Chapter 14

The idiot woke up from her sleep with no recollection of what she had been dreaming about.

Yes, you already know I am Ginny. I woke up feeling like I just recovered from a night of drinking and it wasn’t a good feeling. My head felt heavy and the vein in my temple throbbed badly. When I tried to open my eyes, I realized my lashes were crusty and that was when it all came back to me.

I cried to sleep last night and it was all because of what Leo said. Even now with the early morning taste in my mouth, I still felt the urge to cry some more. It hurt really bad, so bad that I thought my chest was going to cave in. Was Leo so blind to everything Emerald did to me since I got into the school? I guess I shouldn’t blame him, she is after all his next challenge. When he gets into her pussy, he will move on to the next, maybe Jeannie and Lizzie.

Why does he hate me so much? Can’t he see how much he means to me?

And then what happened next?

I couldn’t remember as I stood up from the floor where I had obviously fallen asleep. And that was when I noticed that my laptop was on the table. And it was on.

I know I didn’t turn on my laptop last night. As I rose from the floor I noted with a shocking realization that the window above my bed was open and the curtains bellowed in the breeze. I ran to my window to shut it, casting a quick glance at the clock, it was 5:45 am, 15 minutes until I have to wake up. When I reached out to pulled the windows shut I realized that clouds had gathered, very obvious even in the dark sky. I pulled the windows shut and almost immediately a strong wind blew rattling them.

I turned back to the mystery of my laptop. Who came into my room and why? Whoever it was left my window open and I realized that it was the sound of the wind in my window that woke me up.

Now the mystery of the laptop.

I pulled my chair back and took a seat at my desk. My charger was plugged in as it had been last night and when I touched the mouse lightly the percentage of my battery was 30%. So whoever it was just left then?

Maybe it was Leo?

Could he be snooping around to know what I thought about Emerald besides her being a bitch?

But Leo wouldn’t do that.

Would he? My mind argued. After all he had accused me of being small-minded and rude to Emerald even though everything that happened was all her fault.

I sat there for a few seconds staring at the screen of my laptop and after a while noticed the opened search engine in the search box.

I clicked on it surprised to find that someone has logged into a social media account and was interacting on the class group chat as a stranger.

“What was so interesting in the class group chat?” I wondered out loud scanning the screen with my eyes. The last message has been sent 5:00 in the morning and it was a laughing emoji. I scrolled up to see what laughter had been for.

It was just a bunch of jokes at first about Emerald and her crew. The message was so much that for a long time, I read them and found nothing interesting I’m them until my eyes began to hurt.

Then I saw it.

‘Ginny definitely did it. She called her a bitch after all.’

I frowned and leaned forward.

‘I know she did it but honestly she had it coming and I agree with Ginny, I think we all agree with Ginny, Emerald was and is a bitch!’

I continued to scroll, my heart beating as the memories came back. Emerald was found after school at the bottom of the assembly hall sprawled in an unnatural angle. Her neck was twisted and even to the inexperienced eye, it was obvious she died from that fall.

Which meant…

It meant Emerald was dead!

But my classmates clearly thought it was a joke because there edits of the accident image with different captions.

Someone had edited the picture with a bottle of wine in Emerald’s hand and several other bottles around her and captioned it: Felt drunk might delete later.

Someone else even made an edit with a doodle of a dick on her right eye and one on her exposed thigh and the caption read: Open on Thursdays, credit cards only.

I guess they were supposed to be funny but death is no joke and I couldn’t laugh at any of the cruel jokes. Emerald may be bitch but she’s a human being and she at least deserves some respect. Unable to take the sickening cruel jokes about her anymore, I turned my laptop off and pushed it aside. Just as I was about to get up from the chair, I thought better of it and swiped the thin laptop into my arms instead, heading to my closet to locked it in one of the drawers on my dresser.

If someone was coming into my room to use my laptop they will have a hard time finding my laptop. That being said I must close my door and windows more securely next time.

Everyone in the mansion denies coming into my room, no problem, I’ll make sure they never have any reason to come in again.

I had just hidden my laptop, got into the bathroom to have my bath and I was getting out with my towel, getting ready for school when someone knocked at my door.

I wanted to tell whoever it was to get the hell away when Maggie’s voice came softly through the door.

“Ginny? Are you there?”

“I reluctantly responded. “Yes I am.”

“Can I come in?”

“The door is locked.”

There was a long paused and she called again, her voice sounding even closer. “Will you open the door?”

“Why do you want to come in?” I queried as I got into my uniform and laced up my boots.

“I want to talk.”

I discarded my towel and made my way to open the door. There she was in the pyjamas I gave her this past Christmas. She had a small smile on her face so I guess this is her idea of the perfect mother to daughter binding moment.

I offered her a smile and her eyes immediately drifted to my head.

“Leo told me about what happened.”

I stepped back for her to enter. “Did he also tell you about why my hair was cut so short in front of my classmates? They want me to be like everyone else but I am not everyone else.”

“I know that. I understand that, that’s why I have made up my mind, you don’t have to go to school anymore. You can take off that uniform and let them deal with their consciences for doing this to you.”

I opened my mouth aghast. “You are not mad?”

“I am mad,” she nodded. “But not at you. I am mad at the idiots who did this to you. I’ll sue them…”

“Not so fast,” I laughed at the vehemence in her voice. “They will hate me even more if you do that.”

“But they are trying to crush your spirit. Ginny, you are different and that is fine, it is wonderful!”

“Leo doesn’t think so. He thinks I should blend in.”

Maggie sighed. Leo and I was a sour topic for her. “Ginny I have told you, a guy like Leo doesn’t deserve you. He doesn’t even see how much you love him.”

I tried not to cry. “And it hurts.”

“It only hurts because you let it. You expect him to love you, you expect him to notice your feelings for you and return them and that’s why you are disappointed. Let him go. Aren’t there better boys at school?”

I nodded even though I never really noticed any of them.

Maggie moved closer to clean my eyes and I’m sure she smeared my eyeliner in the process because the corner of her lips turned down but I didn’t care.

“Stay at home today.”

“I can’t,” I shook my head and decided to tell her why. “The girl in school had a pretty nasty accident and everyone thinks I did it. If I don’t show up they’ll think I’m guilty.”

I expected her to ask, ‘Did you do it?’ but she frowned.

“That’s a stupid thing to think. You’ll never hurt a fly.”

I couldn’t hold it anymore. I jumped into her arms and hugged her, letting the tears flow freely. I felt her smile against my shoulder.

“It’s okay, honey,” she whispered and smoothed my bald head. “It’s okay.”

I tried to nod but Maggie is slightly shorter than me so my chin ended up hitting her shoulder.

“Stay home, I’ll send a notice to school…”

I pulled back. “No, don’t worry about it. I’ll go to school and face the haters.”

She searched my face and after a while nodded and stepped back. “You are a big girl, but I want you to know that if you can’t take it, just give me a call and I’ll come pick you up.”

I tried to smile through my tears. “You won’t send Noah?”

“No because I need to beat your principal with a bat over the head for doing this to my baby.”

I laughed. Could this be happening? Could it be that I was opening up to someone for the first time in my life?