Sure enough, some of the guests started to agree with Chloe Grant.
"Chloe Grant, you can't use that against her!" Sarah Shelby immediately jumped in to explain on Clara's behalf. "I was the one who sent that text to Miles Quinn from Clara's phone. She didn't have the courage, so I took matters into my own hands and sent it without telling her first.
I chose a hotel because I was afraid she'd back out. If I'd picked any other place, she might have gotten scared and not gone. But a hotel is different. I told her I had already booked and paid for the room. She hates wasting money, so she couldn't refuse.
You might find that ridiculous. Yes, the cost of a hotel room is nothing to any of you, but it's different for Clara. She and her mother were thrown out of their home with nothing. She had to pay her own tuition and earn money to support them. She couldn't afford to waste a single penny."
