They Called Me a Simp. The School Heartthrob Is My Brother Chapter 10

They Called Me a Simp. The School Heartthrob Is My Brother Chapter 10

At the word “police,” Mrs. Vance finally changed her expression.

“Alittle disagreement between classmates-do you really have to go this far?”

“Yes.” I pointed at my still-trembling hands,

“Your daughter’s future is valuable. My life isn’t discounted either.”

Mrs. Vance opened her mouth to argue, but the principal arrived.

He dismissed the students and asked both families to meet in the conference room.

My parents were out of town, so they joined via video call.

Before I entered the room, Eden grabbed my hand.

“Zoe.” Her eyes were red, her voice low,

“Are you really going to destroy me?”

I pulled away, “You locked the door. You posted the photos. You took my things.”

“The police show up, and suddenly I’m the one in the wrong?”

She bit her lip, “I just like Nate.”

Again.

The world’s most convenient excuse.

I didn’t want to hear it anymore.

In the conference room, the school’s narrative broke down the events as a series of

“misunderstandings.”

A kicked breakfast was “playful banter.”

Taken items were “held for safekeeping.”

Keys falling into the lake was “an accident.”

The photos and forum post were “a romantic misunderstanding.”

Being locked in the prop room was “so you could calm term.*

According to their version, Eden had done nothing wrong all day

When it was my turn, I asked one question,

“If I hadn’t broken the floor, and the cleaning lady hadn’t found me, when were you planning to be

me ou

No one answered.

I looked at Evan, “You were standing outside the whole time. You should know.”

He looked away, “At most, half an hour.”

“I was locked in for one hour and seven minutes.”

“Do you remember me saying I couldn’t breathe?

Evan tried to deny it, but Nate played an audio dip-the one I’d recorded on Evan’s phone

The video was deleted, but it had synced to the student council doud

In the clip, my breathing was already labored.

Bran’s voice came through clearly, “Just stay in there.”

The room went quiet

Eden spoke first, “Even locked the door.”

“I didn’t know he was going to keep her in there!”

Even looked up sharply, “You were the one who put the lock on/”

“But you were the one watching the door

“You said you just wanted to scare her

“I was following your orders!

They started arguing

Their plastic friendship shattered faster than my phone screen.

In desperation, Evan pulled out his phone, “She told me to do all of it!”

“The breakfast, the debit card, the keys-she planned everything in the group chat!”

The chat logs appeared on screen.

Eden had written:

[She loves playing the victim-kick the coffee toward her.]

[Throw her keys away. Let’s see how she sneaks into Nate’s house tonight.]

[Keep her locked up until the event ends. Don’t let her ruin my confession.]

And the last one-sent after I’d been banging on the door for help:

[She says she can’t breathe? Let her keep acting.]

Eden stared at the

She

e was hard.

e stood up abruptly and slapped Evan across the face.

You manipulated my daughter into saying those things, and now you’re blaming her?”

Nate and I exchanged a look.

No escape route? Fi

one herself.

The poli

from those involved.

uspended Eden and Evan from their student council positions.

ore she left, Eden looked back at me.

She didn’t cry. She mouthed two words:

“Just wait.”

The next morning, I found out what she wanted me to wait for.

A voice recording was posted on the forum.

In it, I said:

“If Eden doesn’t leave this school, I’ll destroy her.”