I woke up to my phone buzzing nonstop with notifications that seemed to multiply faster than I could clear them. Messages, missed calls, social media alerts—all coming in with the kind of volume that suggested something catastrophic had happened overnight.
Roni was already up, sitting on her bed with her laptop open and an expression of shock on her perfectly made-up face.
“Isabella,” she said without looking away from her screen, “you need to see this. Right now.”
“See what?”
“Every major news outlet in the world just published your name, your photo, and your complete family background.” Roni turned her laptop toward me, and I felt my blood turn to ice.
The headline on CNN read: “PHARMACEUTICAL HEIRESS ISABELLA VIRELLI ENROLLED AT ELITE ASHWICK ACADEMY UNDER FALSE IDENTITY.”
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