Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 13

Agnes never fancied high–collar shirts, and Beatrice knew this well. Today she felt weird somehow, and it turned out to be a bombshell discovery.

Beatrice stepped up and yanked down Agnes‘ collar, “Agnes, I’m gonna tell Dad about you messing around with some dude! You’ve got a hickey, but you broke up with Elton, so it must have been the guy who dropped you off today!”

Beatrice looked at her with scorn, “Agnes, I never thought you’d be such a floozy. Bet you stabbed Elton in the back, and that’s why he dumped you, right?”

“Beatrice, zip it.”

“I hit the nail on the head, didn’t I? If you want me to keep mum, hand me the invite and tell Dad yourself that you don’t wanna go. Or else, Dad will hear it from me, as well as Elton and his folks.”

scared of Beatrice’s threat, but

left with a smug grin, Agnes

next day, Agnes got up early skipped breakfast, and headed back to school with

junior journalism major at Lakeside College.

entered the school gate, she received a distress message from her roommate, Kerri.

seeing the message, Agnes immediately tossed her suitcase and bolted towards the lab

had done research on bullying at school, and these five mean girls were the main perps.

caused by a guy, Ryder Whitfield, a hotshot and a medical student at Lakeside College. Some said a pretty woman was a ticking time bomb, but a good–looking guy could stir

was a case in point. He was a straight–A student, attractive, and had a lot of female admirers at school. Because he was icy and aloof, his fans nicknamed him Prince Frost and formed a group called the Ice Cream Club. The five ringleaders called themselves Ice Cream Princesses, but everyone else knew them as the 5 Bitches.