Chapter 358

Samantha Fisher scanned the room. Things had already blown up—no way to backtrack now without showing some real proof. So she had to fake it till she made it. With a stiff face, she took the sketchbook and pen from Sarah Knight and started to draw. Over on Annabelle Reid's side, her pen flew. She had a bunch of fresh ideas, and now, to defend herself, she was going all in. Meanwhile, Samantha just sat there, staring at the page. The pen felt like a brick in her hand. Barely twenty minutes later, Annabelle had already finished. And Samantha? She only had a rough outline done. Well, live sketching didn’t lie. The truth was clear as day. “Still gonna pretend you didn't swipe my work, Samantha?” Annabelle’s voice was steady, but you could hear the frustration in it. “Yeah, I took it. So what?” Samantha’s tone turned defiant, her chin up like she still had a chance to win this. “Apologize to Miss Reid,” Christine Hayes cut in sharply. She wasn’t stupid—Sarah Knight wasn’t someone to mess wi