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“Kimiko, what the hell is going on here? You told me things are different… this is more than just different.” I forced myself to hold back my tears.
She grabbed my hand slowly and walked us outside to the courtyard, one of the main areas where students gathered. She sighed as we walked.
“Luca Crawford believes he runs the damn school and thinks that the people who were admitted into the school with financial aid or are below him are a waste of space.”
Obviously, there were a few instances of this kind of bullying back in grade school, but a teacher or administrator wouldalways get involved. Now that we’re older, it seems things have changed.
“Why didn’t anyone stop him?” I asked her, and she shook her head in disdain.
“Because everyone believes he actually does own the school because of how much money his father gives the board.”
“They don’t care about the well-being of their students?”
“They do... to an extent.”
Sitting on the bench, I crossed my leg over the other as I watched the students travel to different buildings for their next classes.
To an extent.
“Delilah, don’t think about it too hard. I know it seems messed up, and trust me, it is. Luca Crawford, as cheesy as it sounds, doesn’t play by the rules. He creates them,” Kimiko muttered to me as she sat beside me, and I shook my head.
“How did it get this bad? It’s… it’s disgusting.”
Kimi shrugged helplessly. “It’s all about the funding and skewed power dynamics. In the past couple of years, it’s like the school board just turned a blind eye to everything. The Crawfords have too much influence, and everyone knows it. The teachers, the board, even the students. Sometimes, it’s easier to look away, no matter how messed up things seem.”
“I don’t even know how to come to terms with what I’ve returned to.”
“Did Luca see you?” she asked, and I nodded, causing her to sigh again. “Delilah, I need you to promise me you’ll stay away from him at all costs.” She practically begged me, and I bit my lip softly as I was reminded of his dark, dangerous eyes looking over at me. I had stared at him in absolute shock.
Shaking my head, I replied, “Don’t worry. I was already planning on it.”
Chapter four
Archer
Walking out of the room, I sighed as I only had a little time to myself before entering my last class.
Sadly the short days like these wouldn’t last long as we’ll be getting our actual schedules next week that have all of our majors and shitty activities they want us to take part in.
The choices from playing an instrument to horseback riding and everything in between and out didn’t interest me. It was all just a way for us to pay more.
The majority of the school majored in business, marketing, finance, and so on. The others who didn’t have these majors had to minor in one of the business categories solely because the academy was “preparing” us for the industries we would inherit.
Though some students wanted to major in completely opposite fields and went to different schools, to keep their educational status high, they still stayed somewhere in the academy.
The only upside in all this is that my classes would shift, and I most likely will have a course with Delilah. I hadn’t seen hersince our encounter, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t always looking around to see where she would be.
“You’re starting to reach stalker mode, buddy,” I heard Sterling, my... “friend” say.
“Do me a favor and piss off,” I muttered, and he chuckled.
We continued to walk down the hall, and I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and sighed as I read a message from my father.
Do me a favor and stop by the office. I need to go over a few things with you. You can bring that Sterling boy, too.
“We need to go to my father’s building. He needs me for something, and you’re coming too.”
“You know, if I knew agreeing to be your friend would lead me not to make a decision in what I do, would I have accepted?”
