Lillian ignored and continued to clutch him.

"Do you even remember how she looked?" Lillian spoke in hatred.

"When I found her locked inside the bathroom, she was all alone and crying. Do you remember how she looked at me?"

The repeating images of Giselle never left Lillian Grey and kept taunting her. It was hard for her to recall those moments and try to express it into words.

"Her hands-on her mouth covered tightly. She didn't even let her breath out. Her hair messed up, and her face all sweated and drenched in tears."

"And- her eyes, she looked at me in horror. Do you know that?"

Lillian's words stilled the guy from fighting back. With every sentence, his guilt escalated.

"Her body was covered in bruises. Do you remember that it was you who did that to her?"

Her voice practically increased with every sentence, and her grip, getting tighter with every second pa.s.sing.

The tension rose as Mike yearned for help. His vision hunted around the area and found no one in his view. He couldn't raise his voice from the pain propelling from his throat. He gasped and continued to fight back for his survival.

He kept trying to push her, but it didn't work. Lillian's anger was on another level. She acted on her impulse, and all of her nerves were erupting in vengeance.

The amount of force she gained from that anger was higher than Mike's. He was powerless against her at that moment.

"Lillian Grey, you are hurting me," Mike's voice s.h.i.+vered from the discomfort.

Regardless, it didn't affect Lillian; she only smirked back at him.

"I'm hurting you, huh?"

"What about Giselle?"

"What you did to her is far worse from this, you piece of a s.h.i.+t."

Lillian Grey came closer, her face only inches away from Mike's as she bends slightly to reach his ears and whisper coldly.

"Don't think that you can disappear forever. It doesn't take me a minute to bring out your nasty behavior against Giselle to the light."

She started tormenting him, making him lose all of his strength left to fight.

...

Mike's heartbeat rose from her words, sending electric shock all over his body. After all this time, he struggled within himself to avoid getting framed and seen as a rapist by his friends, cla.s.smates, and even parents.

When he learned that Bridgette and Giselle were the only people who knew what he did and refused to expose him, Mike secretly felt fortunate. However, seeing Lillian Grey aware of the incident, his fear deepened.

At last, he started to show his true colors. The fear of getting caught made him irrational as he diverted all of his anxiety upon Giselle, a wrong decision.

"Do you think anyone's going to believe that I a.s.saulted a lesbian girl?"

"Wake up! No one would even want to touch that h.o.m.o girl in the very first place. I only looked at her, thinking she's straight."

Mike's fear let him go nuts as he started to spit out some absurd remarks, literally making Lillian seethe in savagery.

"Watch your filthy mouth, Mike?" Lillian used both her hands to seize his collar together, leaving him no s.p.a.ce to fight back.

Mike didn't react to her actions. However, his words are soon to hit the upcoming hurricane. The fear of getting exposed turned him into a lunatic as he began to laugh hysterically.

His laugh, practically echoed around the atmosphere, giving him a sinister aura. At that moment, he did not care about Lillian Grey's presence or Giselle's pain.

Mike opened his mouth to continue talking.

"When I heard that b.i.t.c.h is a h.o.m.o, I practically puked. Even touching her was a sin, and it made me vomit."

"I'm f.u.c.king angry that I even kissed that piece of s.h.i.+t, okay?"

Mike exploded. He tried to put all of his guilt on Giselle and Bridgette. His last few words pierced Lillian.

"Do you think anyone's going to believe that I, a straight guy, tried to **** that h.o.m.o?"

Lillian Grey released her hands for a second. Her breathing uneven now, she gritted her teeth, producing a hard sound. All of his play didn't matter except those last few statements.

She clenched her fists and went straight to smack his face.

All this time, Lillian thought he was feeling guilty for his acts. However, his final words were unforgivable.

Lillian played no more games as she began to get violent with Mike. Her punch made Mike falter and fell on the rocky ground.

Lillian didn't give him a second to react as her fists were busy in crus.h.i.+ng his face, leaving no spare place and attacking everywhere.

She never stopped but kept beating him to a pulp. Every punch packed with all of her anger and carried the vengeance.

'How dare he can call her by such names?'

'This b.a.s.t.a.r.d, I'll kill him today.'

All this time, she controlled herself from using brutality. But, no more, Mike hit the wrong nerve, and he is getting what he deserves.

Lillian Grey thought this would be the perfect way to punish for his crime. With every hit, she felt satisfaction fill her soul.

***

Back in the lake:

After dedicating several minutes of complete focus, Josh and Diego were able to catch a fish. It was a yellow perch.

The first thing that came to their mind, whether it can be consumed, or not. Yellow perch are often neglected, from eating. However, that didn't discourage the boys, and they signaled the nearby instructors.

The guides came to help them store the perch.

Whenever a team catches a fish, the students gather to celebrate. So far, there have been only five teams who succeeded in this activity.

The sixth team to join is Josh and Diego.

Josh and Diego received a lot of cheers.

Josh got lucky with Carmel while Diego searched for his friends. He noticed Anna and Giselle gesturing him a victory sign. Anna stood on the boulder, trying to get Diego's attention. He smiled and returned them with a response.

Diego searched for Lillian next and still didn't find her.

'She didn't return!' – Diego queried.

'Where is she?' – Diego examined once again to check if Lillian Grey is there or not.

He didn't spot her.

Somehow Diego felt jittery the moment he found her nowhere. It bothered him.

Diego excused himself from Josh and informed Seth that he is going to the bathroom. Seth gave him the location to the nearby lavatory.

Diego left the lake area and entered the trail. He followed Seth's instruction and kept walking until he heard distant noises coming from ahead.

It sounded as if someone is groaning and screaming. Diego panicked as if something grave is going on. He picked up his pace and started running when he closed the distance, the noise became more apparent, and it felt someone's getting beaten. The male voice was yelling while a female voice grunted deeply.

Listening to the voices, Diego sweated as he sprinted towards the direction the scream emerged.

He entered the place and saw two people fighting, one on the ground while the other squatted. They were out of focus and so, Diego moved further to see Lillian Grey beating the h.e.l.l out of Mike while he tried to fight back by pus.h.i.+ng her.

Mike got blood nose from taking her punches and wounds appeared on his face at multiple spots while Lillian's head had an injury from his attack.

Diego's eyes were not able to believe in the ongoing scene. His panting didn't stop.

'What the h.e.l.l is going on here?' – He studied.

Seeing Lillian Grey fighting Mike, the subst.i.tute guy from school basketball team made no sense. However, seeing Lillian Grey hurt, Diego raged inside thinking that something happened for Lillian to get rough. His legs moved automatically towards Lillian Grey, wanting to protect her immediately.