The day Vera ran off, Cara Preston had been nearly chewed out by Rona Langdon. Things had been rough for her these past two days, and she was feeling irritable, so hearing Vera get cursed out made her feel a lot better.
In her mind, this was Vera's last day of school anyway, so she couldn't be bothered to keep up the pretense.
Seeing Vera's completely calm expression, Elise Langdon grew annoyed and shouted, "Some people are so shameless! Still daring to show their face at school and be a disgrace after scoring a zero every time!"
She then turned to Cara Preston. "Cara, you and a certain someone are supposed to be sisters, but you two are worlds apart. How can you stand having such a failure of a sister?"
Cara Preston said faintly, "Elise, don't say that. Even if she's slow, she's still my sister."
Then she turned to Vera and said, "Sister, you really shouldn't have come to school today. You're just setting yourself up for humiliation."
