Summary

Chapter 25. As Lizet returns to Rawlings College, the legal battle for Ariel Hernandez continues. Lizet tries to avoid knowing anything about it. In her class schedule, she has signed up for a course in laboratory research with Dr. Kaufmann - chosen because she is the only immigrant professor (from Germany) and loves the beach. In the first class, Lizet pays very careful attention and does exactly as she is told, and is the only student in the class to carry out the assigned task perfectly.

Bumping into Ethan in the library, he invites her to lunch and they tell each other about their holidays. Ethan notices her ring and asks if she is engaged. After an awkward conversation, Lizet says that she was joking and moves her ring to her right hand. She tells him instead that her mother gave it to her...