"I knew it!" Bella jumped up, eyes wide. Even Pauline gasped as they stared at each other. "Girl, you ain't say nothin' 'bout yo mama bein' famous! I hear her voice erryday on the damn TV!"
"Wait a minute," Hannah's eyes widened as she pointed at Gary. "I think Riley and I met your mom outside the Academy during the entrance exams! That was your mother?! And here I thought my mom looked young—what the fuck?!"
"It's… not that big of a deal?" Gary waved them off as he wiped his forehead, "You are literally the children of the world's richest man."
Suddenly, everything went quiet. Gary looked around, expecting someone to respond—but no one said a word.
Then he noticed all eyes on him.
"You—" Hannah pointed at his face, "...I've been meaning to say this since before we left the Academy. But you do know your makeup's smudged, right?"
