My Great Escape Led Me to You novel Chapter 78

Amelia Lane let out a mocking laugh. “Emily, I know you were desperate to expose Isabella at the school anniversary, itching to humiliate her in public.”

“But I bet you never saw this coming, did you? The original author of *Desire*—Vivian Martin—is Isabella herself. You thought you’d be the one to slap her down, but in the end, Isabella just turned the tables on you.”

The moment Amelia finished, the whole classroom erupted in laughter and derisive snickers.

“Ms. Austin is kind, generous, and brilliant—she’s everything you could want in a person. We all admire her, but some people just can’t stand it and have to stir up trouble. She tried to embarrass Isabella and ended up making a fool of herself. Everyone sees now that she’s nothing but a petty weirdo.”

“Exactly! And she was so eager to be someone’s mistress—it’s just pathetic. Can’t she see that Andrew only has eyes for Isabella? He’d never be interested in her, not in a million years!”

“Honestly, when is she going to realize she’s not even in the same league as Isabella? She doesn’t even have a fraction of Isabella’s kindness.”

Emily Blair kept her head down, calmly unpacking her books onto the desk.

The old Emily would have snapped back at them.

But not anymore.

Too much had happened in the past few days—enough that Emily saw just how far she was from the Lane family, from Andrew Lane. She had no leverage left to fight back against them. They could say whatever they wanted.

People’s prejudice was like a mountain—impossible to move.

She lowered her gaze and quietly began writing in her notebook.

Moments later, the bell rang for first period.

It was supposed to be biology class, but instead, their homeroom teacher, who also taught English, walked in. His expression was grim, lips pressed into a tight line, and he slapped a stack of books onto the desk as soon as he entered.

The room fell instantly silent, everyone terrified the teacher’s anger might land on them.

With a stony face, the teacher said, “You all know what’s been happening at school lately. This is a serious matter—it’s damaged our school’s reputation.”

As he spoke, his eyes flickered meaningfully to where Emily sat.

The students’ gazes followed, lighting up with gossipy excitement.

“At first, the school administration was considering expulsion for the student involved.”

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