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Chapter 63 A Perfect Image Shattered Beyond Repair
It’s over! Absolutely over!
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Jolie never expected Reed to leak the video and audio clips. Didn’t he care at all about angering her parents?
Reed’s move was a reckless blow that hurt others while harming himself too.
The private drama inside the Knox family was now laid bare for the whole public to see.
People already judged the Knoxes for how Zora had been raised away from home. Reed had tossed aside all regard for the family’s reputation without a second thought.
It was clear just how fiercely the Marlows would stand up for Zora.
Jolie had never imagined the footage would get out.
Previously, she had focused all her efforts on managing her image within the Knox family. Her parents hadn’t thought to check the surveillance, so she assumed the matter was settled.
They trusted her implicitly and wouldn’t dig through the footage, so she hadn’t bothered to delete it. She never dreamed it would become the very thing that destroyed her.
Or perhaps, Jolie had never truly considered Zora an opponent.
In her eyes, Zora was nothing more than a crude, ignorant country girl-slow-witted, awkward, unable to speak up or win anyone over. How could she ever compare to Jolie, who’d been raised with every luxury the Knox family could offer? Jolie had always toyed with Zora like a pet, never taking her seriously for a moment.
She’d forgotten that the quietest dog often bites the hardest.
The video and audio left no room for denial. Anyone who’d once tried to defend Jolie now stayed silent. Online, everyone only felt sympathy for Zora.
The students at Havenridge High all came from wealthy, influential families. They had zero patience for those who stole another’s place or failed to stay in their own lane.
Jolie’s behavior crossed every line they could tolerate.
No matter if the identity mix-up had been an accident, everyone found it repulsive how she’d schemed against the family’s real daughter after Zora returned.
Sensing the strange, judgmental stares all around her, Jolie bit her lip hard, fighting back the urge to fly into a rage.
Everything she had built was demolished on Zora’s very first day at Havenridge High.
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Zora! This isn’t over!
Jolie’s heart filled with a burning hatred for Zora.
None of this would have happened if Zora hadn’t come back.
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Reed watched Jolie stop stirring up trouble and let out a cold snort.
She’d been given chances, yet she kept pushing her luck. There was no point in showing her any mercy.
It had taken three solid blows just to expose her true colors. How could Zora ever stand up to someone this manipulative on her own?
Thank goodness they’d brought Zora to the Marlow Manor. If she’d stayed at the Knox Villa, Jolie would have bullied her endlessly.
Reed closed the campus forum and sent a quick OK gesture to Jensen via WhatsApp.
He’d gone straight to Jensen the second he realized Jolie wouldn’t back down.
Jensen had quickly sent over the full Knox Villa surveillance footage and told him not to hold back.
When repeated warnings fell on deaf ears, the only choice was to let the truth speak for itself.
Jensen had wanted Zora to enjoy school peacefully. Anyone who tried to cause trouble would face no leniency from him.
He’d also sent the video straight to every member of the Knox family.
If they planned to brush everything aside, turn a blind eye to Jolie’s true nature, and keep shielding her blindly, he had no problem taking the extra step to show them the full truth.
Some things needed to be laid out plainly, instead of letting Zora take all the blame unfairly.
When the Knox family received the video, a heavy silence fell over them.
A quiet, heavy sense of guilt crept into every heart.
Wendy watched the footage, her hand trembling as she reached toward the screen.
Jolie had told her Zora had stormed off in a fit of temper and refused to join the birthday party. Wendy had put great effort into planning the celebration, and Jolie’s words had left her frustrated and upset.
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If she didn’t want to come, then fine!
But now, staring at her daughter’s small, lonely figure by the pool, she wondered what she’d ever been angry about.
As a mother, why hadn’t she gone to comfort Zora instead of growing annoyed with her?
As the video played on, Wendy’s eyes widened in shock. She clearly saw Jolie yanking Zora down into the pool, and a surge of rage welled up inside her.
Zora had never meant to fall in at all.
Why? Why had Jolie dragged her into the water?
Wendy’s breath caught tight as the water stayed still with no sign of Zora surfacing.
Her Zora…
Her heart felt squeezed tight, throbbing with sharp, numbing pain.
She watched helplessly as Holden pulled Jolie out of the pool without a single glance back at Zora, still trapped underwater.
Wendy shot to her feet in urgency, wishing she could leap straight into the footage and pull her daughter out herself.
She burned with anger and frustration, utterly disappointed.
Zora was still drowning down there!
It was only after a long, agonizing wait that she saw servants finally lift Zora from the water.
Terror washed over Wendy at the sight of Zora’s pale, lifeless face. She clamped a hand over her mouth, struggling desperately not to break down crying.
She couldn’t cry. She feared disturbing the scene unfolding before her eyes.
In that moment, she forgot she was only watching a video-it felt as if she were standing right there, helpless as her daughter lay motionless, fighting for breath.
When Zora coughed up water, wracked with harsh, painful spasms, Wendy wished she could take her daughter’s place. She longed to soothe her, to hold her close and ease her pain.
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