Subjected to ridicule

Sofie’s POV

"Isn't that Sofie Diaz, the stinky lowlife Roman Giovanni is engaged to?"

"Oh my goodness! You're right, she's the one. Funny enough I've seen her in one of my anatomy classes before. We take a few classes together and I never knew she was the one. That's so crazy!"

"How else could she have been able to afford a private college?"

"Yeah, I never thought of that."

Those were the taunting words I heard as I retrieved my textbooks from my locker.

The conversation was among three girls, who were standing idly beside an open locker behind me.

I had noticed them glaring at me at the cafeteria earlier that afternoon but I paid them no attention because they certainly didn't deserve it.

I took a sharp inhale to control my ire and decided to ignore them. I had no idea who they were anyway.

The only person I knew in the whole school was Katie, and she had moved to London during the period I was held captive by Lana.

After I woke up in the hospital, I had switched on my phone to f