Chapter 2
When I got back to the dorm, the other girls were already there-except Jessica.
“Mia… did you really look up that stuff online?”
It was Megan, our quiet, rule following floor captain.
She never said much, so the question hit harder.
My stomach dropped.
I hadn’t told Jessica I was meeting with Harris.
How did anyone else know?
Before I could respond, Jessica barged in like clockwork.
You’re seriously into that kinda trash? Gross.”
he stared me down like she was disgusted-but I caught the flicker of guilt in her eyes.
aylor jumped in, rolling her eyes.
Wow, Jess. Even if it were true, who made you moral police?”
Posting it on your story? What a move.”
aylor had history with Jessica too-Jessica stole her boyfriend last year.
he was the only one who defended me when everything fell apart.
whipped out my phone and scrolled through Instagram.
ver thirty comments.
Imost all from mutuals.
ven if I didn’t tell her… she knew.
Which meant someone else told her.
Only one person besides me knew: Professor Harris.
My blood ran cold.
Back then, the school didn’t even give me a chance to defend myself.
They didn’t investigate.
They just expelled me.
Now it’s clear.
Harris and Jessica had something going on.
And I’m done playing nice.
I walked straight up to her.
She backed up fast, panic all over her face.
“Wh-what? I didn’t do anything! What, you gonna hit me now? Go ahead! I dare-”
Chapter 2
“AHHH!!”
She shrieked, shielding her face.
“Hmm… that didn’t hurt?”
I reached past her, grabbed the phone she hid on top of her wardrobe, and deleted the video she was recording.
Jessica didn’t even notice.
She smirked.
“Knew it. You don’t have the guts.”
I smiled back.
“I never hit people.”
SLAP. SLAP.
Two red marks bloomed across her face before she even processed what happened.
I shook out my stinging hand, grinning brighter.
‘Unless they’re trash.”
Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.