So Cassie threw them under the bus, Arianna learnt from the story. No wonder the girl wasn't as pissed as she thought she would be at her when she returned.
Cassie came out unscathed.
"Even at that, I'm the one who's to blame here. My running away put all of you in a difficult spot," Arianna acknowledged her fault, "Not everyone is as brave as you are and that might as well have been Cassie's own way of ensuring her survival, "
"Yeah, real low way of survival," Ashley sneered, "You're too kind for your good," She told her, "No matter what kind of trouble I'm in, I would never betray my innocent friends to save my ass. That's lesson 101 on the friendship booklet,"
"Exactly!" The other girls supported and from their tone, it was obvious they held sheer disdain for Cassie's action.