Chapter 112

Aria quietly sneaked up to the doctor's office like she had done it a hundred times before, peeking in through the door from outside. But the moment I saw who was inside, I froze. "Are you talking about Jim White? He's the one you like?" I blurted out. "How could you fall for him?" Frederick shot me a look that clearly said, "Told you so." "She's been into Jim since she was little, but he hardly even notices her," he said flatly. "She's been faking all sorts of illnesses just to see him. She's had a crush on him for years but never had the guts to tell him." Aria looked quietly heartbroken as she kept her eyes on Jim. "It's not that I don't want to tell him," she said under her breath. "I just…" She trailed off, pressing her lips into a tight line. Inside the office, Jim was sitting at his desk when the curtain at the back of the room lifted. Alicia walked out. "Jim, will my face really be okay?" she asked softly. Her eyes were still red. The gash on her forehead had been sti