登入When I started college, I wanted a normal college experience, so I refused to use the black card my parents gave me. My roommate, Peggy Slade, was on need-based financial aid. Every day, she did two things. First, she'd sweet-talk her rich, hot online boyfriend and brag about him. Second, she'd make fun of me, the small-town nobody who couldn't even recognize designer brands. All my clothes back home were custom-made, so I honestly didn't know a single logo. I never bothered explaining. Her online romance was more entertaining than reality TV. Then one day, a screenshot of a money transfer popped up on her phone, and I caught a glimpse. 'Wait. She's using my photos for online dating?' Worse, she'd saved her boyfriend under "Arnault Family Heir." 'But the Arnault family in Rivera is my family. And I'm my parents' only daughter.' I immediately called my assistant. "Find out if my parents have an illegitimate kid."
查看更多Tuesday afternoon, Carl asked me to stop by his law firm.He was on the phone when I got there and waved me into a chair.When he hung up, he slid a document across the desk."Bobby Todd's trial is next month."Prosecutors are reaching out to all the victims to testify. Peggy too."I flipped through a few pages.Bobby's confession was tucked inside.After getting arrested in Ridgeport, he'd cracked fast.Probably figured there was no point fighting it.Hoping for a lighter sentence, he confessed to everything."Will Peggy testify?""Hard to say." Carl leaned back in his chair. "She's not doing great."She got expelled, all her loans are overdue, and debt collectors are after her."And her mom..."He paused."She got out of the hospital yesterday. The doctor says she can't handle much stress."She called Peggy."Didn't say she forgave her, but she didn't block her again."I put down the file.Carl kept going."Five grand of the money Peggy sent Bobby came from her mo
At seven Monday morning, Peggy's post vanished.The school didn't delete it.Neither did I.She deleted the burner account herself, along with every post and photo.At 7:08, Elena dropped a screenshot in the group chat.It was a collection notice.[Your loan is overdue. If payment is not made within three days, legal action will begin.]Then Elena added:[All her online loans are overdue now. The collectors even called her mom's workplace.]Then another message came through.[Her mom has high blood pressure. The collectors called her more than a dozen times, and she got so worked up she ended up in the hospital this morning.]I stared at the screen for a few seconds, then put my phone down and got ready.I still had two major classes that morning.During break, someone came over and held out her phone."Aria, that post's gone. Did Peggy delete it herself?""Yeah. I know."She lowered her voice."So... does that mean she really has nowhere left to go?"I glanced at her
By Friday afternoon, the post was still trending.It had already blown past a hundred million views, with over two thousand comments and more people piling in every day.Peggy added three more posts from the burner account.[I have more evidence I haven't released yet.][Aria isn't nearly as innocent as you think.][You've all been fooled.]Each one included another photo taken without my knowledge.Carl's Bentley outside the women's dorm.Elena and me walking down West Street after buying the bag.She even posted one of me standing in line for a ten-dollar meal at the dining hall.The caption?[Rich heiress eating a $10 meal. Who exactly is she putting on this act for?]The comments started splitting into camps.Some people were getting suspicious.[Isn't this burner literally Peggy? It sounds exactly like her.]Others were just there for the mess.[Who cares if it's true? I'm here for the rich-people drama.]A few people who actually knew what happened jumped in too.
It was almost seven when I got back to the dorm with Mom's bag.I had the room to myself.Peggy's bed was empty. Her whole side had been stripped clean.Even the neon sticky notes spelling out "Mrs. Arnault" were gone.All that was left was a pale rectangle on the wall.Her succulent still sat on the windowsill.Half the leaves were shriveled.No one had watered it in days.I opened my closet to change.When I reached for a sweatshirt in the back, my fingers brushed something crumpled.A note.Peggy's handwriting.[Peggy, when you become Mrs. Arnault, the first thing you'll do is rub it in Aria's face!]I stared at it for a few seconds.The writing was crooked, and the last "a" trailed off.She'd pressed so hard the pen had poked a tiny hole through the paper.I crumpled it up and tossed it in the trash.My phone buzzed.Elena had started a group chat called [Operation Takedown].Just the three of us—Elena, Carl, and me.Then the messages started flying.[Zayn's be
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