I Found Home

Chapter 39

Hannah

Something's off about school today .

Everyone is staring at me as I walk down the hallway with Paget . Even she noticed the curious glances and stifled laughs as they eye us curious , or more specifically eye me .

Could it be because of the way I'm walking ?

Even mom looked at me funny after I came back from Kane's place after our weekend in paradise .

God I should stop letting my mind go there .

I had to blame it on my ankle sprain again , stating that it still hurts with the efforts and mom didn't let me go until I promised her to visit the doctor again .

My mother is such a perfect woman it pains me to lie to her .

Not that I could tell her the real reason why I was walking like an injured duck .

Only Paget and the one who put me in this state know .

The girl in question is walking beside me , looking around in confusion as well . Even she is not oblivious to the sudden attention directed at me .

Some dark thoughts rise to the surface screaming They know loud enough to make me a bit paranoid .

Yet , I'm working on shutting that part down .

Selena stands in our way making us come to a halt in front of her , oddly enough her boyfriend is not with her today , not that I care or give a damn about her affairs and company . I cast Paget a glance and we both roll our eyes at the capricious girl in front of us .

Before , Paget used to cower away from Selena , blaming herself for the ruination of both their families , however lately she is over her fear and guilt , she is standing up with her head high and composure straight as she faces a malicious looking Selena and her minions .

« Fake heir , now everything makes sense . » Selena speaks in a condescending tone , eyeing the students who gathered around us already , waiting eagerly for a show to appetize their hunger for scandals , some even start filming as if awaiting some sort of fight with hair pulling and face clawing at one another .

I look her up and down without letting go of my neutral façade . « Just get on with it already , I'm already bored out to death and all I did was staring at you for a second . »

Paget snorts as some around stifle their laughs . Selena glares at each and everyone of them before averting her gaze to me then to Paget .

« It makes sense now why you're friends with her . » She says with contempt , her eyes still on Paget who slightly shakes beside me . I could feel it without looking over at her . I glare at Selena as I fist my hands at my sides , then she slowly directs her attention at me . « Rats and trash are companions after all , isn't that so , Hannah ? I mean , you would know since you practically lived with them . »

Giggles and mocking laughter errupts around us while my body goes rigid and my bones turn to stone, weighing too much on me already that I can barely attempt to move .

I school my expression soon before Selena or anyone notices and speak in the most neutral tone I can find . « Glad my friendship with Paget bothers you so much . »

My grin is definitely coming off wrong , but I stand my ground in order to keep everything bottled up inside me instead of letting it spill to the ground and at my feet because if it does nobody would hesitate to stomp all over my pain , although I am starting to think that's exactly what Selena is doing right now .

She knows !

« If you were a person of value as everyone thought of you then maybe I would be . » She takes a step forward , a red haired girl behind her with a scarf around her neck looks at me with a creepy grin , like those of dolls in horror movies , her blue eyes shining with viciousness while the other demon who is her leader approaches me with slow steady steps that fall in contrast with my heartbeats before she stops right in front of me and measures me with a disgusted look . « But you're not of value , otherwise your own father wouldn't have thrown you away like a street rat . »