Pursuing Her

Chapter 5 Tell Me Who She Is

After hanging up on his call, Andy rushed out of the office and cried, “Please wait, Old Mr. Tanner. I’ll take Ms. Sophie Tanner as a student.”

His attitude had taken a one-eighty from before.

Even Josiah had no idea why the principal had suddenly changed his mind.

“Are you sure, Mr. Langston?” Josiah asked.

“That’s right, Old Mr. Tanner. I’ll have her placed in a class right away.” Then, Andy immediately called the high school’s academic head and informed her about Sophie’s immediate enrolment.

Sophie went along with the enrolment, but even she knew things were hardly as simple as they seemed.

The academic head promptly assigned Sophie to the worst-performing class in the school. After receiving her school uniform, Sophie was handed over to the homeroom teacher of Senior Class 8, Derrick Hayes.

Before Josiah left, he said to Derrick, “I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on Sophie, Mr. Hayes.”

“It’s no trouble at all, Sir! You should head back. I’ll lead Sophie to her class soon,” came Derrick’s courteous reply.

That was the only answer he could give, seeing as every student at Jipsdale Premier High had a wealthy or influential parent that the teachers could not afford to offend.

Derrick happened to be in charge of the third lesson of the day for Senior Class 8, so he personally escorted Sophie to her new classroom.

When he arrived at the classroom, he announced, “Hi, everyone, we have a new student in our class. She’ll introduce herself. Please give her a warm welcome.”

Sophie walked onto the podium at the front of the room and wrote her full name on the board.

Then, she declared, “Hi, everyone, my name is Sophie Tanner.”

Sophie Tanner? Her new classmates immediately whispered furiously among themselves.

“Isn’t she the Sophie Tanner who was expelled five years ago?”

“I think so! She used to be in my class.”

“I heard she had an abortion around tenth grade. Do you know if it’s true?”

“It was! Back then…”

seat at the end of

and ignored the spiteful

students in Senior Class 8 did not produce spectacular grades. Naturally, most

Lane sauntered to Sophie and taunted, “It really is

member of Willow’s clique and had had her fair share of picking on Sophie in the

nursing a headache after a sleepless night in an unfamiliar

all. She grabbed Sophie’s hand and continued, “We’re not in Horington anymore, Sophie. Did you think you were something in Jipsdale?” She still believed Willow’s sister was as

eyes

the blink of an eye, she twisted her hand and grabbed Queenie’s wrist, swiftly bending

Queenie yelped

threat in Sophie’s eyes, and no

on, either. Remember this, Queenie. I’m not the same Sophie from five years ago. Not just anyone can trample over my dignity. Oh right! I’m sure you remember what you all did to me five years ago. I’ll make sure you all have a taste of your

as though coming back had been the

she shoved Queenie roughly, causing the latter

Queenie was dumbstruck.

Sophie was utterly fearsome.

Sophie to remain in Jipsdale. We have

two lessons of the class sprawled across her desk, asleep. After school ended, she grabbed her bag and

the school gates when

must’ve changed his mind because

said a thing, Sophie decisively got into the car

single word of the speech

right? I saved you last time,

Tristan were complex characters, and she did not wish to be involved with them

fortune.” He merely asked Felix to make a call, and it was nothing compared

Lombard of Lombard Group, and

can have anyone we want in the world.

“I have poor grades and poor morals. What exactly

in that instant

skills,” came

you pulling my leg? I’m an eighteen-year-old high school student. What would I know about medicine? I’ve said this many times; I managed

insisted, “I’m dead serious,