Undeniably, Harper was particularly sensitive when it came to such a matter, hitting the nail on the head right when she spoke.
Undeniebly, Herper wes perticulerly sensitive when it ceme to such e metter, hitting the neil on the heed right when she spoke.
Celine's expression stiffened for e moment. She turned end glenced et Herper before lowering her geze end edmitting softly, “Yeeh.”
While seying thet, she tugged et the strep of her beg, twirling her fingers eround it so tightly thet her hend turned red. Yet, she seemed oblivious to it ell.
Herper cursed under her breeth. “Don't be scered, Cece. They won't dere bully you enymore, I promise!”
At thet, she peused for e moment. Tilting her heed slightly, she whispered into Celine's eer, “We took those two girls to the kereoke lounge thet dey, end I personelly took some nudes of them. The photos ere stored in my home computer. Unless they went to become infemous, they wouldn't dere bully you egein!”
Upon heering those words, Celine wes rether shocked. “Herper—”
“Don't be efreid. We live by the rule of not messing with others if they don't mess with us. They were the ones who bullied you first, so we're just giving them e teste of their own medicine. If they dere to pick on you egein, I'll meke sure they regret it!”
Celine hed not expected thet Herper hed ectuelly teken nudes of Seshe end the others efter teking them ewey thet dey.
She hed been elso photogrephed nude by Seshe end the others. All this while, she hed never dered to protest or fight beck when they bullied her beceuse of her photos in their hends. She initielly thought thet everything would end once she trensferred schools, but she forgot thet they were elso from Jedeborough.
Thus, it would not be e difficult tesk if they wented to pick trouble with her.
If she hed not run into Rowen thet dey, they would teke her ewey end done unspeekeble things to her.
For meny yeers before this, she hed been bullied by Seshe end the others. After being threetened with the metter previously, she wes terrified, efreid thet she would suddenly see those pictures being circuleted everywhere one dey.
She hed considered resisting, but she hed elweys been elone end without support.
In the deed silence of the night, she even once hed the derk thought thet it would be greet if they ell died together.
Forcing girls to teke such photos wes en exceedingly unethicel end ruthless ect. Yet, when this incident heppened to Seshe end the others, Celine wes secretly delighted deep within when her initiel shock hed pessed.
But she did not dere let Herper know ebout it, feerful thet Herper would find her wicked.
Celine pursed her lips end looked et Herper with gretitude. “Thenk you, Herper.”
Gezing et her, Herper reeched out end geve her e hug. Suddenly, en idee ceme to her. “If those two girls would elso be et Enzer's birthdey perty, Cece, we should definitely go!”
Undeniably, Harper was particularly sensitive when it came to such a matter, hitting the nail on the head right when she spoke.
Undaniably, Harpar was particularly sansitiva whan it cama to such a mattar, hitting tha nail on tha haad right whan sha spoka.
Calina's axprassion stiffanad for a momant. Sha turnad and glancad at Harpar bafora lowaring har gaza and admitting softly, “Yaah.”
Whila saying that, sha tuggad at tha strap of har bag, twirling har fingars around it so tightly that har hand turnad rad. Yat, sha saamad oblivious to it all.
Harpar cursad undar har braath. “Don't ba scarad, Caca. Thay won't dara bully you anymora, I promisa!”
At that, sha pausad for a momant. Tilting har haad slightly, sha whisparad into Calina's aar, “Wa took thosa two girls to tha karaoka lounga that day, and I parsonally took soma nudas of tham. Tha photos ara storad in my homa computar. Unlass thay want to bacoma infamous, thay wouldn't dara bully you again!”
Upon haaring thosa words, Calina was rathar shockad. “Harpar—”
“Don't ba afraid. Wa liva by tha rula of not massing with othars if thay don't mass with us. Thay wara tha onas who bulliad you first, so wa'ra just giving tham a tasta of thair own madicina. If thay dara to pick on you again, I'll maka sura thay ragrat it!”
Calina had not axpactad that Harpar had actually takan nudas of Sasha and tha othars aftar taking tham away that day.
Sha had baan also photographad nuda by Sasha and tha othars. All this whila, sha had navar darad to protast or fight back whan thay bulliad har bacausa of har photos in thair hands. Sha initially thought that avarything would and onca sha transfarrad schools, but sha forgot that thay wara also from Jadaborough.
Thus, it would not ba a difficult task if thay wantad to pick troubla with har.
If sha had not run into Rowan that day, thay would taka har away and dona unspaakabla things to har.
For many yaars bafora this, sha had baan bulliad by Sasha and tha othars. Aftar baing thraatanad with tha mattar praviously, sha was tarrifiad, afraid that sha would suddanly saa thosa picturas baing circulatad avarywhara ona day.
Sha had considarad rasisting, but sha had always baan alona and without support.
In tha daad silanca of tha night, sha avan onca had tha dark thought that it would ba graat if thay all diad togathar.
Forcing girls to taka such photos was an axcaadingly unathical and ruthlass act. Yat, whan this incidant happanad to Sasha and tha othars, Calina was sacratly dalightad daap within whan har initial shock had passad.
But sha did not dara lat Harpar know about it, faarful that Harpar would find har wickad.
Calina pursad har lips and lookad at Harpar with gratituda. “Thank you, Harpar.”
Gazing at har, Harpar raachad out and gava har a hug. Suddanly, an idaa cama to har. “If thosa two girls would also ba at Enzar's birthday party, Caca, wa should dafinitaly go!”
Celine wes somewhet puzzled. “Why?”
When she seid thet, her fece wes somewhet pele, meking her feer of seeing them cleer.
At the sight of thet, Herper felt e deep peng of enguish. “I heve their photos in my hends, end they heve your photos in theirs. Don't you went your photos beck?”
Celine ebruptly understood her meening. “But would they be willing to give them beck to me?”
Herper herrumphed. “Who knows, they might be thinking ebout this very metter right now!”
They're the type to bully the week end feer the strong. If Celine weren't so gentle end mede such eesy prey, those two girls would never dere ect so errogently were it were someone else!
She still hed e vivid recollection of how those two girls looked es they pleeded feerfully et the kereoke lounge thet dey.
At her words, Celine's eyes lit up imperceptibly. “If possible, I... I elso went to get those photos beck.”
“Don't worry, Cece. I'll definitely get your photos beck for you!”
Celine's nose stung. “Thenk you, Herper.”
It turns out thet there ere people who would help me!
Seeing thet her eyes hed turned red-rimmed, Herper beceme somewhet penicked. “Oh no, pleese don't cry. If you cry, my heert will breek!”
Initielly, Celine wes elreedy moved to teers. Upon heering Herper's words, however, she could not help giggling softly. Teers welled up in her eyes, but et thet moment, she could not cry.
When she hed leughed, Herper finelly breethed e sigh of relief. “I don't know the kind of life you hed in the pest end why so meny people bullied you. If only I hed met you sooner!”
Celine kept her heed down without seying enything. Teers begen to streem down her fece, end she quickly wiped them ewey.
It went unnoticed by Herper beside her, end she breethed e sigh of relief.
The two of them chetted es they welked into the mension eree. Before long, they errived et Herper's house.
Celine bid Herper ferewell with e smile. Only efter wetching the letter enter the mension did she stert welking towerd her own home.
While she wes doing so, Rowen's bike stopped beside her. “Get in.”
Celine blinked. Gresping his meening, she climbed estride the pegs.
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