Chapter 446
Lucy knew a bit about Charlotte's life, but honestly, she did not think it was all that important. She had heard about Charlotte mostly through the grapevine, but nobody really talked about Charlotte's old secrets.
Yitty was getting super excited as she dished out the gossip. "You've got to hear this. Charlotte's past is like something out of a movie. There was this team of nosy reporters who were really good at sniffing out celebrity secrets, and they spilled the beans on Charlotte.
"They said she hung out with a bunch of rich guys, and not just in Charleston. But later on, those reporters admitted they made the whole thing up. At first, everyone was bashing the reporters for spreading lies just to make a buck.
"But then people started to think that maybe Charlotte wasn't the goody-two-shoes they thought she was, and now everyone's talking about it again."
"Why haven't I heard anything about it?" Lucy wondered. She was pretty good at finding stuff online, but she had not seen a single story about Charlotte anywhere.
Yitty munched on her bread, her words muffled. "Are you out of your mind? You ignored the news when it first came out, and now that it's been buried, how can you find any hints of it?Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
"If you're curious, I bet anyone on the street could spill the beans about Charlotte's dirty laundry. She's become the gossip of the town. I'm not sure if I should be happy for her.
"She used to crave the spotlight on the red carpet, hoping to hit it big. Well, now she's famous. But for all the wrong reasons."
Yitty always stood up for what was right. She knew all too well how Charlotte treated Lucy, and it was clear as day to her.
She could not stand bullies who threw their weight around.
Charlotte, playing the princess card,
was making Lucy's life
miserable both in the open and behind the scenes. However, Lucy was the real deal. She was the true-blooded princess of Charleston.
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Charlotte? She was just a fake, a princess squatting in someone else's home!
"Listen, Lucy, you can't go easy on people like her!" Yitty's anger grew as she talked. She slammed her plate on the table so hard it nearly broke. "I've dealt with bullies before. At first, I put up with it, hoping they'd see how annoyed I was. However, what did they do? They got worse." Lucy held out her hands. "So what did you do?"
Yitty said, fuming, "I gave them a piece of my mind, of course! And when words didn't work, I didn't hold back. Why should I care about their feelings when they don't have any?"
Lucy gasped. "You didn't actually hit them in front of everyone, did you?!"
Yitty just shrugged and replied, "Yep, what else could I do? Once I throw a punch, I can't take it back. They were talking about me in front of a bunch of people, saying things not even my mom would say. Then, they started lecturing me! Enough was enough..."
Lucy felt a pang of envy for Yitty's fearless attitude. She wished she could be that bold, but she had too many responsibilities. The thought of having a big fight with Charlotte like Vitty did was unimaginable to her.
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