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…”

There’s a seat at the end

last row and ignored the spiteful

8 did not produce spectacular grades.

Sophie and taunted, “It really is you, Sophie! I can’t believe you’re thick-skinned enough to return

been a member of Willow’s clique and had had her fair share of picking on

sleepless night in an unfamiliar house, and she was

not in Horington anymore, Sophie.

eyes

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

Queenie yelped in

in Sophie’s eyes, and no one dared to step forward to break up the

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 own medicine

suddenly felt as though coming back had been the

Queenie roughly, causing the latter to fall to

Queenie was dumbstruck.

Sophie was utterly fearsome.

in Jipsdale. We have to get rid of

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

the school gates when she

his

Sophie

not utter a single word of the speech he had

you last time, and you helped me today,

were complex characters, and she did not

“My life is worth a fortune.” He merely asked Felix to make a call, and it was

of Lombard Group, and I need your

anyone we want in the world. Why must Mr. Tristan insist on this

“I have poor grades and poor

straight in the eyes, and he knew in that instant that he

medical skills,” came

student. What would I know about medicine? I’ve said this many times; I managed to

“I’m dead serious, Sophie. Please consider my