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.”

the invite, not because she was scared of Beatrice’s threat, but because

a smug

breakfast, and headed back to

junior journalism major at

gate, she received a distress message from her

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

She had done research on bullying at school, and these five mean girls were the main perps. They had formed a group called the Ice Cream Club and 90% of the bullying incidents at Lakeside College were related to

Lakeside College. Some said a pretty woman

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