C39 Chapter 39: Charity I Didn’t Want

Aurora’s P.O.V

The next day at school, I was prepared for the worst. I had braced myself for whispers, for pointed fingers, for hushed conversations in the hallways where my name would slip through their lips like a scandal waiting to explode. But when I stepped onto campus, there was nothing.

No rumors. No knowing glances. No laughter hidden behind cupped hands