Almost everyone at Barden University knew who Stacie Conrad was. After all she was one of the hottest Bella's. She was tall and beautiful and an amazing dancer. She was friendly and outgoing. And she had a lot of sex. If you would ask the Bella's to describe her they would say she was a true friend. Always the one who had an listening ear. She didn't judge and was always ready to give some advice when you needed it. But Stacie was more than just beautiful. She was extremely smart. She had an IQ higher than Albert Einstein.
Being smart was one of the things that saved her life. Because behind the mask of that outgoing girl was a secret nobody knew. Stacie was homeless. After her mother had died she lived with her father. He remarried when she was 12 years old. At first her stepmother was a nice woman. But she couldn't handle Stacie´s smartness. They argued and argued till her father was sick of it. So her stepmother gave him a choice. Or she would leave or Stacie had to go. He choose to be with his wife. That left Stacie homeless at 16 years old. But she knew she was smart so she kept studying and attending school. Because she had excellent grades she was offered a scholarship for Barden University. A chance she accepted with both hands.
One of the first things she did when going to Barden was to find a job. She wanted to create some financially stability for herself. She saved every penny she could to ultimately rent a house for herself when she graduated. Every break she would stay at Barden and work multiple jobs when her fellow Bella´s went home to their families. The situation was far from ideal. But at least she had a roof over her head and a warm place to sleep when she stayed behind in her dorm. Her secret was very well kept. Or at least for the time being.
At one of the breaks she was staying at Barden there was a rat plague in her dorm. All students were forced to leave so they could handle the problem in time for the new semester. Stacie hadn't a place to go so she decided to sleep in one of the alleys she used to sleep before going to Barden. One night there was a fight. She got hurt and was transferred to the hospital. The only telephone numbers the doctors could find were the one of her fellow Bella´s. The first one who answered was Aubrey Posen. They explained what happened and where they found her. Aubrey came to the hospital full of questions.
Yep she had a lot of things to explain..