Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James)
Chapter 80

The doubt in Tina's eyes made Nichole's face stiffen for a moment, but she quickly replaced it with a look of hurt. "Tina, how could I possibly lie to you? Why would you suddenly ask me that?" Tina saw Nichole's eyes reddening and could only respond, "I was just asking. Don't take it to heart."

Nichole was about to cry, so Tina took her hand affectionately. "We are best friends; you can't ever lie to us."

"Of course, I would never lie to you." Nichole nodded obediently.

"Let's go, it's time for class."

Tina, pulling Nichole, headed upstairs. Nichole grew more cautious. In any case, before graduation, she couldn't let Tina and Krystal replace out she had lied, or her college life would be ruined. Upstairs, Nichole's classroom was surrounded by a crowd, and Krystal was also looking around but, being petite, couldn't squeeze through.

"What's going on?" Tina asked as she approached.

Krystal, ever the gossip, said, "I heard the Dean is here, and everyone is watching the excitement."

"The Dean? What's the Dean doing in our class?" Tina wondered.

Nichole's heart clenched.

"It's because of the incident at the notice board yesterday. They've sent someone to investigate." Krystal's voice was tinged with excitement. Nichole went pale.

Krystal continued, unbothered, "It must be because they think that girl doesn't deserve to be at our school, so they're going to kick her out."

Tina frowned. "But if that's the case, shouldn't the Dean go to her class? Why come to ours?"

Krystal also sensed something odd. "Yeah, why come to our class? He should be going downstairs."

After a pause, both of them instinctively stred at Nichole.

Afraid they would become suspicious, Nichole quickly said, "Could it be that we offended Harold, and Harold had someone come to deal with us?"

That was also a possibility. Krystal and Tina looked worried.

This was bad, not only did they not manage to expel that girl, but they might have gotten themselves in trouble instead.

Tina asked, "Does Harold have that much power? To have the Dean twist the truth?"

Nichole said, "I heard that Harold turned in a blank paper during the exam, but his family pulled some strings, and he got in with just a word. With that power, he could have the Dean come after us." Krystal stomped her foot in anger upon hearing this. "That's outrageous! What do we do now?"

Nichole immediately said, "Let's slip away when no one's paying attention. It's better to skip class than to stay here and be targeted."

"Agreed." Krystal was the first to respond.

Tina, however, said, "Isn't it a bit cowardly to just leave without clarifying things? We haven't done anything wrong. We shouldn't be this scared. In front of all these people, they can't just twist the truth, can they?"

Krystal wavered a bit, but Nichole was really scared. Staying here could be disastrous if the Dean was investigating the person behind the notice board scandal.

"People with money and power are not to be messed with. They have ways to twist the truth."

Since her friends were not planning to leave, Nichole grew frantic. Were these two not thinking straight?

"If you two aren't leaving, I'm out of here."