~*~ @SCHOOL QUADRANGLE "I'm glad and you're finally back." She spoke. "How are you?" She added a question. The tone of her speech shows the sullenness in me as well as in the looks in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Elle. I'm sorry for not telling you." I said without skepticism. "Yeah. Why is that, Jake? Why didn't you tell me? Or should I say why didn't you tell us?" I took a breath. "I already talked to them so they already know my reasons. It's just..." "It is just me who didn't know it yet?” "Yeah, and I'll explain everything to you now. So, listen to me." She didn't speak, her eyes are telling me to go ahead, so I started explaining everything to her. "What? Your family's business is getting bankrupt so Uncle thought of that way?" As I expected, Elle is shocked after I tell her the re