Revenge

She got expelled?

“Is it?” Amanda looked Rae Yan with unusual calm.

She was not Mia and she watched the incident and everyone involved as an outsider; Mia would have felt so panic and sad as Rae Yan expected, but not Amanda.

The unusual coolness and indifference of Amanda, sure enough, made Rae Yan feel uneasy; with her eyess evasive and hands firmly clenching at the backpack, she turned to look at Ali.

"Why, aren't you worried? I was so worried that I came out looking for you." It took Rae Yan a while to speak, watching Mia and squeezing out an awkward smile.

Ali rested his hands on the shoulder of Amanda and seemed not to feel comfortable leaving her and Rae to talk alone; but Amanda pushed him away and walked toward Rae Yan against his wishes on purpose. She held Rae Yan’s arm saying: “you have got to accompany to the president tonight, I don’t wanna get myself fired; I hate to leave you guys.”

With that, Amanda looked back at Ali and smiled at him.

Ali responded her with a smile, his eyes curved.

The atmosphere was so harmonious that Rae Yan, surprised at her soft words, said, "Ok, I'll go with you."

One thing Amanda felt good about was the independence and self focus of Rae Yan; she was leading the way in front while she and Ali was following behind. She could use her guide right now.

"Mia, where were you last night?" Still, Rae Yan repeated the same question as if determined to get a result out of her mouth.

Amanda, with her expression unchanged, looked at her and smiled. "Where do you think I've been? You must be so worried?"

and tender that no one should have detected any harm from it, but still the lighthearted rhetorical question was making Rae Yan, who must be

"Yesterday, after school, people saw you get into Mr. Hu's car and they said you were a mistress of his. Well, Ali was very sad and had been looking for you for the whole night. President called in Madam Gorski last night this morning when you did not show up in the class; and when Madam Gorski got back, she said

was it.

Amanda thought for a second, adding, "You're my best friend. Do you believe in

and didn't speak; she suddenly stopped

Then she turned around and walked away

dress and smiled with the self-aware irony. As the “best friend”, she had done enough for her.

“President’s office”! Amanda raised her hand and

A familiar voice of a middle-aged man's voice came through the door. Ever since her death, Amanda had been so sensitive to sound that she was positively certain she had heard it in the hotel hallway last night.

the door and walked in.

At the moment he saw her, the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stiffened his body and his

desk: “Didn’t we just meet last night; didn’t you just say how beautiful, young and tender I was? Well, didn’t you feel happy to see me stand here

your parents to pick you up

her eyes, looked at President Liu and cut to the chase: "President Liu, there are three

Liu asked

seventeen, not exactly a little girl, but I am still a teenager girl;

Mr. Hu seems to have a lot of business dealings with President Liu? The Art building was one of his construction, right? I am but a thank-you gift from you to Mr. Hu...Thank him for what? I am pretty curious what good did you get out of it? I will

to see the changes of her; the always introverted and timid teenager girl was now calm, clear-headed

giving me a lot of money. Well, I am pretty sure he would come back for me in not time; what do you think he would

any longer at the fourth. Yes, last night she was with the Mr. Gu-- the one who did not dare to provoke by any means-- whole night; and that probably explained

sweating heavily, Amanda strode forwards and handed him the tissue, mocking: “President Liu, wipe away your sweat...This summer is scorching hot and would only get hotter. Cool down your AC, the school is

take over the tissue, Amanda dropped it in front of

in the air. "President Liu," she said, smiling, "I'm going back to