Hating Alison Ashley

''Utter loathing and hatred,'' I said. ''I wouldn''t even be on the same bus as you . . . If I could have caught a virus in time.'' Erica Yurken knew she was destined for great things. Never in any doubt about her own genius, she felt superior to everyone at notorious Barringa East . . . that is, until Alison Ashley turned up.