Everyone has the same reaction on their faces, shock. Mister Beerson, who has been holding on to hope for a while now doesn't look like he believes it himself.He stands up to his feet, his lips parted as he tries or process this. “A test?” He asks, in a voice that is so loud that it sounded like he is talking to himself. “Yes, my dear friend, what were you thinking? That I was going to abandon you? Come on!” Mister Von laughs as he clasps his hand over James Beerson's shoulder. John Kent moves his eyes to Mrs Beerson, his eyebrows bunched up together in pretence of worry. “Mum, did you think that we abandoned you like that? Do you think that Finna abandoned you?” Mrs Beerson lips quivers as tears pools up in her eyes. “I– I didn't know what to think. I was just confused…” “We would never leave you, please. This was just a test, even though Roman and Stephanie, the conspiracy theorists, had a lot of nonsense to say.” Stephanie looks at Roman, her nostrils flaring. What the hel

The principal notices how the colour has left Stephanie's face. “Oh, ma'am, are you sure that you are okay? You have nothing to worry about. Athena has been vented, and we are very sure that she will be able to keep up.” Principal Mabel says “It's not that, Principal,” Stephanie inhales deeply. “Is Pumpkin Kent going to be in the same class with her?” A small chuckle leaves the principal’s mouth. “I see that Pumpkin has become very popular. Pumpkin has a lot of… emotions irregularities, but she is working with the school therapist to fix it. Do not worry, the teacher pays them good attention all the time.” “No, you don't understand. She is Athena’s cousin. Pumpkin's mum is my sister.” The principal's eyes light up. “Oh, wow, what a coincidence! That's an advantage, I must say, I believe her cousin is going to help Athena to settle down.” Stephanie just pinch her mouth shut, she doesn't want to tell the principal that their family dynamic is one in which they are better off as

Roman is very surprised to get a text message from Athena's School's parents' association. She has been there for only a week, but she has been fitting in so well. Maybe it's because her cousin has decided to take a hiatus….It's a test message from the parents' organization of the school, and they have asked all the fathers to meet in school on that day, in the evening…He thinks hard about it, and at the end, he decides that he is going to attend it. He doesn't tell Stephanie about it though, because she is already heartbroken that Finna chose to pull Pumpkin out of school temporarily. As if Athena has some kind of communicable disease. She doesn't need to know this. She is going to overthink it. When the time of the meeting comes, Roman puts on normal jeans and a shirt. He picks the cheapest car in the garage, and he heads to the school. He deliberately goes early, so as not to put a bad impression on his daughter. This is the first time he is being a father at a school, h

“Why have you done this? Why have you suddenly ordered Pumpkin to return back to school?” Finna asks. She hurried downstairs, to the garage, and luckily she caught him with him just in time to fire her question in his face. As soon as he left the room, she was still asleep when a crying Pumpkin walked in and explained that her father cruelly asked her to get ready for school. Finna is glaring at her husband, her slipper angrily slapping against the ground. John's hands go over the steering wheel, and he lets out a long sigh. “Because I said so, alright? I'm the man of the house, and I'm tired of seeing her doing nothing all day.” “What do you mean by that, John? We had an agreement! You get rid of Athena, and Pumpkin goes back to school. Don't you even care about the reputation of this family anymore?!” Yes, the reputation that has been greatly soiled because he wanted to protect them? Finna notices how John is avoiding answering the question. He knows that the parents’ asso

When Pumpkin walks home, she goes straight to the bathroom and orders one of the maids to deep wash her hair. The poor girl tried her best, but she kept gagging from the pungent smell coming from the little Madam's hair. Pumpkin refuses to have dinner, and by the next few days, she won't even look at Athena, or answer whenever her mother asks if she is still torturing her. With a heavy heart, Finna realize that just like her husband, her daughter abandoned the cause. They have given up and will just allow Athena Kent to strut the grounds of the school like she earned it or something…Finna decides that it's time for her to take matters into her hands. She picks up the phone and calls her sister. “Well, is the sky about to cave in?” Stephanie sarcastically exclaims at the other end. “Why has my sister called me all of a sudden?” “Oh, don't flatter yourself, Stephanie. I need to see you.” Finna says. “See me for what, Finna? I have a lot of things to do…” “You can make out the