Tear up the woman who slandered me

Years after graduation, someone suddenly mentioned me in our class group chat.[Ashlynn, Mr. Lopez is gravely ill. Aren't you going to show some gratitude? How ungrateful you are!]It wasn't until I saw the fundraiser that I even knew about it.Our high school homeroom teacher, Henson Lopez, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and our class beauty, Nicole Courtenay, was organizing donations and a match for a bone marrow transplant.[I'm donating ten thousand dollars. My husband is the director of Evergreen Valley Hospital, and I've already arranged for a private room for Mr. Lopez.]The moment that message popped up, accusations from my old classmates started pouring in.[You accused Nicole of giving you an STD, and she let it slide. Now you're trying to steal her thunder? You're so fake!][This isn't a joke! Why can't you stop lying?]Nicole quickly jumped in, trying to ease the tension: [Ashlynn, I won't hold the past against you, but don't pretend to be the director's wife.][I've already arranged for his surgery and room. And I'll donate another one hundred thousand dollars to Mr. Lopez.]I felt a mix of anger and amusement. Back then, it was Nicole who had crossed out her name on the test results, blaming me for having an STD. I didn't call her out on it, and now she was playing the victim here.Nicole posted pictures in the chat group of herself and her so-called husband, the hospital director, in his luxury car.I laughed when I saw the man in the passenger seat.It was Jerry Davidson, my husband's driver."When did he become a hospital director?" I thought.After reading all the messages in the group chat, I called Jerry to ask him to drive me to the hospital.But Jerry said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Delgado, I've already taken the day off with Mr. Delgado. I've got some personal matters to attend to. But I can send Lanny to take you, if that's alright."Jerry had worked for my family for ten years, always diligent and never once slipping up.I couldn't understand how he'd gotten mixed up with someone like Nicole.Though puzzled, I had Lanny Turner come pick me up. On the way, I bought a lot of imported supplements.When I arrived, there was already a crowd gathered outside the VIP room where Henson was undergoing tests for the transplant.Everyone was fawning over Nicole."Nicole, you're not just beautiful, you're so capable too. You are lucky to marry a hospital director!""He became a director at such a young age! He's got a bright future ahead of him.""Yeah! I heard he's a specialist in treating rare diseases. With him on board, Mr. Lopez will definitely be alright!""Nicole, you're truly amazing! When's the wedding? We've got to be there to celebrate!"They crowded around Nicole, showering her with praise. She was basking in it.With a broad smile, Nicole smiled, inviting them to her wedding next month at the Seraphine Hotel.When they heard she was holding her wedding at the city's grandest hotel, the compliments started all over again.I rolled my eyes at their sycophantic nonsense and ignored them, carrying my supplements directly into the hospital room.Nicole spotted me, though. She greeted me with a bright smile. "Ashlynn, you actually came?"Her words immediately turned the others' attention to me. However, their tone was anything but friendly."How dare she show her face? Back then, she was living so recklessly that she got an STD and tried to blame it on Nicole.""If Nicole hadn't shown us the test results and proved her innocence, we might have believed it!""How could someone so vile come to see Mr. Lopez? I can't stand being near her for even a second!"They kept throwing the word "vile" around like I was some kind of walking disease.I felt nothing but cold indifference.Back then, a confirmed diagnosis of an STD had surfaced in class. Because both Nicole and I had visited the school nurse, Nicole claimed the test results were mine.Later, Henson pulled me aside and explained that the results were Nicole's, but her family was so strict that if her parents found out, she might've been badly punished. He asked me to keep it quiet.Since I was already about to leave the country to study abroad, I let it go.But I never imagined Nicole would still have me carrying that burden after all these years.I didn't want to get into it with these people, so I walked into the hospital room, planning to drop off the supplements and leave.But Nicole suddenly slapped me hard across the face."Ashlynn, you've got some nerve! You caught that disease, and now you're here, bringing supplements for Mr. Lopez? Are you trying to infect him on purpose?"All these years, and you haven't changed one bit. Do you plan to use your sickness to harm others now?"

Nicole's slap left me momentarily stunned. When I regained my composure, I shot back, "What gives you the right to say I have an STD?"Nicole's face twisted into a mocking smirk as she pulled out a sheet of paper and flung it in my face. "Still playing dumb?""I've got everyone's test results right here! With your disease, there's no way you can donate to Mr. Lopez!"My name was printed clearly on the paper, followed by a string of unsettling medical terms.The classmates who glanced at it immediately looked at me with disgust."You filthy woman! With all those dangerous diseases, how dare you come here? Do you want to spread them around?""Nicole even defended you earlier, telling us not to embarrass you over what happened back then!""I can't believe you're this shameless. Are you trying to infect Mr. Lopez with your disease?""Scum like you deserves a good beating!"A few bulky male classmates rushed toward me, kicking me hard to the ground.Then, the punches and kicks rained down.My head hit the floor with a sickening thud, leaving me dizzy.Before I could react, two more brutal kicks landed on my face.Filthy shoe prints covered my swollen cheeks, making them puff up like bread dough.But they didn't stop there. One of them pointed at my jewelry. "Look! Her earrings are just like Nicole's!""How could they be the same? Nicole's married to a hospital director. She's just a cheap woman who's been used by countless men! Or have you forgotten how she pretended to be Nicole, claiming she was the director's wife in the class chat?""No way her stuff is real.""Fake! Rip it all off her! Don't let her keep fooling people!"The female classmates swarmed me, their hands snatching my earrings, hairpins, and necklace.Their long nails scratched my face, tearing chunks of hair from my scalp. They didn't stop there, though—they reached for my clothes."Let's strip this whore! She loves showing off, doesn't she?""Exactly! With all those STDs, who knows how many men she's been with!""I didn't!"I struggled to fight back, but there were too many of them. I was no match.Within moments, my expensive jacket was torn to shreds, leaving me in just my underwear.I curled up into a ball, trying to shield what little dignity I had left, overwhelmed by humiliation.But they weren't done. They dragged me into the middle of the crowd and poured the supplements I'd brought all over my head.The sticky liquid coated me from head to toe, making me look utterly defeated.Passersby stopped to gawk, pointing and whispering.Nicole, arms crossed and looking self-righteous, spoke up, "Ashlynn, just admit you're sick. If you confess before you infect Mr. Lopez, maybe I can convince everyone to forgive you."I was about to snap back when someone shouted, "Mrs. Lopez is here!"Paulina Lopez was Henson's wife and our school nurse. She had just arrived.She was the one who diagnosed Nicole with the STD all those years ago.I saw a glimmer of hope.

Paulina greeted Nicole gently, her voice calm and warm."Nicole, what are you doing here?"You're about to marry the hospital director. Why are you acting so impatient?"Nicole instantly slipped back into her sweet and graceful demeanor, linking her arm with Paulina's affectionately, though the scornful look in her eyes as she glanced at me didn't waver."Mrs. Lopez, it's not that I'm being impatient. Ashlynn was shameless!"She knows full well she has an STD, but she's pretending not to and even showed up for the donor match, trying to infect Mr. Lopez!"Paulina's expression immediately darkened. She turned toward me, her tone sharp and filled with anger."Ashlynn! This is outrageous!"My classmates joined in, chiming one after another. "That's right! She did the same thing back then, got an STD and blamed it on Nicole!""I always knew she was trouble! People like her deserve punishment!"For a moment, Paulina seemed to hesitate. I held onto a faint hope that she might reveal the truth.After all, she had been the one who examined Nicole back then.But it was clear she was determined to cover things up."Wasn't that incident years ago? Sure, it was wrong of Ashlynn to accuse Nicole, but Nicole didn't hold it against her. Let's not bring it up again."Ashlynn, apologize to Nicole, and pay Henson one hundred thousand dollars in damages. Then we'll call it even."I was stunned.It was clear now. I realized that Nicole must have told Paulina that the VIP room and the doctors were arranged by her, using her so-called status as the hospital director's fiancée. And Paulina, believing her, played along, blaming everything from the past on me.As for my outraged classmates, they were clearly fooled by Nicole's lies about her engagement to the hospital director. That was why they felt justified in humiliating me.But what they didn't know was that Nicole wasn't the director's wife at all.She was a complete fraud.Wiping the blood from the corner of my mouth, I looked Paulina squarely in the eyes and said, "I won't apologize. You know exactly whose name was really on that medical report! I even have her..."I nearly blurted out the whole truth about what happened back then.But Nicole dug her nails into Paulina's arm.Paulina rushed forward, slapping me hard across the face and raising her voice to scream at me."You filthy liar! Even now, you still refuse to admit it!"Looks like we'll have to teach you a lesson today! Take her outside!"At Paulina's command, my classmates swarmed me and dragged me out of the hospital.Lanny, who was waiting for me outside, was startled when he saw my bruised and battered state. He rushed over, his voice full of concern."Mrs. Delgado, are you alright?"His words, however, only triggered fits of laughter from the crowd."Did I hear that right? Someone actually respects this woman?""Ashlynn, you're quite the actress! First, you pretend to be the hospital director's wife, and now you've hired some guy to act like you're rich. Is that how you trick old men into sleeping with you?""That's not all! Her car looks just like Nicole's! Probably rented from some dealership!""Smash it! Let's see how much this fake diva has left when we're done with her!"At Nicole's signal, the crowd surged forward, picking up bricks from the side of the road and hammering them against my luxury car.Lanny tried to stop them, but they shoved him aside.They even started beating him, punching his face over and over."You like making money, don't you? Here's a chance to earn big!""We'll beat you to a pulp, and you can sue this slut for medical fees!""You'd do anything for money! You deserve every hit!"Lanny and I were both treated with cruelty beyond imagination.The luxury car parked next to us was soon wrecked beyond recognition.Suddenly, someone noticed the pile of imported medication in my trunk and pulled them out.My heart sank.These were special medicines I had brought from abroad for my mother-in-law. I planned to drop them off at the hospital today as a favor. I never expected them to be discovered like this.Someone read the label aloud."Sildenafil... Isn't this Viagra?"

"Disgusting! She must be sleeping around. Why else would she keep something like Viagra in her car?""She's ready for it anytime, anywhere. What a shameless woman!""I don't even want to touch this stuff. It's revolting!"Someone let go of the box, and the bottle of pills crashed to the ground."No!" I tried to stop it, but it was too late. The glass bottle shattered, scattering its contents everywhere.I scrambled over, desperately searching for any unbroken pills, but Nicole kicked the box out of my reach."Ashlynn, you're still pretending you don't have an STD?""You carry drugs like that with you, and you're still playing innocent?"Rage coursed through me. I glared at Nicole with all the fury I could muster, and through clenched teeth, I warned her."You'll pay for everything you've done!"Nicole's laughter echoed around us. She clutched her stomach, pointing at me as she spoke to the crowd. "Did you hear that? She's still threatening me!""Nicole, how can a filthy woman like her dare threaten you? You're the hospital director's wife!""If she gets on Nicole's bad side, no doctor in this city will treat her STD.""She's so spoiled by her sugar daddies. She doesn't even know her place anymore. I say we teach her a lesson, and she'll learn quickly!"They grabbed a large bucket of tar nearby and began walking toward me.Fear filled my eyes as they closed in.Just then, a familiar Ferrari screeched to a stop beside us.Out stepped my driver and also Nicole's boyfriend, Jerry.The sleek car immediately drew everyone's attention."Wow, the hospital director's really rich! His family even has Ferraris!""Nicole, you're so lucky! When you officially marry the director, don't forget about us, your old friends!"Nicole soaked in the praise, her face glowing with pride."Of course! If any of you need help in the future, just let me know. My husband's connections go far and wide!"The crowd erupted in thanks, their compliments becoming even more exaggerated.Nicole linked arms with Jerry and teased, "Honey, why are you so late? There's this filthy woman here hiding the fact that she has an STD and trying to spread it to everyone!"Jerry's face hardened with anger. "Who dares to bully my girlfriend?"Don't worry, sweetheart. I'll make sure they pay."Nicole beamed at his promise, pulling him toward me. She pointed at me with glee in her eyes. "There's no need, babe. I've already punished this wretch. But she still won't admit she has an STD and even tried to frame me!"The others nodded in agreement."That's right! She even pretended to be the wife of the Evergreen Valley Hospital director. Absolutely shameless!"Jerry's rage reached its peak. He didn't care that I was already beaten and bruised; he grabbed my face, ready to lay into me.But as he pushed aside the hair covering my face, he froze.His voice trembled as he spoke. "Mrs. Delgado? How can it be you?"

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