The other parents saw what she'd done and snatched markers from pencil cases, rushing at me all at once.
Within seconds, my pristine white suit had become a mess of garish colors layered over black.
Olympia was the first to whip out her phone, snapping photo after photo of me. She let out a cold laugh.
"Who are you trying to fool with that classy act? This is more like it. This look actually matches your trashy little soul."
"Do you have any idea what this suit and those jewels you just ruined are worth?"
I looked at the wreckage around me, then calmly took out my phone.
There was a message from Attorney Fox. He was ten minutes away.
That one small move set Maria off. She lunged at me, ripped the phone from my hands, and hurled it into the pool. "Trying to call for backup? Someone gives you an inch and you really start thinking you matter."
The rest of them wore the same mocking expressions.
I lifted my gaze and swept it slowly over every single one of them.