ssing half of

help yourself," my father scolds me over the phone w

castically, closing my eyes and imagining him

here, and now he's shouting becaus

on't start passing your classes, you

p in the tub, grab my to

e for another year," I reply, f

should start passi

y head back against the b

get dressed in my uniform

focused on her notes until

e, knowing it will annoy

e," he says, but I ignore him, shut the door, and stand

ll my classes! " Dominic just star

our rules, you

e here, as we can see if you are making progress," he expl

ucking ri

to town for the weekend or stay back to catch up on all the lectures y

want to have to extend your stay," he says,

s I stand in fro

, I quickly lea

ccidentally bump into someone har

into soft brown eyes

concerned look as he fr

shed out on me at the library; it

en he hurries past in the hall

s. "S-Sorry, I should pay more atten

way when mine touched his

oor. "Lorenzo," he said sternly, noticing his son

ze shifted from his father to me, and I

d, we have some things to

expression grew stricter with e

you again, Lorenzo," I wink

to Dominic's office, while Dominic

course grades," he said coldly, and it suddenly hit me that h

help I can," I replied with a smile, watch

er for Elena's room a

s wearing a long nightgown

pping aside to let me through. I to

about the Headmaster's son,"

ng that he hadn't done anything wrong but

is classes and ne

ice the glances he received from classmate

e, and never went to the campus parties,

y was an understatement; the a

viewed. It would truly upset him if a

ndered between

d a tutor to avoid spending anot

as coming from someone who

I had to admit, I was drawn t

asier to be around than her sister, whom I

and she appeared to hold on

, looked like he wished h

med like a simple sentence, and then her express

wirling in my mind as I s

s area until a loud bang from one of the door

so I peeked inside. My cur

dressed in his uniform, but his white sleeve

oked like clay and was bangin

ay the hair that had fallen into

clay with his hands until i

d he had placed the clay on it, getting ready to

oor to get a better loo

ice that made me want to hear h

ng? " He wiped his hands clean

finger while looking at th

help me study,"

" I said as I stood right in front of

lp? " I

sses, and someone said you're

ear, our dads will make me stay ano

aceful and successful life than the Head

you anything, regardless of whether it was direct

, and it would be the only tim

u had less supervision tha

t sure,"

u don't want to continue after tha

e, okay? " He was looking back and forth between

m thinking abo

ll step closer, noticin

zo? " I wanted to

" If Dominic discovered this,

ind, because Dominic didn

seeing my mom again; there was somethin

judged those who did wrong, which

you," he replied, looking puzzled because he didn'

y from bad influences, and I was g

ith the wo