Julianna's words. She asked coldly, “What? What the hell are you talking about?"

“What am I talking about? Why don't you remember what you did? Tessie transferred to another school to get away from you. Why are you here?

What do you want? Look what you did to her! Can't you see how scared she is? That's all you, girl!"

Tessie, who was standing behind Julianna, Looked pale and trembled as if she had seen something terrible.

Erica walked past and grabbed Tessie's wrist.

Tessie screamed and struggled violently before Erica could even say anything.

Her fierce reaction completely confused Erica. She had no choice but to let Tessie go.

"Tessie, what's wrong with you? Look at me. It's Erica."

After a moment of silence, Tessie said in a timid voice, "Please, leave me alone. Go away, Erica! Just go!" At that point her already shaky murmurs were choked with sobs.

Erica was shocked to hear that.

Julianna got between Erica and Tessie, shielding the other girl with her body.

“You should leave now. We don't want to see you!"

“I'm not leaving! Tessie, come here and talk to me!" Erica would not

Leave until she found out what was going on

In order to ease the tension, Tam said to Erica, "I think Tessie's afraid of you now. You should probably get back in the car. Let me have a talk with her first."

Tessie's reaction completely broke Erica's heart. She was very sad at the moment, and she needed to salve her mood.

Erica nodded and walked away, Leaving them alone.

Erica walked away, Leaving behind a silence that stretched on and on until Tam took a deep breath. With a casual air, he turned to his daughter.

"Julianna, would you mind going too? I need to speak with

Tessie about something."

Julianna didn't move, looking with suspicion at her father and her friend.

“Dad, you... What do you two need to talk about?" Privately she wondered, 'Did my father know Tessie before? If so, why didn't I know about it?'

While Tessie's eyes stayed on the ground, Tam made the best excuse he could think of.

"It seems there's a big problem between her and Erica.

Since I just happened to stumble across it, I can't sit by and do nothing. If I'm able to have a talk with your friend, maybe I can help her resolve the conflict.”