Chapter 2

Footsteps were heard from outside, and our door opened. Our resident advisor, Sally Chutnam, rushed in with Dr. Leroy and a nurse. "What is going on? The dorm next door heard a commotion and called the police."

Sally noticed Chad convulsing on the bed. "What is going on? Take a look at him, quick."

Dr. Leroy rushed forward and pulled up Chad's eyelids to check his eyes. He turned back to roar at the nurse, "Get the glucose drop ready for him. His heart can stop at any time if his condition continues."

When the nurse held up the infusion tube, Chad suddenly went into a rage. He grabbed a cutter knife and pressed it against his neck, which made everyone back away from him. His eyes were red. "Do not dare touch me. I have made it this far. The Langfords will be here for me tomorrow, and they will make all of you pay if any of you dares to sully my purified body."

Dr. Leroy was stunned.

Sally became frustrated, and she pointed at me to order, "Evan Jacobs. Is friendship not important to you? You are his roommate. You should get that cutter knife away from him. Help the doctor hold him down. Can you bear the consequences if anything happened to him?"

I teared up right away when faced with the resident advisor's unreasonable accusation. "But… I do not have the courage." I did not move, and I trembled as I took out my phone from my pocket to play the audio recording of Mrs. Kranz that I had recorded earlier.

"My son is practising inedia voluntarily. I will kill the family of any idiot who dares touch him, do you hear me?"

Her shrill voice filled the entire dorm.

I choked back a sob while I tried to hold back my tears. "Miss Chutnam… His mother already issued a death threat. I am just an ordinary student. This is a responsibility I cannot bear."

Sally's face turned pale, and she had no idea what else to say.

Alec quickly called Chad's mother and turned on the speaker. Her roar came through the phone again. "Watch over Chad, Alec. If any of these idiots ruin this for him, you can forget about getting anything out of my family."

"This is ridiculous." Dr. Leroy flung his medical box onto the ground. "His blood sugar is so low that his heart might stop anytime. All of you are killing him by indulging this."

Chad pointed at Dr. Leroy. "You are a lousy university doctor. Can you get me married into the Langfords? Get lost."

Dr. Leroy called him a basket case before he picked up his medical box and left. "Make sure to note this in my outpatient records. I am washing my hands of this."

Sally hesitated for several seconds before she finally left with a sullen expression when she saw Chad still pressing the cutter knife against his main artery.

I had put my phone on silent mode because the group chat had been active all this time. Everyone talked about Chad and the screaming they heard from the building next door. I uploaded all of the audio recording, the video recording of Sally forcing me to go to Chad, and the pictures onto my cloud.

When the alarm for midnight rang, it signified the end of the 14th day. Chad fell onto the bed, and his hand refused to let go of the cutter knife.

Alec shouted into the phone, "Mrs. Kranz. It has been 14 days. Chad did it."

Cheering came from the other end of the phone. "My Chad did it. You are my money maker. A wealthy family is waiting for us. Millions of dollars are waiting for us. I have finally made it."

I wrapped myself tight under my covers and flipped over to face the wall.

When Chad opened his eyes, he stared at the ceiling and said, "I will make you kneel and lick my shoe tomorrow."

I smiled. If he was that confident, we would wait and see what would happen.

The next day, a row of Rolls‑Royces parked right outside our dormitory building. Everyone staying in the building leaned on their windows to look down, and they saw one bodyguard standing beside each of the six cars downstairs.

In my past life, they came for Chad the same way too, and this time, Chad managed to make it.

Back in our dorm room, Alec helped Chad dress up. Chad had changed into a bright red collared shirt, and it was loose because he was too thin. He kept looking in the mirror left and right. "I was born to be rich. Now that I have managed to get past 14 days of suffering, I will be at the top of the hierarchy from now on."

I changed and got off my bed.