Oh my god. So Juniper really was Mr. Schwartz''s girlfriend? And they all thought it was Ynda!


    "Give me a break. How is Ynda, the girl who fell in horse manure, any better than Juniper?"


    "No, Juniper is way better! She''s got the looks and the brains. So she made a mistake that any woman could make. What, are we going to execute her for it?"


    "You have to admit, Juniper''s got game!"


    "I used to scoff, but now I''m taking notes!"


    "Get a grip! Juniper is a cheater who was three-timing guys. One of them was even married."


    "Basically, Juniper is a homewrecker."


    "Well..."


    "Mr. Schwartz-"


    Ynda suddenly called out as she watched Shanley lead Juniper away, her voice fueled by the surrounding chatter.


    Shanley stopped, his eyes glowing with a cold light as he turned to stare at her.


    "Are you aware of the fact that Juniper was three-timing?" Ynda blurted out, her voice trembling with anger and frustration. "It''s all over the inte! I just don''t want you to be deceived by her!"


    Not ready to give up, Ynda took out her phone and zoomed in on the pictures for Shanley to see.


    "The first photo is with a race car driver. The second is a doctor, and he''s a married man. The third is this pretty boy, whose identity hasn''t been revealed yet. Who knows, maybe he''s married too."


    She pressed on, "I was on Director Miranda''s show, and she''s a wonderful person. I''m sure she wouldn''t want her son to be fooled by someone like this."


    *p. p. p.*


    After Ynda finished her speech, Shanley began to apud slowly, azy smile ying on his lips. "So righteous. Should we report you to the UN for an award?"


    "What?"


    Ynda''s next words died in her throat. For a moment, she couldn''t tell if he was being genuinely grateful or sarcastic.


    "Long day of sses? You must be tired," Shanley said, ignoring her. He opened the car door for Juniper "Once I''m done with this, I''ll take you somewhere."


    "Fine."


    Juniper gave him a long, meaningful look but said nothing more. He''d been holding this in for so long. She might as well let him have his moment to show off.


    After closing the car door, Shanley turned back to face the crowd and spoke slowly. The man in the first photo is Juniper''s third brother, Melvin. Her *actual* brother."


    His words sent a ripple of murmurs through the crowd. Her third brother? How was


    that possible? Wasn''t he her lover? Suddenly he''s her brother?


    "Impossible!" Ynda retorted, her expressionplex and her voice cold, Juniper only has one brother Mr. Schwartz, you''re not just making things up to defend her, are you?"


    "This is a paternity test report," Shanley said, pulling a stack of papers from the car


    and handing them to a student next to him to pass around.


    "They really are siblings!"


    "Could this report be fake?"


    "Are you crazy? Why would Mr. Schwartz fake something like this for her?"


    "Hey, wait! There''s another report behind it. Who is this one for?"


    "The man in the second photo," Shanley''s deep voice continued, unhurried, "is Juniper''s second brother, Harold."


    Another brother? Just how many brothers did Juniper have? Ynda clutched the report, her face as pale as a sheet.


    "And what about the third photo?" Ynda bit out, jealousycing every word as she sneered, "Don''t tell me that''s her brother too?"


    "As for the ''pretty boy''..." Shanley''s lips curled into azy smirk. "Don''t you think he looks a little like me?"