Chapter 39

VALERIA

Until a little over a decade ago, the Hales weren't exactly considered a top-tier aristocratic family in Meteor City because then, the prominent and well-known ones were just three — the Baltimores, the Astors and the Roosevelts — in no particular order.

In short, we call them “THE BAR.”

On the other hand, we could, at best, be considered the unofficial fourth along with the Morgans — Andy's family.

Of course, this was just my dad's personal thoughts.

Thoughts that I have come to understand were nothing but a product of his inflated pride considering how wide the gap between our families and THE BAR was at the time.

That being said, whether it was due to coincidence or not, each of these five families had children in Grade 6 Class A, and just like every other aristocratic school, hierarchy existed among the students.

The children of THE BAR, for example, were an exclusive and close-knit clique while the rest of the students had only