“We won’t let you get away with this!”


    Right after Avalynn’s words, a bunch of students started to call out Grace for her “misdeeds”.


    Avalynn stood to the side, a small smirk on her face.


    Everyone was pointing fingers at Grace now, not her.


    She sneered inwardly, “You thought you could get away with messing with me?”


    She was determined to make Grace pay for what happened yesterday.


    The students began hurling insults at Grace.


    Overwhelmed by the noise, Grace felt her ears ringing.


    Lifting her head, her eyes shone with resolve.Content bel0ngs to N?vel(D)r/a/ma.Org.


    “Stop! You don’t know the real story!”


    The teacher who had just spoken added icily, without a trace of sympathy, “Avalynn is our school’s star student and I hold her in high regard.


    But you, out of jealousy, framed her.


    You made her sick enough to go to the hospitalst night.


    Do you still deny it?


    Avalynn is kind and lovely.


    Don’t tarnish a good person’s reputation just because you’re upset.


    ”


    The crowd around echoed in agreement, “You’ve crossed the line, Grace!”


    Grace felt cornered and misunderstood.


    She hadn’t done anything, yet she was being med.


    Defiantly, she responded, “Enough! Stop using me without proof!”


    The teacher’s expression turned sour upon seeing Grace’s defiance.


    “Listen, if you keep causing trouble, I’ll have no choice but to ask the school leaders to expel you!”


    Grace stood her ground firmly.


    “Actually, it’s you who’s in the wrong!


    If I bring this up with the principal, I won’t be the one leaving the school.


    Instead, it’ll be you, a teacher who favors certain students, who’ll be fired!”


    Right after Grace’s words, the dean arrived in a hurry.


    Noticing the tense situation, he quickly stepped in to calm things down.


    Seizing the moment, the teacher began to badmouth Grace.


    “I just can’t handle her.


    Everyone at Halliday Universityes from a respectable background.


    How can she, a mere student, speak to me, her teacher, in such a way? It’s infuriating!”


    Grace overheard every word and felt humiliated in front of her ssmates.


    The dean, aware that Grace was Bryson’s sister, was cautious not to upset her.


    “Come on, a little argument among students isn’t the end of the world.


    Jane, you’re being too harsh.


    Your job is to help students get along, not make things worse.


    ”