"I mean it literally, of course!" the girl said with a smile. "There's this girl in our class who's so incredibly fake. She talks about how she wants to be good to her older sister, but behind her back, she's always badmouthing her. When her sister bombed a test once, she said, 'It's okay if you messed up this one time; you always do badly anyway.' I think it's time to give that line right back to her!"
It was the break between classes. By the time Vera Xavier followed Juliana Taylor to the teachers' office, quite a few teachers were already there.
Because Vera Xavier was the dark horse who had emerged from the senior class this time, coupled with her previously abysmal grades, she was now the main topic of discussion among all the senior class teachers.
The moment she followed Juliana Taylor into the teachers' office, she was immediately met with the unified gazes of every teacher present.
