NORDSTROM RACK

Instead of helping Abby to get on her feet, the two sisters only sneered on her. Meanwhile, Abby chose to remain laid on her back

It was as though the combination of frustration and embarrassment was weighing her down and so she stayed lying on the ground for a while; mulling over the reason why she had to endure all of this humiliation and unfair treatment of her family towards her.

She inhaled deeply to calm her nerves but that only made her cough hard instead. Because apparently she also accidentally inhaled some from the flavored drink that was spilled on her face.

"Are you okay???"

Out from the blinding ray of the sun that hung high above the bright sky, a face suddenly peaked and blocked Abby's sight.

It was the face of the most handsome man in the town; no other than, Bryan, himself

"OMG! I need to put this on my vlog..."

Clara said as she took her phone from her pink sling bag.

She even made a lame attempt to fixed her hair although the truth was it did nothing to change how she looked at all.

Then after positioning herself on her best angle, she clicked the red button on the screen to start recording the video

"Hello everyone, your pretty Princess Clara walked right into this humiliating situation."

She said in the introduction before she focused the camera on Abby's mess.

At that same time, Bryan offered his hand to Abby to help her up and the video was able to record that perfectly.

Abby, on the other hand, happily accepted the other party's kind gesture and she took his warm hand.

"Oh.. I- I am so sorry..."

She blurted out as soon as she realized that she unknowingly stained Bryan's white rubber shoes.

Meanwhile, her step-sister, Clara still went on narrating her own version of the story in front of her camera for her vlog's sake.

"Some clumsy girl threw her drinks all over the gorgeous Bryan..."

Clara went on, whilst Abby felt like she was at an entirely different universe at that moment as she watched Bryan's lips opened and closed in slow motion.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt???"

Bryan asked Abby with eyes full of concern.

"Those eyes could not be fake, right??? Is he wearing contact lenses? They were so beautiful..."

Abby said inside her head, but outside she was in a complete daze.

"Hey, miss. Are you okay???"

Bryan asked again, this time however he put his hand over Abby's shoulder and that seemed to pull Abby's soul back to reality.

"NO!"

She blurted out.

"No???"

"No. Y-ye- YES!...No... I- I- I mean... Yes, I'm fine... Thank you!"

Abby replied with an obvious stutter as she hastily fixed herself but she did not notice that there was a plastic straw that got stuck on her long wavy brown hair. In the end, it was Bryan who removed it.

"Thank you..."

She said timidly this time.

"Owww... Such a gentleman. He truly is. Bryan once again gets top place this week at your pretty Princess Clara's heart.."

Clara said dreamily as she winked in front of her camera and imaginary audiences. She repositioned her phone to make her face the focus of the camera.

"Bryan! What happen???!"

When Candice noticed a commotion outside the store, she immediately went to check what was going on and she was literally shocked when she found out that the center of attention was actually her boyfriend with some random girl playing as a damsel in distress at the streetwalk.

"OH, MY GAWD!!!"

She gasped when she saw that Bryan's limited edition rubber shoes got stained.

"You totally ruined his shoe!!!!"

Candice just recently bought it as a gift for Bryan so it was obvious that she was enraged to see how the shoe ended up.

"Candice .. I'm fine---

Bryan said but Candice cut him off.

"No! It is not fine!"

"I am so, so sorry... Uhmm... I can replace them.."

Abby offered although her heart was bleeding as she said that because there was a high chance that she might use up all of her savings if she would go and buy that same pair of shoes.

"They don't sell couture at Nordstrom Rack, sweetie.."

Candice said in false kindness, but the edge of sarcasm on her voice was not that hard to notice.

"Come on..."

She added as she pulled Bryan away from the crowd.

"I- I'm so sorry.."

Bryan's face was deeply apologetic but before he could even do a proper apology for his girlfriend's uncomely manner, Candice already pulled him away completely.

"Whilst this hot mess gets the loser of the week award.."

Clara concluded her vlog with that as she zoomed in and focused her camera at Abby's sorry state.