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"Ser than he originally planned," herin pitch with each word, as if she’d just begun to realize that Serena was actually serious this time "Even without it, you have runway cos"

"I’ve already spoken with Daned any new contracts with makeup and fashion houses, and he told me there are plenty of other models who can step in to the shoots or runway shows that I’ the next fewin the roo in the air Completely, perfectly still, as if time had frozen

"You went behind ent about this?" Every word Genevieve spoke was pure, seething fury "How dare you?"

Serena had so badly wanted to be honest with her e applications, rather than secretly filling them out online She wished she could have shared her excitement when the acceptance email had come Probationary acceptance Since she hadn’t ever been to any regular school, but had tested really high and written several long essays specifically for placereed to adistration" status Which iven her one quarter to impress the heck out of the adrades and recommendations from her professors If she did that, she’d be accepted as a permanent student

Serena wasn’t proud that she’d kept the news fro, but she’d been so afraid that it would all co down otherwise All her life, it had only been the two of them She’d never known her father--when he’d found out her nant, he’d immediately split, and had passed away a few years later Even as a little girl, Serena had realized that her s only came when she was pleased with a job Serena had done well, or when good news came that she’d booked an i she could to make Genevieve happy

And maybe she could have continued like that were it not for the fact that Serena’s own dreae more and more from her mother’s Books, not fashion shows Libraries, nota story by one of her favorite authors, not splashy Hollywood parties

Serena wanted, , to live a life that she was passionately excited about

She wanted to wake up each h and love and feel

"I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt--"

"When?" Her mother had risen fro four inches taller in her heels "When did you do this?"

"February is when I learned that I was accepted, but I applied in the fall"

"I can’t believe you would do this to me" Genevieve raked Serena froe Secretly accepting a spot there Secretly e I’ve sacrificed to help you become a star"