NOAH
Life sucks.
It sucks more when you are poor and the world feels like you can't do anything right .
It's like the world is against you.
Putting pressure on you to never succeed and that's how I feel.
My family was poor but that doesn't mean I grew up without integrity.
Standing ontop of the rooftop, I looked down to think about if ending my life was all worth it .
Remembering the incident that recently occured , I concluded that it was.
Because of my family financial situation, I studied very hard do that I won't have to come to school again .
So while taking our midterms examination , it was no shocker to me that I had a perfect score .
But then everyone felt like I had help .
" Look at him, I'm sure he cheated"
" Hey Noah, tell me the truth . you had access to the questions didn't you ?hey, next time can you help me ? "
" There's no way he had a perfect score , he can barely afford the school fee "
" We demand investigation into this "
Investigation or not, I felt like nothing was going to be used against me because I earned that score , fairly.
But then I guess life is always like that huh , you think you know until you don't know .
My eyes widened as I was shown a video of me from the CCTV , entering the teacher's office and coming out with the supposedly" exam questions" In the principal's office with my parents beside me.
"T..That's not me " I said with my fist balled up.
" Young man, we have evidence"The principal said.
"I said -" I shouted but was cut off by Mom.
" NOAH!!" She turned to face the principal" we are sorry for my son's behavior. Please forgive us "
" MOM!!" I shouted.
What was wrong here was the fact that Mom didn't believe me.
That hurt deeply .
" An apology won't do . You would have to reimburse the school "
Mom tightened her fist .
" How much ?"
" 12 million "
That caused a reaction from Dad.
He looked up abruptly, faced me and looked back down to the ground.
" T.. That much ?" Mom stuttered.
" Yes, I'm sorry" The principal said "you may leave now "
As we left The principal's office , everyone watched us and talked about us.
"Can you imagine , after feigning innocence he stole the question papers afterall?"
"Exactly. never trust poor people "
"He looked so calm "
When we got home , I spoke up first .
" Mom, please believ-"
Dad slapped me and slapped me again .
" Honey , stop it! "
"We never had expectations from you "Dad grumbled" if you know you couldn't do well in school , just drop out or be the bottom place but stealing is against one thing we believe in this family. "
Dad sighed " where are we supposed to get 12 million from ?"
I tried to hold in my tears as I balled my fist.
No one believed me.
Dad said they didn't expect anything from me.
I wiped my tears as looked down the building.
Let me end my family's sorrow.
I was about to jump off when someone rushed in and shouted"Stop it !"
I turned around.
It was a girl .
One I'd never seen before.
She looked like she was around my age too.
" Who are ??"
"That's not important right now. Climb off "
I scoffed. "What do you know ?".
" I know alot more than you think I do . I've also been in your shoes before . I know what it feels like "
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