<b>Chapter </b><b>101 </b>
<i>ra’s </i><b><i>POV</i></b><b><i>: </i></b>
It was now the end of the school year. Everything returned to it’s natural pace after Christmas break. Gloria and Casey aced their finals, while ra not only aced hers, but she also won a prestigious award for a thesis paper she wrote about cancer cells and medical breakthroughs. She also finished her school year with the highest GPA. Now, everyone was preparing for the summer.
Maria had been cancer free for several months now. She was finally able to return to school after Christmas break and resume the life of a happy 16 year old. ra would frequently visit and make sure she was still doing good. Her and Ethan were now in a full on rtionship. She could still remember the day they told everyone. Ethan decided to through a huge new years celebration at hotel banquet hall for family and close friends. After making a toast to celebrate Maria’s health, he closed out the toast by announcing his love for ra and telling everyone they were now together. She would never forget the screams of YES that erupted from both his mom, siblings, and Gloria. Everything in this life was going great. As ra and Gloria were chilling in their living room, Ethan called.
“<i>Hey</i>!”
A huge smiled dawned ra’s face as she answered.
“Hey <i>yourself</i>. <i>You </i><i>busy</i><i>?</i>”
<i>“</i><i>Nope</i><i>, </i>just <i>watching </i><i>some </i>TV <i>with </i><i>Gloria</i>.”
<i>“</i><i>Well</i><i>, </i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>want </i><i>interrupt </i><i>girl time</i><i>, </i>so <i>I’ll </i><i>be </i><i>quick</i>. <i>I want </i>you to go to the <i>Bio</i><i>–</i>Summit <i>with </i><i>me </i><i>this </i><i>year</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
ra sat all the way up now. She didn’t know if Ethan was going to go to the summit this year. so, this caught her off guard.
“<i>Really</i>?<i>” </i>
10:36 Mon<b>, </b>Sep 8
<i>“</i><i>Really</i><i>, </i><i>really</i><i>.</i>”
:
<i>“</i><i>I </i>didn’t <i>think </i><i>you </i>were <i>going </i>to go <i>this </i><i>year</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
<i>“</i><i>I </i>wasn’t at <i>first</i>. But I <i>have </i><i>my </i>reasons. <i>So</i><i>, </i><i>will </i><i>you </i><i>apany </i><i>me</i>?”
“S<i>–</i>Sure.”
<i>“</i>Perfect. I’ll be to <i>pick </i><i>you </i><i>up </i><i>tomorrow </i><i>morning</i>.”
After ra hung up with Ethan, she looked over at Gloria with a puzzled look.
<i>“</i><i>Is </i>something <i>wrong</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
Gloria asked with what seemed to be a hint joy in her voice.
“No, <i>I </i><i>guess </i><i>not</i><i>. </i><i>Ethan </i><i>wants </i><i>us </i><i>to </i><i>go </i><i>to the </i><i>Summit</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
Gloria smiled brightly as ra.
“<i>Well</i>, <i>that’s </i>cool <i>right</i><i>? </i><i>I </i><i>think </i>it’s <i>a </i><i>good </i><i>idea</i><i>!</i><i>” </i>
“Really?”
“Absolutely.”
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ra nodded in agreement, leaning back on the sofa and resumed watching her movie with Gloria. Gloria smiled inwardly, she’d already known Ethan was going to the Summit, he’d told her and Casey along with the reasons why. She couldn’t wait to see the look on
her little sister’s face.
The next morning, Ethan showed up at around 9am. After having breakfast with him, Gloria, and Casey, ra went into her room to finish packing.
<b><i>Ethan’s </i></b><b><i>POV</i></b><b>: </b>
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After ra went into the room, Ethan leaned forward to make sure she couldn’t hear.
“Okay, I’m going <i>have </i><i>her </i><i>dress for </i><i>the </i>summit <i>delivered </i><i>to </i><i>your </i><i>house </i><i>Casey</i><i>. </i><i>Gloria</i><i>, </i><i>I’m </i><i>trusting </i>you with <i>this</i>.”
Ethan handed Gloria a small emerald, green velvet box. Gloria beamed with joy! Whispering, she leaned forward.
“You can count <i>on </i><i>me </i><i>brother</i>–<i>in</i><i>–</i><iw</i><i>!</i>”
Ethan smiled at Gloria and Casey; the summit was going to be where he bared it all. Including how treacherous the Jason and Grangers were.
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When Ethan learned about the Grangers along with Jason going to summit, he was curious about what this “big discovery breakthrough” was. After some digging, Owen was able to learn Jason stole one of ra’s journals. The one where she had her calctions and equations formon cold cure. ra had always thought she’d lost one of her journals through travel, luckily, she also kept her notes and research uploaded on herptop.
“That <i>fucking </i><i>scum </i><i>family</i><i>! </i><i>Jameson spent </i><i>years </i><i>stealing </i><i>and </i><i>riding </i>off <i>the </i><i>back </i><i>of </i><i>Caroline</i><i>, </i>now he <i>wants </i><i>to </i><i>do </i><i>the </i><i>same </i><i>with </i><i>ra</i><i>. </i><i>Over </i><i>my </i><i>dead </i><i>body</i><i>. </i><i>It </i><i>stops </i><i>now</i>.”
As the arrived at the terminal for Ethan’s private jet, a smiled curled up on ra’s face.
Puzzled, Ethan tilted his head.
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