Richmond got to the podium, snatched the microphone, and announced cheerfully, with hopes of being the highest donor.“Hello everyone, we all know how it's done every year. No one can outwit me, so I'm adding an extra ten thousand dollars to last year's amount.“I'm donating the total sum of fifty thousand dollars." "Wow! Yeah. That's how we do it. Richmond is the man. He has always been the man.” Svetlana's voice cut through the noisy crowd that was filled with side talks, cheering and clapping.“Yeah, Richmond is the man. He always backs his words with actions." Another voice echoed from behind. It was one of Svetlana's friends, Hope. As usual, Prisca was seated beside her.Svetlana turned to the voice and saw her friends. Swiftly, she stood up and ran up to them, hugging each of them who rolled their eyes behind her.They no longer see her as their friend after the incident with her mother. They were just pretending before her face.Svetlana decided to sit with her friends since t

Taken aback by the voice, Abigail pulled out from the kissing and turned to see her brother angrily glaring at them.Pius's face had turned dark from so much rage, and his eyes were already red.He shot a dirty lok at Adolphus and quickly closed in on him, pulling him up and striking a punch on his face.“How dare you, a loser, come close to my sister. That is the height of it, Adolphus." Pius continued to punch his face while Drake went to hold onto Abigail, who was trying to interfere.Adolphus had been punched a few times, but he didn't retaliate.He was holding back from fighting with Pius because of Abigail. The woman who has just stolen his heart.“Let go of me, Drake." Abigail yelled at him, forcefully breaking free from Drake's grip.She ran up to Adolphus, standing before him and preventing her brother from striking again.“That's enough, Pius." She barked, breathing heavily with her hands spread open.Adolphus only stood behind her without a word. “You have to stop acting

“Bitch, what does it look like to you?" Abigail shot back at Svetlana when their eyes met.The duo never liked each other. In fact, they had never gotten along.Abigail was very daring and bold and Svetlana doesn't like that. She wasn't someone to be easily intimidated and always saw thorough Svetlana.When Abigail learned about the relationship between Adolphus and Svetlana, she wasn't happy about it.Being someone who has always looked out for Adolphus, she knew he made a very bad decision going out with Svetlana.Abigail had observed her kind of person and deduced that she was only using Adolphus.And just like her deduction, Svetlana left when she was done with Adolphus.Standing there without the company of Richmond and his friends, Svetlana rolled her eyes, ignoring Abigail's hurtful words.She browsed through everyone's faces, finally settling her eyes on Adolphus. “Hmph." Svetlana chuckled, smirking at her ex boyfriend.“I knew that something was up between you two when I saw

“Don't worry, I know how to have fun as well, but I don't do very loud music." Adolphus replied, walking away while they followed behind.Sheila and Brianne had already gone home since they weren't staying in the school hostel.They stayed a little while before leaving the party.“I'm hungry. Let's go out and eat." Adolphus added and continued to walk fast while his friends tried to catch up.At the Grahams' villa that night, Benson Graham and his wife sat awake in the sitting room. It was almost 10 pm, and they could not even sleep.Brett Graham was more restless than her husband because it was she who made the call.Until that day, they were yet to know who their landlord was. And the old one was no longer answering their calls.“Maybe we should give the person more time. I believe that sooner or later, he'll surely introduce himself." Brett suggested, trying to wave off the thoughts that have been bothering her for days.Ever since she called that number and Doris answered the call

Adolphus smiled to himself. The response sounded funny to him even though he understood the gravity of the message.Pius must have told their parents about his relationship with Abigail, and as expected, they'd never want to hear such a thing.It was certainly going to sound like taboo in their ears.Abigail, their daughter, was going out with a boy who scrubs the floor for a living.“I'm sorry about that. Tell me exactly what happened?" Adolphus texted back.Abigail sat down on her bed, now focused on the screen of her phone. She'd forgotten about going to the bathroom and was now engrossed in her conversation with Adolphus."You should know what their reactions would look like. They flared up, and I even received a slap from my mother.” Abigail typed the message and sent it immediately.When Adolphus received the message, he felt bad for Abigail. Was that what she meant by taking her first bullet because of him?He didn't think of it in that manner.After a moment of silence, Adolp