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 of

row and ignored the spiteful glares directed her

8 did not produce spectacular grades.

thing from cowards. Once Derrick ended his lesson, Queenie Lane sauntered to Sophie and taunted, “It really is you, Sophie! I can’t believe you’re thick-skinned enough

trap, Queenie,” Sophie cut in abruptly. Queenie had always been a member of Willow’s clique and had had her

in an unfamiliar house, and she was in no mood to entertain

anymore,

eyes narrowed

she twisted her

yelped in

classmates noticed the threat in Sophie’s eyes, and no one

a target for you to pick 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

though coming back had been the right

that, she shoved Queenie roughly, causing the latter

Queenie was dumbstruck.

Sophie was utterly fearsome.

Sophie to remain in Jipsdale.

of the class sprawled across her desk, asleep. After school ended, she

had just set foot outside the school gates when she spied Felix waiting

his

Felix had said a thing, Sophie decisively got

utter a single word of the speech he

you last time, and you helped me today, so we’re even. Don’t look for me

and she did not wish

worth a fortune.” He merely asked Felix to

Lombard Group, and

wondered, We can have anyone we want in the world.

poor grades and poor morals. What exactly do you

in the eyes, and he knew in

skills,”

times; I managed to remove the bullet from your body out

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