bimed /bbby /bbMy /bbBully /bbAlpha /b

bChapter /bb38 /b

bCaleb’s /bbPOV /b

b“/bNo one would believe me over the words of a teacher who had been in this school for a decade. She told me, her naprztatón bedesignza point in dragging the two of you into my mess either.”

b“/bMessb?/bb” /bbI /basked her incredulously, but before I could say anything else, Caroline’s warning rang loud and clear inside bmy /bhead:

b“/bCaleb! She snapped at me. ‘Aurora is shaken up already. Don’t scream at her!‘

‘It wasn’t my intension!‘ I tried to defend myself, but when I saw how she had flinched back from me, I regretted raising my wis

Scared? I thought to myself. She should be entaged! She should be asking for the police, She should want to put fat bastard in prison so he told thera for the rest of his life. What she shouldn’t be doing is worried about her voice not being heard! Why was she trying to suffer in silence?

Damnit!

“Are you sure that’s what you want to do, Aurora?” Caroline asked her gently, but her voice was firm. “We can back

you up.”

“Please don’t. You know what the whole school thinks of meb,/b” Aurora added in a quiet voice then, looking down at her hands. b“/bbThe /bloser girl with de gambler father who borrows money from everyone… if I breport/b, the police will ask questions I won’t befortable to answer. And they will ask if I bwas /bthe one who lured him in. And once they find out that my father had taken money from himb…/beverything will change to be in his favor and I’ll have even more debt to pay. So please…just let me be. Let’s just forget anything ever happened.”

Caroline looked up at me with troubled eyes. bI /bcould tell that she wanted to help, but bwith /bbAurora /bputting her foot down, she wouldn’t be able to do much And neither would I.

“If that’s what you want…b” /bCaroline sighed atst, making bme /bclench my teeth. “But if byou /bbever /bbfeel /blike Mr. bHemming /bdeserves to be punished for what he did…we’ll be by your side instantly. Okayb?/bb” /b

Aurora nodded, but didn’t say anything.

“We’ll drop you home.” I offered, but once again, Aurora shook her head.

“I’ll have to pick up my brother from school.” She sprang up from her seat urgently and grabbed her bag. “And I’m alreadyte bfor /bwork.”

“You’re going to work? Even after what just happened?” This timeb, /bCaroline couldn’t bkeep /bthe incredulity out of her voiceb. /b

“Thank you…” Aurora said instead, backing away from the locker room slowly. “For everything you did for me today…thank you. I hope bI /bbcan /brepay the kindness someday.”

“We can-”

Caroline began but Aurora shook her head without even listening to bher /bproperly. “I need to leave. Thank you for the clothes…I’ll clean them and return them to you.”

“You can keep them,” Caroline told her, standing up from her seat. “Please. It’s the least we can do for you.”

Aurora didn’t answer for a few moments bas /bshe looked down at the clothes, her bag clutched tightly to her chest. But ultimately, she nodded bher /bbhead /bwith another ‘thank you‘, before dashing out the door and disappearing down the bhallway/b.

I turned to Caroline once she was out of sight, both of bus /blooking worried.

“I really can’t believe this.” I sighed, running ba/bb//bhand through my hair.

“Neither can I.b” /bCaroline looked just as shaken bas /bAurora, but she hid her dilemma well.

By the time both of us came out of the building, Aurora was nowhere to be seen and it bothered me even moreb. /bbWas /bbshe /bbserious /bbabout /bbheading /bto work? Despite the condition she was in?

bChapter /b38

bDo /bbyou /bbthink /bshe’s bgoing /bto bbe /bokayb? /bCaroline voice wasced bwith /bconcern as the hecked agreed the inary parker

b“/bI bdon’t /bknow. I told bCaroline /bbas /bI led her back to bmy /bcht,

Caleb

Caroline’s voice stopped me when I was about to open the door for her, so she could get on. What is bit/bb?/bb” /b

“bWhat /bdid you do?” She urged. “What did you do to Mr. Hemming?”

“Nothing.” I shrugged, holding the door open for her while she got in. “He did it to himself.”

But above all, I was clear of one thing, Aurora was never going to have to worry about that scumbag ever againi. /i

And even if he dared to set foot in this school ever again…I would make sure of that it was thest thing he did in this life.

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