e o'cloc

sound of the final bell ri

Although Patrick rushed to h

acher had left, and many stude

aning the blackboard when she sa

this before." The class representative, Zenia Astley, w

was very kind-hearted, so all the

." Since Patrick knew that he was in the wr

. Find me in the library later in

ally good at studies, and they were like competitors in class. He w

study them on my

k's blunt reply, Sa

disciplining the students. He was just as brilliant as

feelings to Zenia several time

udying with the help of scholarships, refusi

rick. "Patrick, skipping classes is against the rules. I w

ning. It's not like I meant to skip cl

e from the teacher, you must be punished for your absence." Santos was qu

ick was obviously not interested in

ow were a lot, and even if he deducted cred

nd if that's cut-off, then how will you live?" Santos didn't want to be

union's assessment. Do you really think that you're the de

I can deduct his credits over and over again, until they reach zero points. It wo

Zenia was so furious that she

ed to help Patrick, the m

ul member of the student union, and that a poor guy who lived

lasses is not a big deal, your credits will be deducted and now it will affect your scholarships." Zenia stomped her feet. "

ious for his sake. It was the first time that he was with

Santos was not easy-

ho were studying with help of scholarship

threaten other students. He even m

Patrick had been fed up of his condes

him pay for what he did!" His face turned livid w

to him until now. If Patrick had been like the other students, then he would hav

k was nothing like

e bring himself to plead with a guy like Santos? He

ked too far, Patr

, Patrick called out to Santos. "You haven't solved the pro

ssed that Patrick could not afford to lose his

" Santos turned around

ed. "I don't have money to pay you, but I d