THEME: THINGS DON'T ADD UP🤔
... Ashley ...
"Gawd! What the f*ck was I thinking?"
She asked herself, pacing uneasily at the back of the school.
She finally sat on one of the available chairs, there.
Suddenly, her phone began to ring.
📞"Hey Brandon."📞 She called.
📞"You're needed at the house real quick, Ash."📞 Brandon said at the other end.
📞"Tell Sparacino I'm at school!"📞 She snapped and hung up the call.
She got up, fidgeting, heading towards her class.
"I'm never gonna be able to face that dude again." She sighed.
"WHO CARES?" A voice said in her head.
"YOU'VE FORGOTTEN WHO YOU ARE?" Another added.
"Of course not." She replied.
"He needed it." She concluded.
Her confidence came back in full force and she couldn't care less about what anyone said or thought.
She got into the classroom and headed straight towards her seat while the eyes of the students followed her. She seemed unperturbed as she sauntered on. She sat on the unoccupied chair as the teacher walked in. The three "Celebrities" of Amethyst were nowhere to be found. Not like she cared anyway ...
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... Alex ...
"Would she be getting the suspension?" Charles asked.
"Gosh. She made me look like a complete fool out there." Alex said, holding his head.
They were sitting in a private lounge in the school's building.
"Why don't you punish her if you're that hurt?" Collins suggested.
"Like giving her the suspension." Charles added.
"That's too easy. I want her to feel the same embarrassment I felt." Alex said tightly.
"I'll make her life so d*mn miserable till she crawls on her knees and beg for mercy!"
"Stop being such a madman." Collins frowned. "She's just a rookie."
"Collins is right. Why don't you just put this behind you?" Charles asked.
Alex shot them a hard look.
"Okay. What do you have in mind?" Collins surrendered.
Alex smiled cynically ...
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THE NEXT DAY🌞
... Ashley ...
She sat alone on the chair, just like the previous day, browsing on her phone.
Just then, a student from another department walked right into the classroom and called out:
"Miss Ashley Stratton, please!"
Ashley looked up and stared right back at her.
"I am Ashley." She answered.
"You're needed at the Dean's office, immediately." She said.
"WHAT??!" A voice screamed in her head.
"I GUESS THE BRUTE REPORTED YOU TO THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES." Another said.
"I bet he's gonna have me nabbed." Ashley thought.
"Good God." She muttered, closing her eyes and biting her lower lip.
"What for?" Someone asked.
Ashley opened her eyes and found Alex staring at her.
YOU ARE READING
Beneath The Surface
Mystery / ThrillerAshley, a young woman with a troubled past, seeks revenge against those who destroyed her family. She becomes a skilled gangster under the guidance of Sparacino, a powerful Mafia-crime boss. As Ashley navigates the dark underworld, she encounters Al...
