Chapter 20

I always wondered why mum's presence made people feel so inferior.

"Do you now understand why I didn't want you to come here in your uniform?", I asked here while heading towards the principal's office.

"What are you talking about?"

"Mum, your presence is intimidating in that uniform "

"Sorry sweetheart, but there's nothing I can do about it", she said and the rest of the walk was in utmost silence.

We finally got the the door to the principal's office and I knocked gently. He responded for us to come in which we did.

"Hello, Mr Gupta", mum greeted while I just stood there with a straight face. It seemed they knew each other before I even ended up in the school.

"Mrs Hart", he answered by calling her name too and they both smiled." What do I owe this surprise?", he continued to ask when he offered us a seat.

"Urhm, can I go to class now, I don't want to miss class this morning ", I said not referring to anyone in particular.

"You can, I'd call you when I'm done here", mum replied and I left without wasting time.

I wanted to check up on Jennie for the shock I put her through. I couldn't find her when I got to the car park so I hurriedly rushed to class to see if she was there.

Immediately I entered the class, the girls rushed to me as if we were friends. They began to talk to me like we were in talking terms but I ignored even though I needed explanation to what was going on. I saw Jennie sitting with her head on the table . I walked to her to find out if she was fine.

"Jennie are you alright?", I asked her tapping on her shoulder but she didn't even flinch.

"Jennie , can we talk?", I said still wanting her attention .

"Why didn't you tell me?", her voice came out barely as a whisper but I knew what she was talking about. She raised her head to look at me and I signaled her to come with me so we could talk outside which she did after hesitating for a while.

"Jennie, I'm sorry for not talking to you about it but I didn't know it was such a big deal", I tried to explain things to her.

"How could you allow yourself to be stressed out by this R3 guys while you came from a noble family?", she spoke with teary eyes.

I finally knew why she was upset, not because I hid my mum's occupation from her rather, why I decided to be calm after all those guys did to me, I finally felt relaxed.

"Come here silly you", I pulled her in for a hug and she hugged me back.

"So why is your mum here?", she finally asked when the hug ended. That was the question I was trying to find an answer to.

"She just said she wanted to see Mr Gupta, I don't know why though. But I think they've known each other for some time now"

"Really?", she asked with a shocked face.

"Yeah ",

"Does that mean she doesn't know about the R3 guys yet?"

"I pray Mr Gupta doesn't tell her anything about them"

"But why, she deserves to know"

"She really has a bad temper which can make her act crazy if she finds out some guys are messing with me"

"But we need to teach them some lessons "

"That reminds me, I thought you were nervous in front of my mum", I said ignoring what she said earlier.

"I admit because her presence is quiet intimidating ", she said giving me a wink.

I was happy she never mentioned she wanted to end our friendship. But I finally understood why those s girls approached me earlier in the class, Mrs Hart's presence. After sorting out things with Jennie, we went back to class before the lecturer walked in.