I let a small, cold smile slip. Yes, she didn’t have a boyfriend, that was why she’d set her sights on my sister’s. If Elodie had been here, maybe she would have spared her. Too bad I wasn’t her.
“But I stayed in the room next to yours, and I saw you go into obstetrics," I said. "Also, that pen and notebook, aren’t those from CityLab? I have the same ones.”
I then pulled an identical notebook out of my bag and showed it to them.
With that, whispers quickly spread through the room.
“No way! Renee took half a month off, right? Did she really have an abortion?”
“Well, she doesn’t seem like the quiet type. She’s always been wild.”
“Bullshit! I was in the Maldives! Are you idiots that easy to fool? Keep talking and I’ll make you pay,” Renee snapped.
Veronica's POV
Fuming with rage, Renee grabbed a pencil case from the desk and hurled it straight at the head of the girl gossiping nearby.
Everyone knew she could do whatever she wanted, since being from a rich family made her untouchable at school. So, when the attack happened, the crowd fell silent, exchanging helpless looks before pretending to mind their own business.
I, on the other hand, quickly lowered my head, feigning fear.