Secretly Inclined

CHAPTER 3

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Miss Collins goes to the door and talks to the person behind it. She then turns back to us and her gaze meets mine.

"Miss Clavette, you are excused." she opens the door wider to reveal a lady behind it. She is elegant at sight, her wavy dirty blonde hair frames her face perfectly.

I nodded and stood up. While Ria and Scott mouthed me 'Good luck'. I had no idea what it was for. I quickly made my way to Miss Collins. She gestured me to go outside and I then followed the lady that excused me.

She stopped just a few feet from the door and turned her soft gaze at me.

"Hello, Miss Clavette." She spoke to me with both hands clasped together. "I am Patrica Hemsworth, I'm the assistant of the dean and president of the student council."

"Nice to meet you." I smiled, unsure of what to say.

She nodded at me before continuing "I was assigned to explain to you the circumstances and rules of Weston, also as your guide."

Then she's the one I have been expecting then. "Are the rules that really important?" I asked.

I mean I don't mind someone that was assigned to explain it to me, but couldn't they have just put it in a pamphlet or piece of paper?

She gave me a small smile, "Follow me and I'll tell you." She then turned on her heels and continued to walk while I followed her.

"You know, Miss Clavette, Weston had begun since the 1900s and has kept its ratings, good recommendations, and reputation throughout the years," she said while she walked elegantly on her heels. We then entered the elevator and I listened carefully, interested in the things she had to say.

Her face was straight and it almost held no emotion, "That's why we cannot afford a little mistake to ruin the reputation we have built for centuries and that is why I was assigned to tell you that."

I looked at her, what possibly can I do to mess everything up?

We went to the 5th floor, the halls were the same as on the other floors and also as quiet.

"We manage to keep that reputation using our students that excel so much in academic grades and providing them the best service throughout the years but there's a catch." She then looked at me as we stopped by a balcony with a little sofa set. I believed it was a waiting area, then the balcony showed every part of Weston. How beautiful it was.

She went to the balcony, "For them to stay and reach such expectations they have to comply with us and our rules, our rules are simple Miss Clavette."

"How simple?" was my first question because I was so anxious to know what was going on.

"Our school uses such activities to give good service to the students and those activities are, well, not supported by the government." she looked at me.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, "Not supported? What do you mean? Do you mean illegal activities?" I couldn't believe if my understanding was correct.

"Illegal and dangerous as it is, it's one of the reasons why the school manages and keeps everything good about it." she turned to me fully.

I suddenly felt worried about this, I mean
"To supply all of these? I mean other schools can service these kinds of benefits too, but they don't need to do such activities." I said in disbelief.

"You think every school is a saint, Miss Clavette? And you think learning is the only reason why this school was built? This school was built for not only the students to take advantage of it but also for the owners." she stated.