Stella's blood pressure shot straight to the roof the moment she glanced at the video.

She demanded, "Where did this video come from?"

"It looks like it leaked from some rich kids' group chat. But now it's all over the internet."

Without another word, Stella grabbed her phone and called Cedric Clarke.

Cedric picked up almost immediately, beating her to the punch: "You saw the video too, didn't you?"

Stella paused. "You saw it as well?"

"Yeah. I'm already in the parking garage. Just come down-I'm by Section C."

"Got it!"

She hung up and made a beeline for the underground garage.

***

Meanwhile, in a quiet hospital room, Julia slowly opened her eyes.

"Gee..."

"I'm right here. How are you

to go

"You're still sick, Julia. You can't just

are four days away. I want to spend

here, okay? We'll talk it over together." "If I go home, she'll come home

tears. "Gee, all of you have been hiding things from me. But I have cancer. If Dr. Lockwood hadn't slipped

stunned into

moment, she finally stammered,

me. I'm not that fragile. If I'm sick, I'll get treated. No need to act like it's the

that really how you feel?" Gina studied Julia's

for me, will you? Tell her I know about the leukemia, and I'll cooperate with treatment. But it's the holidays—people are supposed to be home. Just let me spend these few days with Bryn, so we can see in the

hospital... it just didn't

So, Gina called Stella.

Cedric, Stella agreed: Julia could go home for

***

the Kensington family's backyard, the "intervention" against

terrifying-he pinned Briony down, slamming

fought back with everything she had, but it was no use; her forehead

point, she started bleeding, a fresh trickle

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