*** Suspicious Marks on the Body
655 Words
There were suspicious red marks on her neck. Alka had to wear a scarf. How much did Dan hate her so that he left so many marks on her?
Fortunately it was in winter, her classmates and friends would not ask too much.
"Alka, what's the matter with you? Your cell phone was off last night." Tina asked eagerly as soon as she arrived at school early in the morning.
"Sorry, I forgot to charge my phone when I was rehearsing yesterday, and it was turned off when I went home. "Alka said tensely.
"Really?" Tina asked suspiciously, "when did you have an uncle who drives Maybach? I haven't heard you talk about him. How about introducing him?"
"I'm not very familiar with him. He is a friend of my father’s. After he came back from a business trip abroad, he invited me to dinner. He already went away by plane last night."
Alka knew that Tina would ask about that. On the way here, she had made up her excuse.
"What a pity! Well, by the way, I’ve prepared a gift for you yesterday. I missed your birthday party, I can't make up for it. So I'll give it to you as an ordinary gift. I wish our tree of friendship evergreen!"
Tina gave her a limited edition doll that she liked a long time ago, but she didn't have spare money to buy it.
After the new year, their art department organized an art exhibition abroad at own expense, she had to save money.
"Thank you, Tina. I like it very much."
"It’s not for nothing. Remember to treat me to dinner!" They talked and smiled and walked into the classroom.
Alka's professional performance was very good. She got scholarships every year. She listened carefully and took notes in class.
Tina is different. She is a typical study slacker, she came to school just to piss away her time.
Her father, a parvenu, gave her a lot of living expenses every month. She entered this school because of bribe.
After class, Alka had to rehearse for the New Year party.
Originally, she applied for a solo dance, because her sophomore sister asked for leave, she had to take her place. Zeno Hall, a sophomore, was her partner.
Zeno is the school hunk. He is handsome, has good grades and has a good family background.
"Alka, do you feel better today?" Zeno remembered that she didn't look very well yesterday afternoon.
Alka nodded, "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you. Let's revise our lines today. This is my first time as a host. I'm afraid I can't do it well."
"Don't be nervous. I'm sure you can. I modified the lines last night. You can have a check first. We'll check them together later."
Alka nodded.
Alka is not only the monitor of the class, but also the director of the Literature and Art Department of the school. She has endless work all day.
Only when she gets busy, she won't think about those unhappy things.
"Alka, Tina said that yesterday was your birthday. I didn't prepare a birthday present in advance. This book is for you. It's a poem written by a writer I like very much. I hope you will like it." Zeno smiled and handed her a literary and artistic book.
Alka took a look and found it to be a collection of poems she published in high school.
She didn't expect this to be found by him.
Zeno even liked her poems!
Oh! A confidant!
Alka was almost ecstatic. She didn't expect to meet her fans in reality.
"Thank you, Zeno. I like this book very much." Alka held the book tightly in her arms.
She hasn't written poetry for a long time.
She put all the sunshine into her poetry, so that she would not be blinded by hatred.
"Alka, come on!"
Zeno's gentle smile was the greatest encouragement to her.
- Writer
