Beatrice’s POV Linda’s eyes sharpened when she saw me this monday morning in my apartment at the Giraffe. My face was pale, hollow, with dark, puffy bags under my eyes, it said everything. She sat up, shoving the duvet off. “We’ve got school,come on, we’ll go together.” I shook my head, my voice flat. “Not happening. Everyone’s talking, gossiping about me, Isabell, and Galerie Stahl. They’re staring at me like I’m some kind of freak show. I can’t deal with it, Linda not after yesterday.” My throat tightened, Eric’s words echoing in my head—ungrateful bitch, talentless hybrid. I sank deeper into the armchair. The fabric should have felt velvety, smooth, calming but all I felt was uselessness against my skin “They’ll all know, her arrest, the fakes. I just want to hide. It’s the other way around, she’s the one staining my name.” Linda frowned, swinging her legs off the couch. “Hide? Bea, why? Mondwächter’s group and Principal Dietrich have your back, your award’s legit. She
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