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Chapter Eighteen

Author: NicaWrites
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-03 08:01:40

NATASHA'S POV

Layla's house was on the next street, so we could walk there.

I hoped Bart could fix Aunt Camille's car. I didn't want to work to school tomorrow.

The old car would be packed in the garage.

Aunt Camille bought a new car a few months ago after the old one broke down and she couldn't have it fixed.

Being middle class didn't mean we were poor.

It meant we didn't have access to several things, even the silliest things.

Like getting your car fixed. The repair shops here probably weren't up to date enough to find out what was wrong with the car.

Bart proved himself capable of understanding car mechanics after he fixed the family car when no repair shop could.

That was why I had no doubt he could fix it. He honestly didn't belong here, he had a place with the elite.

Piper too, with her sophisticated air and grandiose words. They both would fit right in.

And Layla too…even my parents. I was the only one who didn't belong.

And yet, ironically, I was the one fighting to fit
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