Lina’s POV -

I was caught suddenly when a strong hand covered my eyes and gripped me hard like I was about to be kidnapped.

I was full of shock as I noticed that they were removing my bags and shoes without knowing who they were and how dangerous they could be.

I allowed them to take away whatever they needed from me as my heart kept beating in fear.

After a few seconds that they had let me over the floor, luckily, I did not get raped.

I recovered from the shock with my eyes still closed before I opened them slowly and turned around to see my environment.

They had run away with my belongings… I found this robbery weird.

As I wondered who they were to have that much guts to rob a poor looking girl.

I thought they were about to kidnap me? What do they want to do with my shoe and bag?

A poor girl like me… What could one possibly want from me?

I thought deeply because I believed they should know how financially broken I am from just my looks.

“Well... they still took things.” I said to myself as I looked at my shoeless feet’s.

That’s the only shoe that I have, the bag they snatched is my only bag.

I work night and day to save money to buy that and now it’s being stolen.

I cried so hard as I walked home barefoot… Hating on thieves so much.

My mom noticed how I was and I narrated all that happened to her.

She cried with me because she knew how much I had worked so hard to save the money that I used to buy the school bag and shoes for school.

We both sat side by side over my bed and cried together because life was not just fair at all, I could not even eat at all but I enjoyed the comfort of my mother… It was already late in the evening and so all I could think of was to relieve myself of the pain.

I do not know what shoe to put on to school tomorrow because of some dick heads.

I am just a poor girl and some people are still after me… How tiring!

I cried painfully as I leaned on my mom’s chest while she held me till my eyes began to feel dizzy and when I closed them. I opened them up to see that it is Morning, I pushed the duvet off myself as I stared at my room's environment.

Then the thoughts came back into my head.

I couldn’t go to school.

My precious bag had been taken together with my one and only shoe.

They were both snatched too… I wondered why the thieves found value in them.

I had already resigned at the cafeteria where I worked to take care of mom and save for school but I’m resuming back today because I need to get the money to buy another school bag and shoe to be able to attend classes.

I dressed in my clumsy looking dress and took a cab to the place, my boss liked me and he understood perfectly why I resigned, he luckily told me to just join the chefs again.

I like the man, he’s so generous.

I changed into the restaurant uniform for workers and I started to work. I am a poor girl on scholarship so I should at least try to provide time to listen to free lectures.

I’m not Like the rich students that can organize a private class for themselves if they did not get some topics being taught in the general class, so I need to work harder.

I promise myself to go to school daily but I can’t now. Sadness could be easily seen all over me as I work to survive in that expensive environment called School.

Scott’s POV -

It’s Afternoon and we had just finished with the most boring teacher who loves to teach with a lot of practical and I was glad that the torture was over.

“The lecture was so boring.” Stephen said to me.

“I only like morning classes, afternoon class sucks” I replied.

We both walked towards where snacks were being sold.

“Scott, common, I told you I’m not eating snacks today.” Stephen said and I sighed.

“My bad! Don’t mind me, I forgot you hated it.” I said and we both walked to a nearby restaurant to get some proper meals.

Once we entered, we sat and I ordered food.

“That girl didn’t come to school today, surprisingly.” I said while we waited for food.

“Miss political money, I guess that’s the only shoe and bag she had… Damn!” Stephen said and I grinned wickedly at him.

“Oh! Next time, she will learn to respect big bad boys like us.” I boasted feeling on top of the world even though I was just in a restaurant.

“For real, so you were the one that snatched my bag and shoe forcefully and made me not be able to go to school.” someone with a sexy voice lamented behind us and I turned.

“What!” I exclaimed and set my gaze back at Stephen.

“The rude girl is working here? At this luxurious place?” Stephen said, shocked.

“Well, we took your shoes and your bag away from you because you are too poor to use them or to even do anything about it?” I said with an evil smirk.

“Huh?” She asked and bit her lips.

“With all due respect Sir, since you take pleasure in punishing the poor, then it is so obvious that you two are so dumb to act like that because I worked my ass off and saved to buy that shoe and bag but you don’t have to worry because I work again and buy them! while you and your friend Stephen will surely reap your wickedness someday.” she said and walked away.

That got me madly angry and humiliated.

I banged the table in front of me angrily as I stood up immediately.

“Who’s the owner of this restaurant?”

“Why is your worker hurling insults on me this way?” I asked and I suddenly heard many steps approaching me in return to calm me.

“I’m the owner, we are sorry for any inconveniences sir, can you please tell us what happened?” The man asked softly and politely.

That made me calm a little bit but I was still damn angry at that annoying girl.

“That girl over there came here to insult me, what nonsense?” I asked angrily.

“Oh! We are so sorry Mister; I’ll handle it right away.” The man promised.

“Handle what?”

“Sack her right away, I do not want to see her in this restaurant anymore.” I yelled.

“We have better judgments sir, please let us handle this sir, we promise that such will not repeat itself again.” The man promised but that only increased my infatuation about it.

“Fuck! Useless restaurant! We’d see Lina.” I said as I walked away angrily with Stephen who followed me from behind, definitely upset as well.