Chapter 88: He has to listen.

Catherine's POV.

A few days later.

"Don't worry, darling, everything will die down soon. It's normal for people to gossip; they would talk about what happened until it bore them. Just don't show that whatever they're saying matters to you, and I promise you that you'll be just fine," Natty assured me as we left class to head home.

It had been four days since the unfortunate incident with Sam happened, and the school had been buzzing about it. I could say that most students probably feared me now, and some wanted to get close to me, but I wasn't interested in any of them.

Because of the different gossip, Natasha thought I was bothered by it, but she didn't know what bothered me was far too great. I don't care if they would gossip about it for years; I have grown past that. I am almost twenty-three, and I didn't have time to listen to gossip.

"Cathy, are you alright? You look lost again. I told you that everything would be alright. The competition will be held in less than two months; y