Chapter 66
Stella’s explanation helped to temporarily defuse the situation
Latoya and Ramona exchanged a glance beside Wallace and spoke, “Eliana is missing?
into thin air.
How is that nasubl
possible? This place isn’t big, she can’t just vanish
Stella replied, “We’ve searched everywhere but can’t find her. She’s not picking up her phone either. We’re really worried. You guys really didn’t see hert
“No, we didn’t,” Latoya said.
Ramona lowered her gaze, and suddenly the conversation she had with the cheerleaders in the cafeteria earlier came to mind.
The cheerleaders also disappeared after dinner. She could not help but draw connections between these two events.
A bad feeling suddenly hit Ramona. She thought, These foolish girls, did they go find trouble with Eliana?
Latoya noticed the change in Ramona’s expression and knew something was not right but remained silent,
After hearing that the people from the Sports Institute did not see Ellana either, Stella could only grab Roman’s arm and lead him away.
They had not walked far when Ramona’s phone suddenly rang. Everyone’s gaze turned toward her, including Stella and Roman who were walking
Under the watchful eyes of the group, Ramona pulled out her phone and answered the call. It was from one of the cheerleaders.
“Hello!” Ramona said.
The voice from the other end of the line was panicky, “Ramona, come save us, quick!”
Ramona was stunned.
Five minutes later, everyone arrived at the woods near the rear entrance of the venue.
Just then, Eliana was picking up her jacket from the ground, brushing off the dust.
“Eli, are you alright? Stella called out as she rushed over the moment she spotted Eliana.
Eliana smiled at her and replied, I’m fine, what are you all doing here?”
Komun was pelicved to see that Eliana was fine. As the weight on his chest lifted, he turned and glared at Wallace. “And you still say you didn’t have anything to do with it?” Roman bellowed,
Wallace insisted. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
The rest of the group tried to appease Roman and said, “Isn’t Eliana fine? Why are you so worked up, Romant“
Another one of them asked, “What exactly happened?”
Everyone tumed to look behind Eliana, only to see die cheerleaders from the Sports Institute stumbling and clutching their waists. Their faces were tear–ureaked. “Itamonu, you’re here. This woman is terrifying! One of them cried out.
A while ago, the clicrricaders were preparing to make a move on Eliana.
At that moment, Eliana let out a faint smile and asked. “You all ever seen someone get a good ol‘ beatdown!”
This left the cheerleader confused just as they were still wondering, Eliana suddenly grabbed a wooden stick from the ground.
Land Landed cach rike pareisely.
cheerleaders sullered a crushing adefrat
than most, they were no aki
in makchi for
Although the girls from the Sports Institute trained daily and were in better physical shape than
Eliana’s every fut landed perfectly. The cheerleaders ded up sitting under a tree, hobling their sore hacks itu padu,
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Unalsle to bear it any longer, one of them finally called Hamona for help, asking her to rescue then.
As Eliana Davis
avis slipped on her jacket, she gave a slight smile. “It’s just a friendly spar,” she explained.
Roman looked at Wallace coldly and said, “This is what you call ‘not kiswing? A leopard never changes its spots. You people from the Sports Instume are always up to no good?”
Wallace’s face soured, and an ominous air seemed to surround him.
Although he was not aware the cheerleaders were the ones who took Eliana away, it did not change the fact that they were from the Sports Institute. He could not blame Roman for making the comection.
Later, Eliana, Stella, and Roman left the woods,
Ramona’s exp
Is expression darkened. She snapped at the cheerleaders, “What do you girls think you’re doing? Who told you girls to go after Eliana?”
The cheerleaders stood up, clutching their waists. “Ramona, we were just trying to help, they explained.
Ramona was so furious she felt like she might explode. She bellowed, “Help me? You’re just humiliating me. I planned to defeat her fair and square in the match this afternoon. Get out of here and go back to school, get lost right now!
The cheerleaders, feeling embarrassed, supported each other as they walked off.
Ramona was seething with anger. She could not imagine facing Eliana later in the match. Eliana would surely think she was behind what the
cheerleaders did.
“Wallace. Ramona turned and called out.
Wallace Quandt gave her a cold look and said. “That was really embarrassing
Ramona did not know how to respond. She was simply too enraged by the cheerleaders actions.
If she found out who was the one who instigated the cheerleaders to go after Eliana, she would teach them a good lesson.
Diana’s disappearance turned out to be a false alarm and she returned safely.
Stella Stewart was still shaken “Eli, what exactly happened back there?” she asked.
ute in the hallway. They aid
Idiana recounted. “I was heading back after tossing my lunch box when I ran into those people from the Sports Institute they needed to talk to me and led me to the rear entrance”
Stella said with a concerned tone, “Why would you do that? You should’ve known not to follow them!”
“I knew what they were up tu, so I decided to just deal with it all at once,” Eliana answered.
“Tiose people from the Sports Institute are really despicablet“. Stella said, her voice filled with anger,
“It wasn’t them. The teal mastermind is someone else,” Kliana said as she shot a glance at Willow who was sitting at the side.
Willow was sitting in her eat, casually scrolling through her plone. Her expression was calm as if she knew nothing. But deep down, she was utterly disappointed.
She did not expect the cheerleaders from the Sports Institute to be so ineffective. They y took Eliana away, yet she returned without a scratch.
At two m the afternoon, the finals began
Stella’s hatred for the people from the Sports Institute grew because of what happened to Eliana. She vowed to herself before the match that she
ans stood arious from each other, Stella watched
itamoma with tury eyes
Ramona wanted to explain things to 1 hans, but that only made her seem less confident when she stood opposite her opponents,
sicile sounded, marking the official start of the match
was Stella a torn beserve. She set the
Latoya and Itamina we
aloya anul İlanımına willi fone.
players on par with Elians and Siella. However, because of what happened at lussch, Ramona lacked confidence
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when facing Elans and made several mistakes.
This caused Ehana and Stella to take the lead in si
score. With Stella performing exceptionally, they easily clinched the win.
After winning the match. Eliana made her way over to Latoya and Ramona with her racket in hand..
know you weren’t behind what happened at lunch. You don’t need to feel guilty,” Eliana said to Ramona.
Kamona pursed her lip and said. “I don’t feel guilty. I just didn’t play well”
“That for the best” Eliana responded. With that, she turned around and left.
Įtumona spoke up. † 1 still want to apologize on their behalf. They did it for me. I’m sorry.”
Hearing Ramona’s voice. Eliana glanced at her and said, “It’s fine, it was just a friendly spar
as Eliana walked away.
that Elana’s patr had no ill intentions. She watched as
Latoya walked over and patted Ramona on the shoulder. “What are you staring at? Let’s go, she urged.
Ramona turned to Latoya and said, “I have to say, Eliana seems like a decent person.”
Latoya teased. “What’s this She’s not a threat anymore?”
kamona wwang ber racket and replied, “She’s an opponent, my competitor on the court. Next time, I won’t make any mistakes.”
Eliana and Stella won the women’s doubles. On the other side, the tennis club also took the men’s doubles win.
The tennis club claimed a resounding victory and earned the trophy, while the Sports Institute took home the silver medal.
On the bus ride home, they eagerly discussed their celebration plans. They were thinking of throwing a big party together.
As for Wi
both of her plans backfired, leaving her in a bad mood. She was silent the whole ride back and left immediately after getting off the
addenly frir a sharp pain in her foot. She took off her shoe and discovered a thumbtack inside.
