Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Clara’s POV:

It was now the end of the school year. Everything returned to it’s natural pace after Christmas break. Gloria and Casey aced their finals, while Clara not only aced hers, but she also won a prestigious award for a thesis paper she wrote about cancer cells and medical breakthroughs. She also finished her school year with the highest GPA. Now, everyone was preparing for the summer.

Maria had been cancer free for several months now. She was finally able to return to school after Christmas break and resume the life of a happy 16 year old. Clara would frequently visit and make sure she was still doing good. Her and Ethan were now in a full on relationship. She could still remember the day they told everyone. Ethan decided to through a huge new years celebration at hotel banquet hall for family and close friends. After making a toast to celebrate Maria’s health, he closed out the toast by announcing his love for Clara and telling everyone they were now together. She would never forget the screams of YES that erupted from both his mom, siblings, and Gloria. Everything in this life was going great. As Clara and Gloria were chilling in their living room, Ethan called.

“Hey!”

A huge smiled dawned Clara’s face as she answered.

“Hey yourself. You busy?”

“Nope, just watching some TV with Gloria.”

“Well, I don’t want interrupt girl time, so I’ll be quick. I want you to go to the Bio–Summit with me this year.”

Clara sat all the way up now. She didn’t know if Ethan was going to go to the summit this year. so, this caught her off guard.

“Really?”

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“Really, really.”

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“I didn’t think you were going to go this year.”

“I wasn’t at first. But I have my reasons. So, will you accompany me?”

“S–Sure.”

“Perfect. I’ll be to pick you up tomorrow morning.”

After Clara hung up with Ethan, she looked over at Gloria with a puzzled look.

“Is something wrong?”

Gloria asked with what seemed to be a hint joy in her voice.

“No, I guess not. Ethan wants us to go to the Summit.”

Gloria smiled brightly as Clara.

“Well, that’s cool right? I think it’s a good idea!”

“Really?”

“Absolutely.”

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Clara nodded in agreement, leaning back on the sofa and resumed watching her movie with Gloria. Gloria smiled inwardly, she’d already known Ethan was going to the Summit, he’d told her and Casey along with the reasons why. She couldn’t wait to see the look on

her little sister’s face.

The next morning, Ethan showed up at around 9am. After having breakfast with him, Gloria, and Casey, Clara went into her room to finish packing.

Ethan’s POV:

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After Clara went into the room, Ethan leaned forward to make sure she couldn’t hear.

“Okay, I’m going have her dress for the summit delivered to your house Casey. Gloria, I’m trusting you with this.”

Ethan handed Gloria a small emerald, green velvet box. Gloria beamed with joy! Whispering, she leaned forward.

“You can count on me brother–in–law!”

Ethan smiled at Gloria and Casey; the summit was going to be where he bared it all. Including how treacherous the Jason and Grangers were.

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When Ethan learned about the Grangers along with Jason going to summit, he was curious about what this “big discovery breakthrough” was. After some digging, Owen was able to learn Jason stole one of Clara’s journals. The one where she had her calculations and equations for common cold cure. Clara had always thought she’d lost one of her journals through travel, luckily, she also kept her notes and research uploaded on her laptop.

“That fucking scum family! Jameson spent years stealing and riding off the back of Caroline, now he wants to do the same with Clara. Over my dead body. It stops now.”

As the arrived at the terminal for Ethan’s private jet, a smiled curled up on Clara’s face.

Puzzled, Ethan tilted his head.

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