The sky was getting darker as Janet climbed the walls of Jackson Residence and sneaked back to her room surreptitiously through the window, avoiding the CCTVs. Then, she burrowed under the blanket. Sitting on the bed cross-legged, she typed furiously away on the keyboard with her slender fingers, sorting out the evidence she had gathered.
Within seconds, she managed to hack into Jennifer's phone. When she spotted the record of Jennifer's transaction with the group of assassins in her bank account, she snorted, "Seems like she really does hate me to the core, huh!" Opening her WhatsApp application on her phone, she sent a folder to Lara.
Janet: 'Please help me post everything in that folder to Star High School's forum on Reddit.'
Lara: 'Got it, Janet!"
Lara got down to business as soon as she received the folder.
Then, Janet sent her another message: 'Do come up with an eye-catching headline.'
After briefly going through the materials inside the folder, Lara suggested: 'Breaking news! Jennifer Lewis, the campus belle of Star High School, made a questionable deal with a bunch of men!'
The following morning, Janet purposely waited for Jennifer at the school gates. As soon as she spotted her getting out from a luxurious car, she approached Jennifer and intentionally stumbled onto the ground in front of her.
Jennifer stopped in her tracks and glared at her, eyes brimming with disgust and hatred. Then, she pointed at Janet and scolded, "Hey, are you trying to frame me up by deliberately falling right in front of me?"
An eerie and icy glint flashed through Janet's eyes as she rose to her feet. Curling her bright red lips into a sly smile, she muttered menacingly, "You know what? Those who tried to sabotage me all paid a very heavy price."
Jennifer shuddered at the words that sent chills down her spine. "You…" With a deep frown on her forehead, she stopped herself from blurting out the question on her mind just in time. Once she asked Janet that question, the latter would know right away that Jennifer was the one who hired the assassins to kill her.
Her smile vanishing, Janet's face turned cold as she warned, "You'd better watch out." With that, she spun around and walked away.
…
As soon as Jennifer entered the classroom, she managed to completely put Janet's warning out of her mind. She looked like a star today wearing a floral dress from Louis Vuitton—a gift from her father that cost over a hundred thousand. Secretly thrilled because she knew that all eyes were on her, she couldn't help but break into a beatific smile. Putting down her bag, she left the classroom to take a stroll on the field, enjoying the boys' admiration.
Little did she know, her classmates from Class B started to criticize her right away as soon as she was far enough away from them.
"Why is she looking so smug in that dress?"
"I finally realize that she is not only a campus belle, but also a wicked one."
"I suppose she's on her way to show off that dress to all the boys in school now."
"She hasn't got a clue what happened, has she?"
Just as Jennifer reached the basketball court to watch the boys, all the other girls who were there to root for the guys quickly scattered. Whispering between themselves, they eyed her skeptically. The way they looked at her was definitely not in admiration or envy.
Feeling puzzled, Jennifer walked over to one of the girls and shoved her hard. "Why are all of you looking at me that way? Is this the first time you're meeting the campus belle?"
The girls chuckled in response.
"You're right. I've never met a campus belle who is so wicked."
"I've never met one who is so vicious."
"Me too! I've never come across one who loves to show off so much."
"In fact, this is my first time meeting a campus belle who is so cheap."
All at once, they showered Jennifer with a deluge of degrading remarks. Jennifer snapped and slapped one of the girls across the face. "What did you say?"
The girl also lost it, raising her voice to counter, "I said you are disgusting!" Then, the girl opened Reddit on her phone and clicked into Star High School's forum which was filled with discussions on Jennifer and showed it to her.
When Jennifer's eyes landed on the video posted there, she was so flabbergasted that she felt as if her world was about to explode. The video showed the chat messages and bank transaction she had had with one of the assassins. A recording of a phone conversation between one of the assassins and a mysterious person was also included. As the voice of the mysterious person was technically modified, no one knew for sure who it actually belonged to.
"It's not me!" Jennifer lunged toward the girl, snatching her phone away before throwing it to the ground. "It's not me in the video! Delete it! Delete everything right now!" she shrieked.
Seeing that her phone was thrown onto the ground, the girl seethed, "You can't change anything even after breaking my phone. Everyone in this school already knows how wicked and vicious you are. Soon, you will be asked to leave Star High School!"
*
No way! That's impossible! Jennifer shook her head vigorously in disbelief. How did the chat messages and bank transactions in her phone get exposed to the public? Was it the doing of the assassins she had hired?
That was unlikely because to those who were involved in jobs like these, integrity was their motto. However, nothing else could explain how the information appeared on Reddit. Then, who was the one who sabotaged her? She had to get the principal's help now.
The girls watched her storm off and started sniggering.
"Even the principal cannot save her now."
"Tsk, not only is she going to be expelled, she will even be sent to jail for committing a crime!"
"That's for sure. Not even her father can save her now."
…
The matter caused a sensational stir in Star High School. The students all left their classrooms and swarmed to the principal's office to peek in on the ensuing drama.
Meanwhile, Janet was leaning against the table sleeping when Abby and Gordon approached her hurriedly and asked, "Janet, are you alright?"
Janet looked up groggily and nodded her head. "I'm alright. What's going on?"
Abby and Gordon looked stunned for several seconds, eyeing her disbelievingly. "Janet, rumor has it Jennifer hired some assassins to kill you. It's all over our school's Reddit forum now."
"I had no idea." Janet just shook her head at them.
Not bothering to explain it in detail to her, Abby and Gordon hauled her out of the classroom. "Let's go! Let's see what it is all about!"
Grinning, Janet thought she ought to join in the excitement too. With a faint smile, she agreed. By the time the three of them reached the door of the principal's office, there were already throngs of students, including some teachers, hovering outside.
Jennifer was shrieking, "Sir, you have to believe me! I didn't do anything of that sort! You must instruct the students to delete their comments in the forum or all of you will suffer very badly when my dad hears about this!"
Who on earth was the one who sabotaged her and put her in such a dire situation? Glancing at the bunch of nosy students who were watching the drama outside, she spotted Janet and all of a sudden, what she said to her in the morning popped in her mind. "You know what? Those who tried to sabotage me all paid a very heavy price."
To everyone's surprise, Jennifer suddenly pounced on Janet and seized her by the collar of her school uniform as she growled, "Were you the one? It must be you! Janet Jackson, you dirty little b*tch!"
Janet looked as though she was on the verge of bursting into tears, her eyes glistening. "Sir, what's wrong with Jennifer? I'm scared!" she croaked.
Gordon stepped forward and gripped Jennifer's hands. "Let go of her! You're frightening her!"
Staring at Janet and Gordon, Jennifer felt as if her head was exploding; the hatred, rage and jealousy surging in her body were overwhelming. Why? Why was Young Master Yaleman now on her side? She couldn't accept it! She charged forward and grabbed Janet's uniform again. "It must be you who sabotaged me! I'm very sure!" she roared angrily.
The principal approached them to mediate the fight. "Jennifer, why are you doing this to Janet? Let her go now." Although they usually disliked Janet, they could still see that Janet was the victim in this situation.
Jennifer looked terrifying as she glowered at Janet, her eyes brimming with rage and hatred. Since Janet had ruined her life, she had to kill her. Immediately, she lifted her hand, intending to give Janet a slap. Her cheeks would surely become swollen and red.
However, just moments before her hand connected with Janet's face, Gordon grasped her wrist tightly and managed to stop her just in time. Looking down, Janet had on a miserable look as she asked, "Jennifer, what are you trying to do?"
"Young Master Yaleman…" It had never occurred to Jennifer that Gordon would actually grip her wrist so hard just to protect Janet.
"Jennifer Lewis, what are you doing? How dare you attack Gordon?"
Fury and indignance was eating Jennifer up. Couldn't they see it was Gordon who was holding her wrist in such a tight grasp and refused to let her go?
"Jennifer Lewis, the management of Star High School has unanimously decided to expel you because of your morally corrupt behavior," the principal announced righteously.
Face turning pale, Jennifer denied, "No, Sir; I'm not! I'm not!" It was the end of the world for Jennifer.
At that moment, Janet suddenly stepped forward and spoke, "Sir, I have no idea about what was said on the forum. Could there have been a misunderstanding?"