ISSY (easy) のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

As soon as Miss April was gone, Isabelle's smile faded away as what Mrs Douglas had told her parents crept into her thoughts: immoral actions and indifference towards her studies. Of course, her parents wouldn't believe such. They knew her well to know she wasn't like that.The air grew chilly, bringing the one large window in the room to her notice as a shudder ran through her. "I see you're enjoying this," Joel said."Sorry?"Shifting her gaze from the window, a little to the left, she stared at him. He was still standing where he had been when she entered, a book now accompanying the clipboard in his hands. He shot her a look from under his eyelashes. The way his left cheek stuck out as his jaw tightened, fused with the serious look on his face, made her know he was upset. She waited for him to say something or repeat himself. But he kept

¶¶Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ~

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Emily lowered her head to get a view of David's face, and she saw his lips pucker like he was about to cry."She's always beating me on my back," he confessed. "She'll take me to an empty room and tell everyone I was going to help her with something. And that's when she'd flog me. Marks are even starting to form on my back."Her eyes widened slightly, but she recollected herself before he'd be wavered by her shocked expression. "Let me see them."David didn't like the idea and his face showed it. But Emily reassured him with a look.With shaky hands, he raised his shirt, turning his back to her. There was, in fact, healing line marks scarring the poor boy's back — about five bold marks if she were to count.Emily's eyes stung with tears.Mercy ran over to

Jessica watched her brother rise to his full length and head for the door, where he stopped and turned back slightly. "And one more thing: Emily's not your pawn. If you involve her in any of your stupid games like you did with Loveth and Tope, trust me, your little playdate with Bankole won't be the only thing you'll have to worry about." "What do you know about Loveth and Tope?" she challenged. "Oh. Not much." He mocked her with a thoughtful look on his face. "Just that Tope was a scholarship student, Loveth's best friend, albino and Bankole's first love." Jessica felt blood rush to her heart with a thud. Tope was all of the above and her greatest threat. She had come with her smooth, white skin, giddy self and optim