Chapter 6

The video Jack took wasn't by accident. He was at the party that night. When he saw me walking off with Cecilia, he got worried I might do something to her, so he quietly followed us. That meant he didn't just see me set their gowns on fire—he had also seen everything they did to me. In the video, the ladies' vicious voices were crystal clear. One could even see the glint of those fine needles. At first, a few parents still looked unhappy, but the moment my screams tore through the room, the kind that made your heart drop, not one person said a word. When the video ended, Cecilia's face was pale as chalk. She rushed forward, panicked. "Jack, listen to me. I can explain–" Before she could finish, his hand came down hard. His voice was raw with exhaustion. "Cecilia, I truly treated you like my sister. I thought that since I didn't have a relationship with Yelena, even if she came back, what we had would still matter more. I believed you were sweet and kind. I was proud to call you