Julian walked toward the principal when he saw him sitting alone on a bench under a tree. The middle aged man appeared to be holding sothing in his hand that made Julian curious.
’What is the principal doing here alone?’ he thought.
As soon as he approached, Donald seed to notice his presence and imdiately turned around with a surprised look on his face. He reflexively wiped the tears from his green eyes and put away the object in his hand, which was none other than a photo.
"Mr. Julian, what brings you here?" he asked.
"I’m sorry. Am I disturbing you? I was just curious because I saw soone sitting alone under a tree in this cold weather. Are you okay?" Julian asked gently.
The middle aged man looked a little confused about how to answer the question, but he nodded his head and said he was fine.
"I’m just reminiscing a little about the past under this tree."
He paused for a mont before finally continuing his sentence. "This tree holds many mories. It was right under this tree that I t soone who was very precious to ."
Julian, interested in hearing more, slowly sat down next to him and listened to his story. He recounted how he had spent a lot of ti under this tree with a girl who was very precious to him.
He really liked that girl, the girl with such a beautiful face, even though she was very careless.
"She was so cheerful, active in doing everything. Even though she always got bad grades," said Donald with a slight blush on his face.
The man also said that under that tree, his relationship with the girl grew closer and closer. He still clearly rembered the smile on her face, especially when she called his na.
It was sothing he missed very much, but he knew he would never hear her voice again.
Julian, who was listening to the story, felt surprised and curious. Who was he talking about?
Was he talking about Arcane’s mother? Or did he actually have a relationship with another student after Arcane’s mother knowing?
’Maybe it was another student after her, right? But was he that bad?’ Julian thought curiously.
He wanted to believe that the principal was talking about Wilona. But he didn’t ntion any characteristics of the girl, so he didn’t know who he was referring to. Moreover, he said that the girl was very careless and got bad grades.
Was Arcane’s mother like that?
Realizing that he had given information that he shouldn’t have, Donald imdiately stopped talking and asked Julian not to tell anyone about this.
"I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that. But believe , it happened a long ti ago, even before I beca principal. Can you keep this between us?" he asked Julian.
Of course, it could ruin his reputation as principal of the girls’ school. A teacher having a secret relationship with a student? That would be a big problem.
But Julian nodded his head. He said he would keep it a secret and not tell anyone.
"Besides, this is my last day of teaching. Next year, the art teacher will be back, right?" replied Julian.
"That’s right. She will return to teach at the school again. Well then, thank you for teaching at this school and thank you for keeping what I told you a secret."
They shook hands, a farewell greeting because Julian might not see him again, or even if they did, it would only be by chance on the street.
However, Julian was still curious about the girl he had ntioned. Before leaving, he asked one question that might give him a clue about who she was.
"If I may ask, where did she go? You said you couldn’t see her again. Did she move far away or did she marry soone else?"
Donald paused for a mont, then answered the question. "I never knew. After graduation day, she left and I never heard anything about her again. Maybe now she’s married and has her own family."
Getting no further information from that answer, Julian finally nodded and walked away. He rembered that Arcane had said his mother left three months after graduation day. Was that the sa as what Donald had said?
"She left after finding out she was pregnant with Arcane. Is she the sa girl he ntioned?" he muttered curiously.
But if they were indeed the sa girl and the principal couldn’t forget about her, why did he end up marrying Alina, the daughter of the school’s owner?
For now, he wanted to put that aside and focus on walking ho. He had to get ho before the snow fell even harder.
When he arrived ho, Arcane was waiting for him. His expression was serious, his hands folded in front of his chest.
"Why are you just coming ho? It’s already 6:40 p.m. You’re usually ho by 6:20 p.m. Why did you take so long to co ho today?" he asked in an interrogative tone.
"I just had so business to take care of outside. I was 20 minutes late. Why are you acting like I ca ho three hours later than I should have?"
He casually took off his shoes, and Arcane sighed. He looked worried because Julian hadn’t co ho yet. Moreover, the snow outside was falling heavier, and he was worried that Julian would be stuck at school because of the sudden snowstorm.
"I was just talking to the principal. We were discussing sothing, so I ca ho late," replied Julian.
Hearing that he had talked to the principal, Arcane furrowed his brow and asked what they had discussed. At first, Julian didn’t know what to say, but he made up an excuse that they had only discussed his expired employnt contract.
"My students want to keep teaching. But my contract ended today, so this is my last day. That’s all we talked about," he replied, making up an excuse.
He deliberately lied to her because he didn’t want Arcane to be sad if it turned out that Donald was talking about soone else and not his mother.
So he wanted to keep it to himself for now until Arcane might get more information about his father.
"Alright. Go take a shower now and warm yourself up. Dinner will be ready soon," Arcane said, then helped Julian take off his coat and watched the man head toward the bathroom.
Even though the reason given was very convincing, Arcane was certainly not stupid enough to believe it. He knew Julian was hiding sothing about what he had discussed with Donald.
"Maybe he’ll tell later."
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