i>brothers </i>but still! I <i>feel </i><i>bad </i><i>about </i><i>leaving </i><i>you</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    I’d nned on keeping my transfer a secret until graduation, but I didn’t want Gloria to be sad. Pulling out my phone, I showed her my submitted application to Osha.


    “So, you <i>see</i><i>, </i><i>you </i><i>don’t </i><i>have </i><i>to </i><i>worry</i><i>, </i><i>I’m </i><iing </i><i>with </i><i>you</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    Eeekkkk!


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    Gloria’s squeal almost ruptured my ear drums, but I was happy she was happy.


    “Alright, it’s <i>time </i>to make a <i>toast</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    Casey handed us both champagne sses,


    “To a new adventure, more <i>memories</i>, and a <i>lot </i><i>more </i><i>schoolwork</i><i>!</i><i>” </i>


    Here! Here!


    Laughter erupted as we all nked our sses, suddenly, the waiters came over with sprinklers and a cake with the words CONGRATUALTIONS CLASS OF 2023!


    Other customers from around the restaurant realized we were celebrating graduation and quickly chimed in on the cheers. The next morning, I headed back to the Granger estate, there were some additional journals in the shed from my mother. When I arrived, everyone was standing in the grand


    room.


    “Burn those who burned me!”