Is this destiny?

Samantha\'s cheeks throbbed painfully, and her head was buzzing. She looked at everyone surrounding them and saw that no one intends to interfere. Even the teachers were avoiding to meet her eyes! And the most infuriating was Corey\'s smile and gentle gaze directed at Merve.

Samantha could not believe that she found herself in the current situation. How is it possible that a young Miss of the Long family gets bullied openly and no one is willing to help out? And why is Merve\'s hand so heavy? Her cheeks are throbbing and she is confident that they are swollen.

After a few deep breaths, Samantha reminded herself of who she is. She has the backing of the Long family and she will not bow her head, not even to a White. And there is no way that she will let this pass! If things end here, how will she be able to show her face in public again?

Samantha pointed a shaky index finger at Merve. "You dare to hit me? I spilled juice on your dress accidentally, and you hit me on purpose. I will take you to court and we will see how this will end. With cameras and all the witnesses, you will pay. No one will stand on your side."

Merve paused. Samantha is right. Why would any of these kids stand by her side? She does not know them, while Samantha is her classmate. The ones who voted for Merve as the prom queen probably did so as part of some joke. Merve knows that Corey will support her, but he is her boyfriend and as such he is biased. But Merve knows a thing or two about the law; Sophia taught her. "Let\'s take this to court and see which one of us is guilty. I will admit hitting you because that is what I did, however, it was self-defense."

Samantha\'s eyes opened wide. "Self-defense?"

Merve nodded confidently. "The cameras you mentioned also captured you shouting and calling me and Corey names. I felt threatened and I feared that you will attack me. As for the ruined dress, even without proof that you did it on purpose, we only need to prove that you had a motive and an opportunity. You had both. Everyone knows that you couldn\'t accept your loss during the proclamation of the prom queen. That counts as a motive, and cameras will show that you had the opportunity."

Samantha\'s eyes darted aimlessly for a few seconds while she processed what Merve said. What was that thing about motive and an opportunity? Samantha does not know how the court works, and Merve sounded like she knows what she is talking about. However… "You don\'t have witnesses and I have plenty."

The event hall fell into silence and Samantha smiled victoriously.

"I will be the witness for Miss White." Cassie\'s words made Samantha\'s smile drop.

Cassie was waiting for an opportunity to find a good sponsor because Samantha\'s ship is sinking rapidly. Even if she can win this battle with Merve, the fact is that Samantha offended both the White and the Smith family, and there is no way that she will not suffer consequences.

Cassie is smart enough to realize how this the time for her to be helpful to Merve, and Whites are known to take care of their own. Also, Cassie is aware that by treating Merve well, Corey will be grateful. Who knows? Maybe she can get close to him in the future. Since Corey came to their school, Cassie dreamed of becoming Mrs. Corey Smith.

Samantha looked at Cassie in disbelief. "What will you do?"

"If you go to court, I will act as a witness that you spilled juice on Miss White\'s dress on purpose." Cassie declared. "I was with you when you poured the fruit punch in the glass and I clearly heard you say how you will wait when Miss White is not paying attention so that you can approach her and fake that you slipped so that you can ruin her evening. Your plan was to splash the juice on Miss White\'s hair, but I guess you didn\'t aim high enough."

"That is your word against mine!" Samantha hissed.

"And mine!" Anabella Rain said and walked out of the crowd. She stood next to Cassie and looked at Samantha mockingly.

Samantha was confused. Why is Anabella here? "Yours? Your what?" 

"My word that the juice-spilling accident was NOT an accident. You planned it." Anabella responded.

Samantha paused. How could Anabella know anything? She double-checked and it was only her and Cassie. There is no way that Anabella heard anything. "You are lying."

Anabella tilted her head and smiled. "Am I? How is your story that it was an accident more believable than mine that I heard you planning it? And with Cassie and me having the same testimony, it will be two against one."

Samantha was outraged. Anabella is clearly bluffing, but if Samantha says that, she will admit how it was not an accident. Ah! Samantha felt like ripping Anabella\'s hair off!

Corey looked at Cassie and Anabella and wondered, what do they want? No one does anything without asking for something in return, but they didn\'t ask for anything at this time, so he will take advantage of this situation.

"Thank you, Miss Burke and Miss Rain for doing the right thing. Someone from the Smith family will contact you tomorrow." Corey said with a charming smile and turned to Samantha. "Miss Long, you have forty-eight hours to repay the remaining amount or receive forty-four slaps. If I don\'t hear from the Long family related to this issue until then, you will hear from my lawyers. At that time, other than charges for spoiling the dress, I will also add charges for the emotional damage that was caused by your uncultured name-calling of me and my girlfriend. I will take Miss White home now because her dress is ruined."

Everyone could clearly hear Merve\'s and Corey\'s footsteps as they walked out of the event hall.

This was an action-packed prom night!

Samantha looked around furiously. Everyone walked away from her like she does not exist.

And Cassie and Anabella are going to the table with desserts with their arms linked.

Samantha is not surprised about Anabella. Samantha remembers how two years ago she made Anabella suffer from repeated bullying and humiliation because she dared to talk to the boy Samantha had her eyes on, and that boy confessed to Anabella.

However, Samantha was unable to get over the fact that Cassie abandoned her. She wondered, since when is Cassie working against her? This is horrible because Cassie knows things that no one else should know.

Samantha walked to one of the teachers and tugged his sleeve. "You are pretending that nothing happened? I need a doctor!"

The teacher signed while wondering, why did she pick him? There are five other teachers present. "Miss Long… It will be best for everyone if you leave."

Samantha could not believe this. "Leave? Where is justice?! I was bullied!"

"Miss Long, don\'t think that we are not aware of your behavior. Since you enrolled in our school, your behavior is less than exemplar, but we didn\'t pursue anything because of your background. However, this time, you offended someone you shouldn\'t. No one in their right mind will dare to take sides."

Samantha narrowed her eyes at the teacher. "You wanted to say that no one will dare to take MY side."

The teacher nodded. "Now you know how all those classmates you bullied felt. Think of this as karma. Learn from it…"

"You... You! I will get you fired! It\'s your duty to take care of me!" Samantha hissed.

The teacher checked the time and smiled. "It is my duty to take care of my students on school grounds, during regular school hours. This is a prom in a hotel and even though we have this hall for another hour, the prom technically ended five minutes ago so... you are not my responsibility anymore."

Samantha was outraged. How dares he just walk away!? She will tell her father about this and he will fix them up! All of them!

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