Chapter 30

Chapter 30

“I have a feeling she’s going to get me back some other way,” I murmured.

“Speaking of top students, are you going to the award ceremony for them tomorrow?” asked my friend.

The winner will receive a full scholarship for next year.

I completely forgot about the ceremony. I had gotten an invitation weeks ago, but with everything happening in my life, I completely spaced on it.

“Yeah, I guess I must have,” I said. “I could really use that scholarship.”

I looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. “I have to get to my second class. I’ll see you later, Nan.”

“Bye!” she replied.

After class, I stood outside in the parking lot, waiting.

I was at the parking lot and about to call an Uber to take me home. I wanted to change clothes before heading to Gavin’s house for our tutoring session. Just as I was about to open the Uber app, a luxurious car pulled up in front of me.

I gasped as I saw the car move quickly, and then the window rolled down.

It was Leroy.

“Good afternoon, Miss Montague. I was sent to pick you up for work,” he said, unlocking the back door. I smiled at him.

I felt a little uneasy when I saw him come to my school to pick me up.

“Thanks,” I said as I slid into the car.

As I closed the door, I paused for a moment. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

I had the strange feeling that someone was watching me. I tried to push the thought away as the car drove away from the school.

It made no sense how she had so much confidence. How could she dare to talk to Carol like that?

Carol walked out of the student lounge, and her friends followed her. But as soon as she stepped outside, she turned around and narrowed her eyes at them.

“Leave me,” she said firmly, raising her hand to stop them in their tracks.

“What… what?” one of them asked. “Why?”

“I need to be alone,” Carol said, crossing her arms over her chest. “Leave.”

They frowned but understood it was best not to argue with her.

Carol was left alone with her thoughts after her friends departed. She wandered around the campus, feeling a bit lost. With no other classes to attend, she began to think about going back to her on-campus suite for a bubble bath. The idea of soaking in warm water helped her feel like she could clear her mind.

Carol walked across the campus, heading towards the dorms. She stopped when she spotted a familiar figure sitting in the quad. The person wore a dark hoodie that covered their face. A smile spread across Carol’s lips as she recognized them.

Their eyes met from across the campus.

She recognized this person as a friend, someone she had known for quite some time. But there was one thing she was aware of: this friend couldn’t stand Judy.

Feeling a bit uneasy, she straightened her posture as she prepared to approach.

Carol walked across the campus to meet her friend.

“Judy is so annoying,” she said, sitting down next to her friend in the quad. “You won’t believe what she said to me. She actually had the nerve to suggest that she…”

“Was she smarter than me?”

“What did you expect?” Her friend replied, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. “She’s always acted so superior. That’s one of the reasons I can’t stand her.”

“What are you even doing out here?”

“Why are you here?” Carol asked, looking at her friend with a serious expression. “You never hang out on the quad. Isn’t this beneath you? Or so you always say.”

Her friend rolled their eyes and sighed.

“Actually, I was waiting for you,” they said.

Carol raised her eyebrows. “For what reason?”

“Because I need your help,” they replied, turning to face her directly. “I need any information you can find on…”

“Judy, can you do that?”

“And how do you expect me to do that?” she replied. “Everyone knows she was rejected, and her family went bankrupt.”

Her friend nodded, thinking deeply.

“There…

“I feel like there’s something we’re missing,” she said, shaking her head. “There’s no way she’s really that good at everything. She must be hiding something. I need you to find out what it is.”

“And what’s in it for me?” Carol asked.

Carol raised her eyebrows, intrigued. Her friend smirked and said, “If we play our cards right, we could finally get rid of Judy for good. Then you’d be the top student.”

Carol’s eyes brightened at the thought.

“I like the way you think,” she said with a wink. “I’m in.”

I decided to follow her after school to see what she was really up to.

After she said this, she waved goodbye to her friend and started walking away. That’s when I spotted Judy walking nearby.

Carol was sitting outside the academic center, focused on typing something on her phone. Suddenly, a fancy car pulled up in front of her.

When she saw Judy inside the car, Carol quickly hid around the corner. She noticed that Judy looked worried as she was talking to someone in the car.

Carol held her breath as Judy opened the back door of the car and slid into the back seat, closing the door behind her.

That car was a sleek Rolls-Royce Phantom!

How did Judy manage to get such an incredible ride, especially since her family was just an ordinary one?

“Bankrupt?!” Carol screamed inside her head.

No wonder she walked around with such confidence!