The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never

“We’re still so sorry about earlier,” Keith said, rubbing his neck nervously.

“Would you mind if I treated you to some good food later when you’re in a better mood?”

“‘Yes, I would mind.

Except it’s work-related, I don’t want to have any meetings with you two,” Hannah said dryly and picked up her bag.

Then she strode out of the cafe.

After Hannah left, Keith ran his hand through his hair and sighed, “Did you expect her to be happy with such a question?”

Trent shrugged and said, “What else should I have told her that I know who her father is and that I’m her half-brother?”

“If I said that, she would surely have thought we were both crazy,” he added with a mirthless, short Laugh.

“We can still fix things.

At least, we have some time.

” For a while, Keith gazed mindlessly at the distance in thought.

Then he said finally, “I think I’ll need to call Dad and explain everything to him.

”

Trent sighed and said, “I’m afraid we don’t have much time She still hasn’t warmed up to us even after we followed her here.

”

“At least she’s being genuine.

Her feigned politeness isn’t what we want,” Keith replied.

“You’re right.

However, seeing how wary she is of us, it’s not certain when we can take her back,” Trent said, frowning.

“Let’s call Dad and let him know first,” Keith said with a note of finality.

Two days later, Hannah checked out of the hotel and was going to book a flight ticket back to Newfort.

However, she was delayed.

Grace called her on the phone, crying, and all efforts by Hannah to get her to say anything failed.

Anxious, Hannah put off her plan to travel the next day and went to Halliday University.

“Grace!”

Hannah exclaimed when she saw Grace.

The latter’s face was red from crying, and the teacher was comforting her.

“Hannah! You finally came!” Grace said, sobbing.

Hannah pulled her into a hug and asked, “What happened?”

The teacher, who was with Grace, explained the situation to her.

Tyshawn had a girlfriend in the same grade as Grace.

She didn’t Like Grace, and now that she was Tyshawn’s girlfriend, her hatred for Grace grew.

The lady in question had good grades and was from a rich family.

The teachers spoiled her.

Many of them turned a blind eye whenever she bullied Grace.

However, she had never gone too far with bullying Grace.

She had mostly isolated Grace from the rest of her classmates.

This time, though, was different.

They had been in the canteen when she jumped the queue with her friends, after which she threw Grace’s food into the trash can.