Chapter 43

Schuyler's P. O. V.

I woke up when someone threw cold water on me with small cubes of ice mixed with it. It hit my wound so I tightly closed my eyes to relieve the pain.

"Wake up, Schuyler!" I heard a woman's voice in front of me.

I slowly lifted my head and saw Alana, but I was shocked to see her face. It was as if she had been beaten by someone and her eyes were so deep that I almost did not recognize her. She also has a lot of stitches in her face, jawline, and neck and a still visible bruise on her left eye.

Who did that to her?

Wait… Is that what they're pinning on me? Is it because Alana and I were the last one who had a fight? But I know nothing, they're mistaken!

"Alana, let go of me! You know I didn't do anything to you." I desperately told her. "I can't even afford small things, what more than having someone to hurt you?"

Alana looked at her cousin with a smirk on her face before she bursted out laughing like a mad maniac. She was even clapping her hands and would sometimes