Chapter 3

The second they saw me cry, Mom and Dad immediately asked me what had happened. I took a look at the housekeepers and wiped away my tears. "Let's talk in the study."

Once we were in the study, I told them everything that had happened that day. When I mentioned Ethan's name, Mom and Dad froze for several seconds.

"Isn't Ethan… Ian's son?" Mom was the first to connect the dots.

There was only one employee in our household with the last name Barron, and that was Dad's driver, Ian Barron.

That was right. Ethan wasn't the son of the richest man in the country. His father was merely one of the richest man's many drivers.

Dad had several drivers, and Ian was the newest addition. Consequently, he had never met me.

Not long after he started working for Dad, he approached him and told him that his son wanted to transfer schools.

Dad thought Ian was a hard worker and an honest man, so he had done him a favor and helped Ethan transfer to our school. It had never crossed his mind that he would end up raising an ungrateful wretch.

"Son of a bitch… I'll fire him right now!" Dad swore.

I hurriedly stopped him. If we exposed their identities now, we would only alert them. Besides, Ian and Ethan had done more than impersonate me.

"If they think they can walk all over my son and get away with it, they've got another thing coming!" Mom fumed.

I nodded and told them my plan. After I laid it all out, she patted me on the shoulder. "That's enough. Let's put these unpleasant matters behind us for the time being. Now that your results are out, you should fill out the form for your college preferences.

"But if you don't want to attend college in the country, that's fine as well. I've already gotten in touch with some colleges abroad for you."

Last night, the admission threshold for Meridian College was released, and my score was a solid 30 points above the threshold. In other words, I was virtually guaranteed a spot.

I immediately shared the good news with Mr. Sterling. Then, I indirectly asked about everyone else's scores.

While it would be somewhat difficult for the others to get into Meridian College, they could still make it into decent colleges. Sasha's and Ethan's scores, on the other hand, were so bottom-of-the-barrel that they'd be lucky to get into a vocational college.

I booted up my computer and filled out my college preferences. Then I chatted with Mom and Dad for a while before going to bed.

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First thing the next morning, Mr. Sterling flooded the class group chat with reminders about the college application process. He urged everyone not to miss the deadline or they'd have no choice but to repeat their senior year.

No one responded in the group chat. However, in another group without him, everyone was mocking him for being an old stick-in-the-mud. They were convinced that they didn't need to fill out the applications at all because Ethan would take care of everything for them.

Moments later, Ethan posted a photo of a scenic spot overseas in the group chat. "I'm abroad right now. Don't worry, everyone, I've already talked to my dad. All you have to do is wait for your admission letters!"

The group chat immediately blew up again as everyone competed to kiss his ass. I quietly left the group. Now that I'd submitted my college applications and booked my plane ticket, I was all set for my own overseas getaway.