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He’d thought his warning would make her back off, but no one could have imagined she’d bring such a catastrophic disaster upon them all.
With Betty’s situation resolved and a morning of classes behind them, they were on their way to the cafeteria when they finally got news about Anne.
“I always said Anne would eventually fall victim to Betty’s schemes. Now Betty won’t be coming back to school for quite some time,” someone remarked.
Ethan and the others exchanged looks of dismay when they heard the news.
No one had expected Anne’s condition to be this critical, nor could they believe Betty would actually go so far.
After everything Anne had done for her, they couldn’t have imagined she’d be pushed down the stairs by the very person she always protected.
“Honestly, we’re partly to blame here. We should visit Anne at the hospital after school,” Ethan said.
Ethan glanced at Brian with guilt as he spoke.
“Yeah,” Brian replied.
Although they left early, they were still partly responsible. If they hadn’t confronted Betty, maybe she wouldn’t have snapped like that.
They couldn’t stomach what Betty was saying. They didn’t expect her to be so stubborn and out of control. They heard she even slapped Anne across the
face.
“I warned her again and again. Betty is bad news, not someone you should befriend. But she just stubbornly refused to listen.
“If Betty laid a hand on her own family, then it’s no surprise she’d go after Betty, who she’s only known for two months,” Maisie said.
Maisie hadn’t expected things would turn out like this for Anne either. She jabbed at her bread, her irritation clear.
Maisie thought, ‘I’ve known Anne for over a decade. We were never particularly close, but we did cross paths from time to time. She spent most of her life abroad and was gentle–natured, and always easy to get along with before she met Betty.
‘But God knows what tricks Betty used to worm her way into Anne’s life. Ever since then, Anne has become her staunchest defender, almost like a different person.‘
The mood among them was heavy. Everyone looked troubled. Zinnia picked at her bread in silence, listening to their conversation without saying a
word.
Zinnia only met Anne twice. Betty was always on her watch list. But hearing about what happened to her brought Zinnia no satisfaction. Zinnia didn’t even know if she could or should help her.
Anne was innocent. She didn’t want her feud with Betty to drag innocent people into this mess.
“Enjoy your food,” Lydia said calmly and served her some food.
Zinnia nodded softly.
“Damn, Lydia, you were so cool today! Those hacker–level skills–you totally blew us away. We never knew you could pull off something like that!” Ethan
said.
Ethan turned to Lydia, admiration shining in his eyes.
The others at the table looked over too, still amazed by the impressive hacking skills Lydia had demonstrated today.
“Self–taught,” Lydia said calmly.
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Under their curious gaze, Lydia, now wearing her glasses again with her usual quiet grace, meticulously picked out every fast bit of lobster shell with
calm precision.
Ethan’s jaw dropped. “Holy shit, that’s insane!”
Brian chimed in, “Impressive.”
Maisie’s eyes widened as she gave Lydia a big thumbs up. “Lydia, you’re an absolute genius!”
Lydia was a straight–up genius. She had been hiding these insane hacking skills all along. They had beeh classmates for two years and had no clue she could pull this off.
For a moment, the three of them all thought the same thing. ‘Did we ever do anything to piss her off?‘ they thought.
With skills like that, if she ever hacked their phones, they’d be toast. Everyone’s got some embarrassing crap on the phone.
Lydia wasn’t part of their original friend group. She hadn’t grown up with them.
The school had specially recruited Lydia from another city to boost its reputation, and later, William got her transferred into their class to help improve their academic performance.
After two years as classmates, her grades were exceptionally brilliant. Anyone hoping to pass the finals just needed her study tips, and she always knew what to focus on. This earned her the class’s absolute trust and admiration.
And after seeing what she pulled off today, their admiration for her skyrocketed.
Facing their uneasy stares, Lydia shot them a cool glance. “Relax, I’m not that bored. I have zero interest in getting arrested,” she said calmly.
Honestly, she’d only gotten involved this time because they’d seriously ticked her off.
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