Chapter 11

After the ceremony, I checked my phone. The story had been reposted under the headline "State's Top Scorer Had Her Answers Stolen by Her Own Sister and Got Framed for It," and it had climbed to the third-most trending topic in the country.The momentum was still building. The influencers who'd been calling Joey a "genius" and a "prodigy" were either scrubbing their posts or issuing public apologies, and their comments sections were flooded with people calling her out.I walked home with the scholarship check in my pocket. The second I stepped through the door, I saw Dad sitting on the couch. He was holding the acceptance letter from Whitmore that had just arrived in the mail. He slammed it down on the coffee table."You want to go off to college? Fine. First you're going to wire us 200 thousand dollars for support payments. Otherwise you're not getting this letter."Mom backed him up without missing a beat, as brazen as ever. "Your sister's going to need over 100 thousand to repeat

Chapter 12

I stepped back to dodge Dad's hand and dialed 911."Hi, I'd like to report a crime. Someone has deliberately destroyed my personal property and is withholding my college acceptance letter and personal documents. I believe it constitutes extortion."The police arrived fast. After reviewing all the evidence I had, their expressions hardened, and they laid into my parents."A college acceptance letter is the legal property of the individual it's addressed to. Withholding it is against the law."Destruction of personal property exceeding five thousand dollars in value is grounds for a criminal case. A record like that would follow your other daughter around for the rest of her life, affecting her chances of repeating the year and applying for jobs—everything."So what's it going to be? Are you going to hand it over now or come back to the station with us to sort this out?"That finally rattled Dad. He clenched his jaw, went to the bedroom, and threw the acceptance letter at me. Then

Chapter 13

People around me were pointing and whispering. A few had their phones out, filming for social media and muttering about how the state's top scorer could be so ungrateful to her own family.The live comments came again. "These three are like stray dogs who won't stop following her. They actually showed up at the train station. Have they got no shame?"I looked at the three of them making a spectacle of themselves. My fingertips tapped lightly against the portable hard drive in my pocket.Everything was in there—all the evidence and even a response video I'd already edited and captioned ahead of time.Did they really think cornering me at the train station gave them the upper hand?I looked at Mom's white-knuckled grip on my suitcase handle. I didn't argue with her. I just pulled up the screenshot of the short-route ticket I'd bought in advance and held it in front of her face."Sorry, but the train I'm booked on stops boarding in three minutes. You're welcome to keep this up, but

Chapter 14

Comments flashed by. "Ha, they're turning on each other now."The reporter saw the footage on the screen too and cleared his throat awkwardly. I just smiled, didn't say a word, and turned to follow the upperclassman through the Whitmore University gates.The September sun was warm on my face. The live comments had completely changed. All those old comments fawning over Joey and telling me to drop dead were gone. In their place was something entirely different."Eloise is out here winning and living her best life. I love this for her.""She got everything she deserved. The future is wide open.""Karma really came through on this one. From here on out, it's nothing but academics and greatness. Forget those people."Mr. Wilson was already waiting for me at the bottom of the dorm building. He handed me my room key with a smile."Your single room is all set. It's on the fourth floor—nice and quiet, perfect for studying. The financial aid and scholarship have both been approved, and t

All Chapters of The Cheat Queen Reads My Mind Every Test: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14