“That must have... (ahem!) ... hurt, huh?”Glancing at Murielle’s twin, Alicia noticed that Miranda was being very quiet, and her mind was shut d...wn tight. She suspected that Miranda didn’t really share her twin’s upset about being so hilariously skewered. But, she noticed, Miranda was supporting Murielle in her decision to leave the group.‘Well, that’s what sisters are for, right?’“Listen, um, Murielle,” Alicia replied. “You girls all love each other. And I know you like the relationships you. "I was most disappointed at how lazy and complacent you have become. For a school that prides itself at turning out students, those who survive, with high academic skill and achievement, you have shown a stunning lack of creativity and flexibility. I might expect that of the sadists, but even the best of you are in a rut. Someone acts out, you strip her and humiliate her. Someone seems undermotivated, strip her and humiliate her. Someone doesn't learn the day's lesson, strip her and humiliate. "The rental property about two miles from here? The Buckmanplace?" Ah yes," Mom said with a nod as a light of what looked like recognitionentered her eyes, "I remember them mentioning they had some new tenants.Just take that road," she instructed, pointing the way out of townopposite from which they came, "And take the third road on the left.That will take you right to the front door." Thanks," the blond said, tucking her smartphone away and climbing backinto the driver's seat. The brunette. ..”“That's right” she cut him off. “And that's how I know your biological mother has been out of the picture for a long time. It seems Stacy didn't have the time to train you properly. There's only so much bad parenting one can correct in a few years.”“Hey! Don't talk about my parents like th--”“You have two choices, Mr. Marshall!” she interrupted. “Either I can assign you a ton of extra work and make your academic life hell, or...”Trevor grimaced. “Or?”“Or we can settle this the old way!”.