I trailed behind the teacher like a prisoner, walking down the aisles. The classes were ongoing so that nobody I came across along the way to the main building where the school principal's office was. This situation at least protected me from the mocking faces of those who would eagerly watch me led to my punishment.

The school principal had been waiting in his room talking to someone whose back leaning against the chair where she was sitting on. Undoubtedly, the girl with blond hair was Angeline. She sneered at me just at the moment I entered the room and reached her side. She assumed that I was defeated. It...