Chapter: CHAPTER 5: The Truth Buried UndergroundCHAPTER 5: The Truth Buried UndergroundPOV: Ivy BennettThe glass doors of the Bennett Global headquarters slid open automatically, and I walked into the massive lobby where security guards in black suits immediately stood up and bowed their heads slightly as I passed the front desk. My grandfather was waiting for me near the private elevator, and he didn't say a word as he gestured for me to follow him into the lift and pressed the button for the underground archives."You look exhausted, Ivy, but we do not have time to waste because the Kingsley family is already trying to restructure their loans before you can take over the board next month," my grandfather said as the elevator moved downward, his hands resting on his gold-topped cane while he looked straight ahead at the polished metal doors."I don't care about their loans, Grandfather, and I just want to know why Julian Kingsley went through so much trouble to frame me for a simple exam leak," I replied, adjusting the strap of
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Chapter: CHAPTER 4: Goodbye ForeverCHAPTER 4: Goodbye ForeverPOV: Ivy BennettI dragged my heavy suitcase toward the bus terminal and stood under the small plastic awning while a few other passengers started to queue up by the boarding gate, and the water was falling fast from the sky, making large puddles on the concrete pavement while the bus driver opened the lower luggage compartment to take the bags."Are you really leaving without saying a single word to anyone else, Ivy?" Noah asked as he walked up quickly behind me and stopped a few feet away, and his clothes were completely wet, and he was breathing heavily as if he had been running down the street for a long time just to catch up with me."There is nothing left for me to say to anyone in this town, Noah, because you and the entire school already decided that I was a criminal," I said, turning around to face him while the driver took a ticket from the passenger ahead of me. "You got exactly what you wanted from that disciplinary board hearing, and your hockey
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3: The Secret RecordingCHAPTER 3: The Secret RecordingPOV: Ivy BennettThe cardboard box on my bed was only half full, and my hands were shaking so badly that I could not fold my clothes properly because the music from the student party outside was very loud and came right through my glass window, and it felt like the entire hockey team was celebrating my departure from the academy. Every few minutes, another group of students would shout insults toward my building, or someone would throw a plastic cup against the brick wall right outside my room, and the sound of their laughter just made the space feel even more uncomfortable than before."Are you really just going to pack up and leave like a coward, Ivy, because you didn't even try to fight them after Chloe told those ridiculous lies to the board?" my roommate, Maya, asked as she walked into the room, slammed the door shut behind her, and stood there with her arms crossed over her chest while looking at me with a mixture of anger and worry. "Everyone out
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2: Public ExecutionCHAPTER 2: Public ExecutionPOV: Ivy BennettThe auditorium doors groaned as they were pushed open, and the heavy murmur of hundreds of students shifted into a loud roar the moment I walked down the center aisle toward the long table where the disciplinary board sat. Every single row was packed with people holding up their phones, and the bright screens flashed constantly as photos of me were uploaded to the school forum where captions and comments were already calling me a thief and a fraud."Look at her face, she doesn't even look sorry for what she did to the team," Marcus yelled from the third row, leaning over the balcony railing to glare at me while his friends banged their fists against the wooden seats to create a deafening rhythm."Order in this room immediately, or I will have the security guards clear the entire space before we begin," Principal Vance shouted into his microphone, his voice echoing off the high ceilings until the room finally settled into a tense quiet.I to
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1: The Girl Everyone BlamesCHAPTER 1: The Girl Everyone BlamesPOV: Ivy BennettThe chatter inside the Kingsley Elite Academy student lounge was usually loud, but today it felt entirely different as hundreds of eyes locked onto me the exact moment I walked through the double doors. I clutched my textbooks tightly against my chest, trying to ignore the sharp whispers echoing from the leather couches where the hockey players usually sat."Is that her?" Chloe, one of the varsity cheerleaders, pointed a manicured finger in my direction while leaning over to whisper to her boyfriend. "I can't believe she actually showed up today after what happened.""She ruined everything," Marcus, the backup goaltender, muttered loudly enough for the entire room to hear. "If the board suspends us from the National Championship, she’s the one who needs to pay for it."I kept my head down and quickened my pace toward the library annex, hoping to find some quiet, but the heavy oak doors swung open before I could reach them, and Princ
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