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Chapter 10: Web of Deceit - The Battle Intensifies

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At another table, Leah gave a soft chuckle. "That app project of hers? Maybe Darren is doing most of it for her. She is smart, but maybe not that smart."

The girls around her tittered, not knowing how carefully she had chosen her words.

By the end of the week, the whispers had spread. Teachers second-guessed themselves before praising Shylie. Students who had once looked up to her now wrinkled their noses behind her back. It was slow, it was quiet, an
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