Searching for Love, Found Wealth

I didn’t know the English teacher had this much patience well mine was running out.

“Why do we even learn English when we spoke the language perfectly fine?” Cara groaned when no one talked to her.

Jennifer clenched her fists and tried to control her emotions.

“I mean we are in America. A freaking English speaking nation. Why learning the damn English language…?”

“So that scums like you would learn nicer language” Jacob spat out interrupting her. As usual, she gave her sly smile and walked to him.

“Cara, please, let the class go on. You can leave if you want” Jennifer stood up to say.

The teacher was completely speechless and kept on writing her note on the blackboard. I kept on copying them.

“Jacob, it’s just a thread that’s holding you at this school. Don’t annoy me. And Jennifer, don’t be scared I won’t bother your class” Cara sighed and walked the door.

“Good riddance” someone said as she left. She turned and asked who it was bit no one said anything.

Whoever the person was could be either behind directly or a row away. Almost sure it was Jacob though.

But then Cara decided it was me. More or less, she’s been meaning to speak to me.

“Kiera, you are the only trash here that should be ridded. Don’t turn tables around” she scolded.

I turned to her to protest but she zoomed off. Jasper looked at me with pity so I looked away from him. I hate being pitied.

Cara’s words didn’t hurt me. I was far beyond seeing myself as trash now. And I wasn’t even the one who said that. I do agree with whoever said it though.

“She never learns her lesson. Even after how you stood up to her yesterday. She still talks nonsense” Chloe muttered to me.

I nodded but said nothing.

“Assignments on my table. Kiera Martinez, bring them to me” the teacher stopped writing.

I stood up to gather the assignments that were already on the table but she then raised her hands up.

“Not now. I’d send someone to tell you to bring them”. She left afterwards.

What happened to Jennifer who had ways been bringing the books to her. I wasn’t even sure I knew her office.

Sheena whispered to me to go now and drop the books on her table but I refused and decided to just go when she calls. I wonder what she wanted to say.

Chloe started a rain of abuses on Cara saying she was intimidating everyone cos she was popular.

I didn’t get why just popularity makes you invincible. Good enough, Jennifer added what I’ve been looking for.

Cara was actually the niece of the owner of our school. Not just our school but of two other schools, one at France and Florida.

Her aunt doted on her because she was the only daughter of her younger sister. Cara was also, one way or the other, an heir to the school.

Her older brother was disliked by his aunt so might never get any inheritance from her.

It was really unbelievable that Cara’s family settled their family dispute in public as Sheena added that Cara’s aunt had no children.

She had nearly stole Cara from her family because she needed an heir. So basically Cara ruled the school as her aunt isn’t always around.

“Why does she hate everyone when she is doted on and filled with love everyday?” I asked quizzically.

The answer to the question was really simple; she’s a selfish jerk.

Sheena said that Cara always punished those who violated her commands. She’d plan suspensions, accidents or loss of exam papers.

Once she sidetracked a girl and had some gang beat her up. Cara was some uncontrollable devil. She never let anyone stand up to her and always flight back.

This left me with a question on why Cara usually didn’t give me wicked responses like she usually did.

Sheena said it could be because she was counting my wrongs and would strike when I reached a limit.

Chloe thought she was just scared since people didn’t usually talk back at her.

Well, I thought that maybe it was because of Charles she was trying not to be too much of a devil with me. I thought she said she would be.

I had to stop Sheena from telling me more atrocities of Cara. Sheena seemed to know everything.

She said her sister had given her a load down of Cara to enable her stay clear from her path. Good for her but I didn’t plan on flinching away from bullies. I was done with that.

During recess, Sheena and I went over to the field where they would be some science exhibition.

I was happy to see Chloe among some students selling some paintings.

She had complained that her dancing classes were becoming to boring so she was looking for something fun to do.

It would be amazing if she had found it, though I don’t know how sitting to paint for hours would be more fun than dancing.

When we walked over to her, she quickly told us that she was just helping a friend and had no interest in painting.

The friend she was helping was Joey, our ex-class representative, though he was still class rep. in his new class.

Chloe seemed really friendly with all the male members of Joey’s painting club. She was just cool with boys and I was really impressed, slightly jealous.

I never thought of having male friends cos I thought it never worked out.

Either they’d leave me, or begin developing feelings that I won’t be ready for. Or it’ll go the other way round where I’d develop feelings they won’t be ready for.

I still long for some relationship whether romantic or friendship. Maybe not now for the romantic aspect, still got a lot of self modeling to do.

My eyes caught one of the art works and my eyes blinked. It was a painting of a man and lady kissing.

I could basically feel the emotion in that picture. And a strange emptiness inside.

“I want that one!”.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

What? I and someone had said it at the same time. I turned to see Jacob.