Fake Daughter Is The Real Legend (Iris Sutton) novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26 The Gossip

Chapter 26 The Gossip

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Fortunately, Iris wasn’t home particularly late.

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Richard and Eleanor simply reminded her not to stay up studying and encouraged her to get some rest.

The following morning, however, she was awakened by her phone vibrating

nonstop.

Iris groaned and reached blindly across the nightstand.

Xavier Hayes.

The moment she saw the name, she remembered his conveniently unavailable phone from the night before.

Without hesitation, she declined the call.

The phone rang again.

And again.

And again.

On the fifth attempt, she finally answered.

“Xavier.”

Her voice was flat.

“You’d better have a reason.”

“I do!”

He sounded panicked.

“A big one.”

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“Get online right now.”

He immediately forwarded her a link.

Iris opened it.

A video began playing.

It showed yesterday’s fight in the alley.

Or rather, part of it.

The person who uploaded it had edited the footage carefully.

None of the boys’ faces were visible.

The terrified girls were missing entirely.

Only Iris remained.

The clip showed her effortlessly dismantling a group of students.

The title read:

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SHOCKING! Capital Prep Student Caught Brutally Bullying Students From Another School!

The comments were exploding.

Someone had already identified her.

“Isn’t that the new transfer student from Foundation Class?”

“I heard nobody talks to her.”

“She’s pretty, but apparently she’s a violent psycho.”

“Disgusting.”

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“Expel her.”

The insults continued for pages.

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Xavier had only read a fraction of them before nearly having a stroke.

“These people are insane. What are you going to do?”

Iris scrolled through several comments.

Then yawned.

“That’s it?”

Xavier nearly choked. “What do you mean that’s it?”

“Everyone in the city is talking about this.”

“I’m going back to sleep.”

“IRIS-”

The call disconnected.

She slept for another forty minutes.

Then woke naturally.

Showered.

Got dressed.

And wandered downstairs for breakfast.

Richard and Eleanor had already left for work.

Only Chloe remained at the table.

She calmly spread jam across a piece of toast.

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Then smiled.

“You’re stronger than I thought, Iris.”

Her tone was sweet.

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“Taking on that many people by yourself.”

Iris looked up. “Would you like to try?”

The smile nearly slipped from Chloe’s face.

Recovering quickly, she took a bite of toast.

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“Instead of threatening me, you should think about how you’re going to explain this to Mom and Dad.”

Her eyes glittered.

“This is a pretty big scandal for your first week.”

Surely Richard and Eleanor could suppress the story.

But disappointment?

That would be much harder to erase.

After all, Iris had grown up outside the Noir family.

Common upbringing.

Common methods.

Violence came naturally to people like her.

At least, that was what Chloe wanted everyone to believe.

Unfortunately, Iris couldn’t have cared less.

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The moment she entered Foundation Class, she felt the stares.

Disgust.

Judgment.

Curiosity.

Everywhere.

Mason Reed was waiting.

A huge grin spread across his face as he approached her desk.

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“You’re finished.” He leaned forward. “This thing’s everywhere. Once the school

sees it, you’ll be expelled.”

“Maybe worse.”

Iris blinked. “What thing?”

Mason frowned.

“I didn’t bring my phone today.”

The classroom fell silent.

Then realization hit.

She didn’t know.

That was why she seemed so calm.

Mason laughed and thrust his phone into her hands.

“Take a look.”

Iris scrolled through several comments.

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Read the title.

Watched a few seconds of the video.

Then handed the phone back.

“Oh.”

Oh?

That was it?

Thousands of people were attacking her online.

And all she had to say was oh?

Wasn’t she supposed to panic?

Cry?

Lose her mind?

Mason’s expression darkened.

“You can pretend all you want.”

Then he stormed away and kicked a chair on his way back to his seat.

Iris waited until he sat down.

Then she quietly took out her own phone.

A few taps.

A few lines of code.

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Several seconds later, the contents of Mason’s phone appeared on her screen.

She opened his photo gallery.

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There it was.

The original video.

Unedited.

Just as she’d expected.

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The complete recording clearly showed the gang harassing the girls before she intervened.

So it really was Mason.

Iris copied the file.

Then kept scrolling.

What she found next made her pause.

Dozens of videos.

Students being bullied.

Humiliated.

Recorded for entertainment.