Scott's POV

It was amazing to me the lengths people go to garner favor from people who’ll humiliate and scorn them in the end.

I’d heard her name in Needy’s and Rory’s conversations when they were younger. I remembered nothing complementary was said about her when her name was mentioned. Rory seemed to have always been an unwitting rival of Nicola’s.

I didn’t like Nicola’s tactics, nor was I pleased with her antics at the party. ...