The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193 A Natural

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In Cassia’s mind, every teammate who stepped onto the court to fight for the same goal was a “main player.” Each one was indispensable. There was no real distinction between “main” and “supporting.”

“No, no, no. I’m really not cut out to be a hitter. Being a middle blocker was already stressful enough.” Sacha waved her hands frantically. She had already been thrown into the game against her will earlier, and the nerves had given her such bad stomach cramps that she had to run off.

Just then, Alfen called out.

“Your team needs to switch up positions. Sacha, Rosalie, swap with Cassia. Sacha will be the libero, Rosalie will be the middle blocker, and Cassia will be the outside hitter.”

Alfen was very curious to see just how much potential Cassia really had.

Cassia furrowed her cool brows, looking completely uninterested.

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“Cassia, let’s do this!” Rosalie and Sacha made fist–pump gestures at her.

“Yeah, let’s go!”

The other girls on the team gathered around and made the same gesture.

They had become Cassia’s fans.

Who didn’t love a girl who was cool and badass?

With her on their side, they might actually have a shot at winning.

“Cassia, it’s all up to you. We got crushed in the first half! There’s not much time left, but if we win a few more points in the second half, we can at least tie.”

“Exactly. If we keep losing, we won’t be able to show our faces around here.”

Cassia listened quietly as they chattered away, not saying a single word.

This rally started with her team serving.

Rosalie decided to go with a standard serve.

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It wasn’t aggressive, but it was reliable.

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Danica’s team had solid overall skills, and they easily received Rosalie’s serve and launched an attack.

“Danica! Spike it!” Tyne couldn’t wait to see the look of defeat on Cassia’s team.

Danica jumped up on cue.

Brie silently clenched her fists.

Spike!

But things didn’t go as Danica had hoped. The moment the ball left her hand, Cassia “flew” up and blocked it right at the net.

The entire crowd was stunned.

Alfen was the most shocked of all.

She really was a natural.

He made up his mind. He was going to recommend Cassia for the city’s volleyball training

camp.

Danica landed slowly and looked up at Cassia, who stood like a mountain. In that moment, her face burned with humiliation.

Gritting her teeth hard, Danica suddenly threw herself onto the ground.

“Ahh! Ow ow ow-”

Danica clutched her right hand and curled up in pain.

Seeing this, Brie was the first to run over.

“Danica, what happened? Mr. Hoge!”

Hearing Brie’s voice, Kaleb finally pulled his gaze away from Cassia and ran toward Brie and

Danica.

Within seconds, everyone had crowded around.

“What’s wrong?!” Brie asked with concern.

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Danica’s face was twisted in pain, tears welling in her eyes, her lips bitten white.

“My hand, my hand really hurts!”

Her hand?

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Brie looked over at Cassia’s hands.

Did Cassia foul and hurt Danica just now?

“My hand… it’s not broken, is it? No, no, no… I can’t! I’m the star player on the school volleyball team! I’m supposed to represent the school in tournaments! And I still have to take the SAT! My hand can’t be injured!” Danica burst into tears, crying like a damsel in distress.

Tyne stormed up to Cassia.

“Cassia, how could you be so vicious! Danica is your sister! She’s supposed to compete in volleyball tournaments! She needs her right hand for the SAT! What if she can never play again? What if she can never write again? Huh? How could you be so heartless!” Tyne’s outburst directed all the blame at Cassia.

Everyone present had assumed it was just an accident, but hearing Tyne’s furious accusations, they couldn’t help but wonder if there was something more sinister going on.

“Tyne, what the hell are you talking about? What does this have to do with Cassia? Can you stop pinning everything on her?!” Rosalie stepped forward.

Sacha and the others also moved to stand in front of Cassia.

They shielded Cassia like fans protecting their favorite celebrity.

Ever since seeing the surveillance footage of the piano incident, and connecting it to everything else that had happened, they were increasingly suspicious that Brie and Danica had been teaming up to bully Cassia all along.

Add to the fact that Danica was on her usual spoiled and bratty behavior, and their opinion of the two Wood sisters had plummeted.

“What proof do you have that Cassia did it on purpose? Danica got blocked because she wasn’t good enough. She lost, her hand hurts, and now she’s blaming who? Cassia? For being too good? Or is Danica’s hand just too delicate?”

One of the girls, named Hayley Hooper, wasn’t great at volleyball, but she had a sharp tongue.

Tyne put her hands on her hips and stomped her foot, teeth bared. “You’re all defending

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Cassia. Did she pay you off or something?”

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“Tyne, why are you running your mouth when Danica hasn’t even said Cassia did it on purpose? Who do you think you are?!” Hayley shot back.

She had a point. Given Danica’s personality, if Cassia had really hurt her on purpose, she would have screamed it out loud immediately.