CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
HONEY CROWN RESTAURANT **
MANAGER'S OFFICE**
**ADRIAN**
"Good afternoon Sir." Mrs. Williams greeted me timidly. If I had not known her, I would have thought she was a gentle woman but in reality, she is not gentle at all and that is why she's still working for me.
"Good afternoon Mrs. Williams. I came to see how everything has been going. How is everything going?"
"Everything has been fine Sir. Lots of customers have been coming daily and sales have been going smoothly. We even had to restock the food items twice last week." She said smiling.
"Wow! That's nice. Are the employees performing their duties well enough?" I asked.
"Yes, they are doing great. But there are some of them that comes late sometimes and alw
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT **BRIANNA** I woke up from a three hours nap and I felt great. I released a loud yawn and I immediately perceived a bad smell. I looked around to check where the smell was coming from before I realized that it was my breath that was smelling like that. Geez! I haven't brushed my teeth since morning and I ate with an unbrushed teeth. I haven't even taken my bath yet. Damn! I feel very dirty today. I better go and get myself cleaned up. I stood up and went to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and took my bath, I also made sure I washed my hair because it has been quite sometime since I washed it. After freshening up, I blow-dried my hair with my old hair dryer and got dressed in a top and jean shorts before going downstairs. Mom was sitting on the couch and was focused on reading and outdated magazine.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINEFEW DAYS LATER**#EVENING **MARIANNA**We are finally through with our exams and I am feeling so excited. The twenty students that won't the scholarships will be announced tomorrow and I can't wait to find out who the students are going to be.I came back from school and hour ago and did the necessary things I had to do before I got dressed to go to work. Mom was taking a nap while Brianna was still at work. I left a short note on mom's bedside table to let her know that I have gone to work so that she won't be wondering where I went to when she wakes up.My workplace is twenty minutes or so away from here so I chose to walk there instead of wasting money to take a bus. It would also be a sort of exercise for me. I got to work some min
CHAPTER THIRTY*AC ORGANIZATIONS**BRIANNA'S OFFICE* **BRIANNA**I was in my office, busy replying some important emails that needed to be replied on behalf of Mr. Adrian when suddenly, the intercom buzzed. I already knew the person that was calling before I picked it up. I answered the call and placed it on my ear."Good day boss." I greeted coldly. Since that incident outside my house, where Mr. Adrian and I argued, I had been ignoring him since I came back to work. I only talked to him whenever it is work-related."Come to my office now." He spoke rudely without even bothering to acknowledge my greeting and he hung up immediately. I rolled my eyes at his rudeness but I shouldn't really be surprised because that is how he is.I closed my laptop and stood up. I walked out of my office
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE **BRIANNA**I stormed out of the meeting room in anger. Mr. Adrian always has a way to rile me up but there's no way I'm gonna quit this job because of his silliness and teach him lessons he'll never forget to always remind him that he can't behave anyhow towards everybody.I was walking to my office when somebody suddenly grabbed me and pulled me into a dark corner. I was about to scream but a hand clamped over my mouth. I bit the hand but the person refused to remove the hand from my mouth."Shah, don't scream and stop biting my hand. It's me." A slightly familiar voice whispered and I recognized it almost immediately."I recognize you now. Can you take your hand off now?" I attempted to say but it came out muffled so I hit his hand and he brought his hand down.&n
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWOCRESCENT VALLEY HIGH**MARIANNA'S CLASSROOM** **MARIANNA**"Genes are hereditary units or basic units of inheritance. They are located in chromosomes and are responsible for the transmission of characters from parents to offsprings......" Our biology teacher, Mr. Edward read out of the biology textbook. I was already getting sleepy because the class was very boring and Mr. Edward was not even doing anything to make the class lively and entertaining. All he was did was just reading out of the textbook.I rested my head on my hands and dozed off for some time before Mr. Edward's booming voice woke me up."Marianna Jackson, are you sleeping in my class?" He asked coldly."No sir, I wasn't sleeping." I lied through my teeth."What were
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE*NEXT DAY* **MARIANNA** I woke up to the loud noise coming from the blender. Mom must be making her fruit juice already. I looked towards Brianna's bed and saw that she was not lying on it and the bed was already made. She must have left for work. I remembered when I told Brianna about the scholarship stuff. She was really happy.~~FLASHBACK~~"Hey sis! What are you doing?" I asked when I entered the room and sat beside her."Ugh! I'm just going through these files that needs to be cross-checked." She groaned."Oh okay. There's something I have to tell you though." I said solemnly."Okay... What is that?" She asked halfheartedly, her sole attention on the files in front of her."I passed the scholarship exams and I'll be resuming in ROYAL GATE HIGH SCHOOL on Monday." I dropped the bombshell and Brianna tore her focus away from the files to look at me.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR*MONDAY MORNING* **MARIANNA**"Marianna, Marianna. Wake up. It's time for school." My mother's voice penetrated my deep sleep."Ugh mom! Five more minutes please." I moaned and snuggled closer to my pillow."Five more minutes? It's 7:55 and you're still sleeping. Have you forgotten that today is your first day at ROYAL GATE HIGH SCHOOL and you're running late already!" Mom snapped and I groaned loudly before what she said finally registered in my mind and I woke up immediately."Did you say the time is 7:55 mom? Why didn't you wake me up sooner?" I cried loudly while scrambling to get off my bed because my blanket was somehow tangled with my leg."The time is 7:57 now and don't put the blame on me. I have been trying to wake you up since but you kept on telling me to give you five more minutes." She stated."Oh shit! I can't believe I'm gonna be late on my first day of school." I said and was finally able to be free from my blanket and literally ran to the
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE **MARIANNA**"You!" I shouted wide-eyed."You! What the hell are you doing here?!" The cute but arrogant guy from my workplace asked loudly with a shocked face."What does it look like I am doing here?" I asked back rudely and stood up straight after I had finished picking up my textbooks that were all over the place."How the hell did you get into this school? How can a drycleaner like you get into Royal Gate High? Did you bribe your way through it?" He questioned looking surprised."Hey mister! Drycleaners are humans too and I didn't bribe my way through getting into this school. I got here like any other student did and if you were smart enough, you would know that I am here as a scholarship student!" I snapped angrily and hissed."You're here on a scholarship? I thought only brilliant students that passed the examinations would be allowed into this school? A dumb bitch like you could have never passed the exams. I'm pretty sure you cheated." He stat