Chapter 10
I turned to look at all the shocked faces in the audience.
“My grades four point oh GPA. Every honor Ive received is public record, completely clean. Every single point earned from nights I spent grinding in the library, problem sets I worked through myself. Anyone wanna challenge that?”
My gaze swept across the entire auditorium.
Dead silence.
Finally, I looked back at that pathetic figure trying to make herself invisible.
“As for you. Sophia.”
“That first-class ticket you schemed so hard to steal, the reputation you tried to destroy, even this guy you’ve been clinging to… None of that was ever worth my time.”
“All that stuff you think is so valuable? It’s just garbage to me.”
With that, I handed the microphone back to the host, not wasting another glance on those two.
This pathetic show was over.
Later, Aaron tried to come crawling back to apologize.
“Rachel, I had no idea… I swear I didn’t know anything…”
He was completely losing his shit.
“It was all Sophia’s idea, she took those photos, she pushed me into it…”
Watching him desperately trying to throw Sophia under the bus, I felt this weird mix of disgust and pity.
“You know why I never told you about my family?”
He shook his head, looking lost.
“Because I wanted to see if you’d actually care about me – just me, Rachel – without all the money and status attached.”
I said quietly.
“Well, now I have my answer.”
I walked away and never looked back.
The next day, I filed for a dorm room change and blocked both Aaron and Sophia on everything.
Dad was right showing off wealth usually sucks, but sometimes it’s perfect for seeing people’s true colors.
Now they can keep wallowing in their toxic little drama while I move on to way better things.
