His Unexpected Goodbye

Chapter 4

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It all felt heavy. I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders while walking in the hallway, feeling down about what happened last night. I walk towards the school board office, expecting to see Miss Ram del Carmen and the other teachers.

The voices of students whispering about the incident are the only sounds I hear in my head, I guess word got around. My face stayed numb, emotionless with hints of disappointment. I turned left, on my way to the office.

"Savelle?" Missis Vaun says in surprise, well technically not that surprised. For sure they already anticipated me barging in. "What brings you here?"

"About the post." I said, they all looked at me. Every single one of them inside the school board office stared at me. "We don't know who posted it but this person must really hold grudges against the school."

"Yes, and we are trying our best to find out who posted that claim." A man with deep voice came in, I turned around and I felt nervous. He's wearing a suit along with a black tie, this man seems to be in his late 40's. If I'm not mistaken, he's Alvern Jimenez, founder of Sapient University. "Good morning, I came here to personally discuss the matter."

"Good morning sir, you should have told us that you're going to visit so we could've prepared." Miss Ram says. "This is Savelle Elviera sir, she's S.U campus president."

"So you're the one who orchestrated the entire S.U fundraiser for this year?" He asks with his arms folded in front of his chest. I nodded. "I'm impressed Miss Elviera. Don't worry, your hard work won't go to waste, I will make sure of that."

"Thank you, sir." I said before leaving the room, giving time for them to talk. I felt more at ease, as long as I know they're finding ways for the event to go on, I'm already satisfied. I proceeded to the lecture room.

Our lecture started the minute Miss Vaun came in from the meeting, she informed everyone that the founder and school board made ways just for the fundraiser event to turn into reality. Vry and I looked at each other with smiles on our faces, I just know that it's Miss Ram who fought for what we believe in, what the students worked hard for. What we promised the children.

The day went by smoothly, it's lunch time at the cafeteria with my friends. We are extra busy now, Amee and Theia constantly contacted the food stall owners making sure the arrangements are fixed. Vry, Kor and I started picturing what the stage would look like if we decorated it, Venylie handled the rehearsals and the performers. I wrote the entire program, even made brochures for people who aren't students of S.U.

Wednesday, a few more days from now and it's already the fundraiser event. I might be pressured, but I'm doing my best to make things work especially for this event.

"Sav, you should eat first." Korics handed me a croissant. I looked at him, and grinned before shaking my head and turning down his offer. "I don't care if you're busy, you should at least eat something."

"Okay okay, thanks." I took the croissant and slowly ate it while still looking down on the sheets, writing the program so that the emcee, Theia, won't go through any difficulties during the program. "Guys, I'll go to the office, I have something to ask Miss Ram."

I shot up from my seat and walked out of the cafeteria. I'm going to ask Miss Ram about the event and about the issue, also to suggest that the school's page should take that post down to stop attracting any attention that may affect the fundraiser program and yes, the university's image as well.

It's a head-scratcher, I have been trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together for quite some time, thinking about what the person's intention for posting that. Is it indeed cyber libel? Or is it facts? Was that person trying to warn us about being used for the founder's own personal wants? I don't know, and that's why I'm trying to figure out, I'm prompt to do anything just for this fundraiser to happen because I made a promise.