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CHARLOTTE

When I got the school the next day, the first thing I noticed was that all the pictures of me had been taken down.

My eyes skimmed the halls, but I couldn't see anything.

It was spotless like the incident didn't occur at all. It was curious. And I stood there, puzzled, wondering if the school authorities had handled it.

I knew it couldn't be Taide's doing, knowing he wouldn't back down from a challenge that easily.

I shrugged it off though, glad I could stroll to my locker in peace without hearing those awful comments about me.

A few meters to my locker, however, I caught the looks I was getting, which made me grimace.

Was there something on my face?

Or even worse, was there something up ahead that could be even worse than the pictures Taide put up?

I wouldn’t be surprised in the least. Maybe he only took down the photos to hit me with something harder.

I thought to myself, only to stop when I couldn't go further. Students parted to make way, and I saw the scene before me.

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