
The headmaster was so shocked to hear Alice's statement.
He did not expect that Alice would refuse a scholarship to enter a famous university in Indonesia.
"Alice, what made you change your mind?
Haven't you been trying so hard to go to college there?"
"There is no particular reason, ma'am.
I just want to go to college somewhere else."
"Have your Uncle and Aunt forced you to do this?"
The principal finds out how the Dakota Family's ins and outs are from the news that often provides information about them.
Alice shook her head.
"No Ma'am.
I decided it myself."
"Well if that's what you want, Alice.
It's just that I'm a little disappointed in your decision."
"I'm sorry Mom.
I don't mean to disappoint Mom."
"It's okay Alice.
You decide your own future."
"Thank you for your understanding."
"You can go back to your class Alice."
"Good Mom."
Alice then walked out of the principal's room.
Alice took a deep breath.
It turned out that his dream had stopped there all along.
He won't be able to reach it.
Even just hoping.
--
"Alice, tell me that your aunt told you to turn down the scholarship."
rayn said with an accusatory look.
"No Rayn.
You wrong.
I decided to reject it myself."
"But why Alice?
I know how hard you've been trying to get that scholarship."
"Everybody can change Rayn's mind."
"But not with you Alice.
I know you so well."
Rayn brought her body closer to Alice and looked into her eyes.
"You don't have to lie to me Alice.
Without you even telling me I already know the truth."
Alice lowered her face.
He can't dodge anymore.
"I don't have any other choice Rayn."
"But until when are you going to keep sacrificing like this, hem?
You also have big dreams Alice."
"I don't know Rayn either.
All I know is I can't add to their burden anymore.
All this time I've been weighing heavily on the people around me."
"If they think you are a burden, I consider you the gift of Alice.
I'm very lucky to meet you.
You taught me a lot."
Instead of being moved, Alice chuckled at Rayn's words just now.
"Where did you get that sweet phrase from, Rayn?
Don't tell me you're saying that to seduce girls.
You know I'm not going to get along with it."
Alice laughed again and then walked away leaving Rayn looking at her in surprise.
He's not kidding at all.
The words really came from his heart.
"Alice I'm not kidding.
I'm serious."
rayn said in a loud voice.
"I don't believe."
alice continued to move away from him.
"Really!"
Rayn shook her head.
--
After school, Kate approaches Alice to her class.
"Alice, Big Brother wants to ask you to return this notebook to Ell.
Tomorrow we have a quiz in class.
I forgot to give it back to Ell.
And after this Brother should immediately go to do a photo shoot.
Can you give it back to Ell?"
Alice nodded her head and then received Ell's notebook.
"Thank you Alice.
I love you so much."
Kate kisses Alice on the cheek and then leaves Alice's classroom.
Alice then went to Ell's classroom.
He went in, but the room was empty.
Alice then stepped onto the basketball court.
And Ell wasn't there either.
(Has Ell gone home yet?
I might.)
Alice began to assume.
Alice then decided to go home.
And then he'll meet Ell at his house.
Arriving in front of the gate,
Alice immediately set her foot toward Ell's house.
He hears a quarrel from inside the house.
That was the voice of his Uncle and Aunt.
Alice approached and stopped her steps when she saw her Uncle and Aunt were struggling in the living room.
"You shouldn't treat Alice like that Marine.
Alice is your own niece.
She's Raphael's daughter, your sister.
How can you do evil to your own niece, huh?"
"Don't forget that Alice was born from the womb of that cheap woman Mario.
I will always consider Alice an illegitimate child.
Because he was born out of a forbidden relationship.
Don't you know how I suffered all this time, huh?
That woman made me lose Raphael and Dad.
He caused Raphael and Dad to die!
I hate Sera and her daughter so much."
Alice closed her mouth.
His body shook violently.
It was so painful to hear her aunt saying bad things about her mother.
Marine even said that his mother was a cheap woman and she was an illegitimate child.
That sentence hurt him a lot.
Alice's tears came out so hard.
"Your heart is made of Marine stone.
Alice knows nothing about it.
And you hate him.
You're really bad!"
"Enough Mario.
I don't care how you judge me.
I will hate them both!"
Alice could not take it anymore.
He would not be able to if he had to go back to hearing the sentence uttered by his aunt.
Alice left Ell's house.
He ran as fast as he could, looking for a place to vent his pain.
Ell followed Alice from behind.
Actually, he had just returned home, along with Alice.
Alice was faster than him.
At first he was quite surprised to see Alice walking towards his house.
He then looked at his notebook in the girl's hand.
Kate must have told Alice to return the book to her.
Ell is approaching Alice.
But stopped when he saw Alice did not enter his house.
It seemed like the girl was hearing a conversation from inside the house.
And from his place Ell could hear a loud voice that was the voice of Mario and Marine.
Ell looked at the girl.
His body shook violently after hearing bad words about his mother.
Alice couldn't contain her cries.
That girl must have been so hurt.
He can feel that too.
Alice then went and ran.
I don't know why Ell followed Alice from behind.
Alice stopped her steps on the basketball court.
He remembered Ell's words that forbade him to go there.
But he doesn't know where else to go.
He has absolutely no destination.
Alice slowly moved her legs to the chair that was there.
He sat down and then came back crying.
Alice hugged her body tightly and the tears could not stop coming out.
Ell just silently looked at that fragile body.
Alice takes out a letter from her mother that she carries with her wherever she goes.
"When will Mom come?
Please take me away from here, Mother.
I can't take it anymore.."
alice said in a soft tone.
Alice then lifted her leg and slapped her face on her knee.
There he cried so much.
For hours Ell stood there.
Her eyes always turned to Alice who had not stopped crying.
The cry became proof of how Alice was currently injured