Chapter 54

"Cut it out, will you? Can we talk about something serious for once?" Denise rolled her eyes at Lily, a bit flustered by her teasing. Especially after what happened with Jason this morning... the thought alone made her blush. "Alright, alright. Miss Serious wants real news, let me deliver," Lily said dramatically. "Cleo didn’t show up at school today. I poked around some classes and heard she withdrew." "She dropped out?" Denise was genuinely shocked. She had expected Jason would deal with Cleo, just not this fast. "Yup. Nobody knows where she went. Vanished. Even that little gang of hers fell apart. Guess she’s not so scary now, huh?" Honestly, Cleo leaving Seaville University was a relief. But let her dare show up again — Denise wasn’t planning to let her off easy. Then, that afternoon, Denise’s phone buzzed with a news alert. It was about the Seaville Tourism Bureau director getting busted for bribery and embezzlement. Word online was that the corruption scandal hit billions. The di