After a while, Lacey’s family had some kind of
financial crisis.
She used it as an excuse to take a long–term.
leave of absence from school.
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Or, hardly anyone can, recognize her at school.
The Math Competition was coming up.
The school paid our expenses and gave us a
week for the competition.
- 9.
The competition went even better than I
expected.
The school was thrilled and promised to throw
us a party.
But on the way back, Samson and I were talking.
about college and our future plans.
Suddenly, my phone buzzed. The group chat
was blowing up.
Everyone was freaking out about a tweet.
It had hit the top of the local trending list, #1 on
the school’s hot topics:
#Ugly Bitch Gains College Points by Seducing
Men#
The post twisted my story with Chase and
Lacey, painting me as an ugly girl who stalked
Chase and then went after Samson to get extra
points for college.
The comments were brutal:
[WTF, since when can ugly people bet
academic?]
[She’s shameless, what are the benefits of
hitting on a simple handsome guy?]
[Haha, after harming one person she’s going to
harm another top student. How isn’t this girl
dead yet!]
[There’s no fairness if she can get more points.
Why is she so lucky?]
[I haven’t seen such a bitch in my school. I hope she dies in place.]
People were digging up my name and school,
promising to ruin me.
But some people said to wait for the truth, let
the person speak up.
