Chapter 4

Everyone glared at me with pure disgust.

"Oh, still pretending, huh?"

"That's just how country bumpkins are—see something shiny and just gotta have it."

"Quit playing the victim. So you really are a thief," someone else snapped.

I shook my head frantically. "I didn't put it there... I never touched her necklace!"

Jenna said with a sneer, "Explain that, then—why was it in your bag?"

I tried to speak, but I just couldn't get a single word out.

Not a clue who framed me, and nobody was about to back me up.

Every word they threw at me just got…