The Heiress They Bullied

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rced through me from

. Gone was the girl who could demand

chool, the entire campus had already hear

looked down on me were sud

ir concern bordering on overkill. Despite my l

nce coldly warned me to "stay out of trouble,"

could change their tune f

art, and kind. You're the perfect image of a true heiress, unlike Lindsay. she was always just a wannabe delinquent. Gues

ounded me, but my gaze drifted to

With her family's influence gone, the tables had turned. Ma

to the restroom, someone poured dirty water over her and locked her inside. By the tim

s? Don't think I won't fi

calm down. Without your family's backing,

age, and she stomped he

to lend her clean clothes. It wasn't until a teacher stepped in and off

ng the exclusive dining hall reserved fo

nce, fuming as I was u

now covered in soup after anot

n the past had deliberately poured

kened. "Lindsay, you again? You'd better start behaving yourself. Scho

bullying me!" Lindsay protested, h

hy this keeps happening. Why aren't other students being targeted? Maybe it's

ou

ke her once-powerful status, only to remember she no longer had it. The

ng bag. All the bullying she had once inflicted

I saw her stumble out of an a

rowdy girls snickered

e, her expression

ying this, aren't yo

climbed into the c

low, but I shut

s here for

urned red

e Francis family's pr

ay seethed, and she stormed over an

liated, and soon they were

rious enough to call her guardians. This time, it was my parent

he started smashing objects in t

cks. "I told you not to break anything in this hous

e-I've been through so much! Now that you ha

o Joanna, sobbi

You need to chan

y off her, her tone

full of venom. She let out a strangled

d. Days passed wit

where, and even Joanna grew visibly anxious, usi

he had gone or what

d into the car waiting for me and im

r, and in the front pass

A strange smell filled the car, making my head s

regained some awareness, but my limbs w

ou doing?"

ared at me with predatory e

st have go

She slapped me hard, her

e the Francis family's heiress! You've taken everything from me. No

t up. The men pinned me do

whole world sees your humiliation! You think y

e raw with desperation, but

. Joanna stormed in, foll

!" she

tried to flee but w

ing, only to see Lindsay grab a knife

thing? Why are you so

o my skin and saw the pained expression on Joanna Francis's face that I

om

ned hands in shock. She tried to run but

s, but her arms still encircled me protectively. "Are you oka

rely breathe past th

pered, "can you fo

ss drenched in red. Even as her life slipped away, she didn't

e, just call me

er bloodied clothes

ling with her smile. And then,

completely sha

now how to process my feelings. How was I supposed to reconcile the deep scars Joa

ly, she

amily of four began to adjust. It wasn't always smooth-there were awk

nd sentenced to prison. The men involved in

irations: securing a spot at my dream universit

ed them-my two families standing together, t

inally understood w

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