Leaving a Vicious Family,Finding the Most Beautiful Self

Henry was faking being unconscious. He jumped up when he was taken to the nurse's office and hid in the washroom to call me.

"Elena, you've gone too far. Why did you cancel my black card and embarrass me in front of everyone?

"Don't forget, my mom saved your mom's life. You owe me.

"Restore my black card immediately, or I'll tell everyone at school that your family is ungrateful and mistreats the person who saved your mom's life."

Listening to his angry rant, I calmly hung up the phone and blocked him.

After school, Leah blocked me at the classroom door.

She gritted her teeth and yanked my hair, saying, "Elena, you jerk! Henry is my boyfriend, and you're still obsessing over him.

"Yesterday, he rejected your confession, so you took revenge. You switched the black card while cleaning and made him look bad in front of everyone.

"Henry was kind enough not to expose your dirty trick on the spot, but I won't let you keep bullying him."

The classmates who were about to leave stopped and stared at me, whispering among themselves.

"So it was her messing things up. I knew it. How could Henry be out of money?"

I felt pain in my scalp. I pulled out pepper spray and sprayed it on Leah's face.

She screamed and let go.

I sneered and said, "That card was originally..."

Before I could finish, Henry showed up.

He shielded Leah and said earnestly, "I don't blame you for the black card incident. Don't take it out on Leah."

With that one statement, he confirmed the story that I had swapped the black card. The classmates started angrily criticizing me.

"From now on, no one should talk to her."

"Yeah, let's not be friends with someone so petty and jealous. She doesn't deserve to be our friend."

No one would believe the truth from me.

I was always focused on studying, unlike Henry, who flaunted my black card around.

He treated the whole class to meals, bought them coffee, and took them to amusement parks and concerts, winning them over and gathering many followers.

That's how he earned his reputation as the school's kingpin.

He spent my money and secretly instructed others to bully me.