Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 63

Chapter 63

Clara’s POV:

Two years have passed since I left home. During that time, I father only contacted me twice. Once was the next day after I left. I figured Jason and Sophie gave him the cliff notes version of what went down, portraying themselves as victims no less.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing! How dare you allow outsiders to insult your precious sister! If you try and spread lies-”

I immediately hung up the phone. I wasn’t in the mood to hear his baseless threats. The second time was at the end of my first academic year. There was a huge gala held for all the students who excelled. By the end of my freshman year, I was number one in my entire class. Because of this, I was one of the guest speakers. My “family” was given special invitations. To save face and avoid gossip, my family including Jason all showed up pretending to be the perfect and supportive family.

“Jameson! Good to see you again!”

The Dean of the school, Roger Woodcrest eagerly shook my dad’s hand.

“Good to see you too Roger! I see you’ve been doing an excellent job as Dean.”

“Thanks for that. Man, I got to tell you, your daughter is nothing short of amazing! A chip off the ole block she’s brilliant Truly Caroline’s daughter!”

Jameson along with Anna looked slightly uncomfortable. Managing a fake smile, he thanked Dean

Woodcrest and excused himself. After my speech, the crowd cheered, especially the students. By the

end of the year, I was one of the most popular students at Lexington, mainly due to my tutoring

sessions.

After Christmas break, I set up tutoring sessions in lab with many of the students from freshmen to seniors. The end result, Lexington had some of the highest test score rates during the school had ever seen. After an hour of praise, my family decided to play the proud role. I caught my father and stepmother lying about how they had always been so proud of me. Sophie twirled around doing her “I just love my sister so much“, dance. It was sickening.

The real vomiting moment was when I overheard Jason bragging about me being his fiancé to my classmate Gregory West.

“Oh, I wasn’t aware she was engaged. That’s certainly going to break a few hearts.”

engaged.

Jason had a flash of irritation across his face; he didn’t want me by the idea of others wanting me pissed him off too.

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Chapter 63

After the ceremony, I didn’t see any of them again. After I turned 18, Jason began sending me messages asking when I wanted to announce our engagement. He’d concluded we would get married after he graduated from Lexington, which wouldn’t be for another five years. I ignored all those messages however as I had no intention of marrying him. The end of my second year at Lexington was coming to an end. Gloria and Casey were about to graduate, and I was about to transfer to Osha.

The day I got my acceptance letter from Osha, Gloria and Casey took me out to dinner to celebrate.

“Oh my gosh!! I can’t believe we’re all going to be together at Osha! Clare–bear I’m so proud of you!”

Gloria and Casey both looked at me like proud older siblings. Before I received my letter, Gloria informed me she and Casey would be going to Osha for grad school. Hey father was opening up a new practice in South Bay and she wanted to be close to her family, Casey of course wanted to be close to her. She practically had tears in her eyes thinking we would separate.

“Clare–bear, all my life I’ve always wanted a little sister; I mean don’t get me wrong I love my brothers but still! I feel bad about leaving you.”

I’d planned on keeping my transfer a secret until graduation, but I didn’t want Gloria to be sad. Pulling out my phone, I showed her my submitted application to Osha.

“So, you see, you don’t have to worry, I’m coming with you.”

Eeekkkk!

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Gloria’s squeal almost ruptured my ear drums, but I was happy she was happy.

“Alright, it’s time to make a toast.”

Casey handed us both champagne glasses,

“To a new adventure, more memories, and a lot more schoolwork!”

Here! Here!

Laughter erupted as we all clanked our glasses, suddenly, the waiters came over with sprinklers and a cake with the words CONGRATUALTIONS CLASS OF 2023!

Other customers from around the restaurant realized we were celebrating graduation and quickly chimed in on the cheers. The next morning, I headed back to the Granger estate, there were some additional journals in the shed from my mother. When I arrived, everyone was standing in the grand

room.

“Burn those who burned me!”