Chapter 99

Mr. Kennedy was triumphant as if he had seen Nicole lose her bet.

Mr. Kennedy swagged out of the office, thinking that Ms. Emerson would let him taunt her and say nothing, just like she would previously. But he was wrong this time. Ms. Emerson said faintly from behind him, “Mr. Kennedy, you don’t have to worry about how my students are doing. Nicole has the freedom to choose, and I will not interfere. However, there is one thing I am curious about you, Mr. Kennedy. Can’t you even afford a cup of coffee? Otherwise, why would you always come to my office for coffee?”

Getting taunted by Ms. Emerson, Mr. Kennedy looked back and pointed at her angrily. “How dare you satirize me! You had better believe I will tell the director—”

Ms. Emerson was sitting at her desk, looking at him frostily, her face nonchalant when she heard him mention the director.

She had thought it through. Instead of grinning and bearing it every day, she might as well send the helve after the hatchet and resign. Mr. Kennedy was stunned by what she said. He had always been bullying newcomers and had never been treated like this. So he did not know how to deal with it for a while but could only say some harsh words. “Great, Ms. Emerson. You don’t even give a damn to the director now. Remember what you have said.”

Ms. Emerson watched on and felt vindicated as he turned away, disconcerted.

But Mr. Kennedy said Nicole was going to give tuition to Austin? What was he talking about? Nicole was in Mathematics school, while Austin was in language school and a twelfth-grader. How did an eleventh-grader give tuition to Austin?