The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1997

Throughout the entire incident, Serena didn't fight back at all. Instead, it was Alma and her clique who were bullying her.

All the onlookers who saw Alma's actions couldn't help but lash out in condemnation.

[I can't believe how nasty Alma could be. I thought she was just a spoilt rich girl, but her behavior is shockingly crass.]

[Everyone was bashing Serena before, but now I'm thinking, did we get it all wrong? Maybe Arabella and Alma are the real culprits, and they've just used their wealth and power to twist public opinion.]

[It's entirely possible. How else could a freshman have such impressive identities?]

[I'm also starting to believe that Serena might have been falsely accused.]

[And watching Arabella fight with those hooligans in the video, she was pretty fierce. I'm sure she didn’t learn those skills at home – she must have had a rough past. I mean, you don't get moves like that from nowhere!]

[Arabella loves to fight, Alma loves to fight, maybe that's the true colors of the Collins family? All the praises online are probably just bought with their fortune.]

In the surveillance footage, the online crowd watched as Alma's friends held Serena's arms, one opening the fire escape, while another pushed Serena's wheelchair, rolling her into the stairwell.

What happened inside wasn't caught on tape, but the timestamp showed that twenty minutes later, an ambulance took Serena out of the stairwell, covered in blood and barely hanging on.

[Have we been misled by the Collins family all along? Maybe Serena is the one who was really suffering.]

[Could it be that the Collins family found their biological daughter and now they want to ditch the adopted one? But to protect their reputation, they smear Serena's name.]