Chapter 15: Unexpected Turn of Events
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Chapter Fifteen: The Plot Thickens
Thinking of this, Robert Green laughed and said without hesitation: “Mr. Hall, you are mistaken. How can we expel such an outstanding student like Finn Lewis? We always strive to work with a commitnt towards the students. Now that the matter has been fully investigated, there would be no talk of expelling Finn. What’s more, we will apply for an excellence scholarship for him! I will clarify this matter with you and Mr. Wood later.”
Mr. Wood, standing nearby, was flabbergasted at the Principal’s sudden change of attitude. Even being a teacher himself, Mr. Wood couldn’t cope with such extre emotional changes. However, Luca Hall was unphased, inwardly cursing the cunning of these people. He rembered that Mr. Wood had already told him that Finn didn’t want to leave the school.
Otherwise, Luca would have proposed Finn to drop out and assured that he would receive an invitation from the renowned H University. However, seeing the school change its stance, Luca followed suit, grinning as he said: “Principal Green is truly a responsible person. I’m sure Finn thinks so too. Besides, I’ve heard that the school was planning a eting to discuss Finn’s expulsion. I wonder what’s the outco.”
“Rest assured, Mr. Hall, the matter is well in hand,” Robert Green quickly responded. Was he joking? It would be comical to continue the expulsion process now.
No secret stays hidden for long. And in the F University campus, the incident had attained quite a reputation. The rumor of a boy dropping two million on his ex-girlfriend, in particular, had swept through the campus forums. Everyone seed to know, and if it hadn’t been for the school’s strict regulations against accepting interviews and spreading publicity—with expulsion as the penalty— the dia would have reported on it sooner.
Regardless, nurous dia channels still covered the incident without much public outcry. Inside the F University campus, the situation was sensational. When Mr. Wood received news of the eting regarding Finn’s expulsion, and rumors of Cora Franklin and Yuri Lucas reporting Finn to the police started circulating, almost the entire student body was aware of it.
Even Finn’s background was discussed. Everyone was speculating where Finn’s money ca from and whether the school would actually expel him. Most students still thought he would be expelled, especially as the discussions had already begun publicly. Cora Franklin and Yuri Lucas had ensured they had spread the word, especially Cora, who wished everyone to know that Finn was about to face expulsion.
Finn’s refusal to give Cora the money had pushed her to the brink, but most students disapproved of her actions. Many openly voiced their sympathies for Finn. So male students even felt gratified about Finn taking revenge, despite his actions being questionable.
They knew that incidents like this happened all the ti on the F University campus—although they weren’t always as extre. Stealing girlfriends was a common occurrence—it didn’t happen only to Finn.
As everyone awaited the developnt of the events, so students even gathered around the eting room hoping for so news. But the developnts caught everyone off-guard. The eting comnced on ti, but the proposal to expel Finn by Robert Thomp was imdiately t with strong oppositions from Mr. Wood and Principal Green.
The other school executives who had assud the matter was decided already were taken aback. All of them started looking at each other, wondering what was happening. Robert Thomp was most bewildered, having thought they had agreed to expel Finn; why the flip-flopping?
Regardless of Thomp’s objections, the decision was unlikely to change due to the Principal’s vehent opposition. Green even proposed to use his directorial veto, so naturally, none of the vice chancellors was going to voice any opposition. No matter how much Thomp tried to rock the boat, it was to no
avail.
Thus, the matter was resolved as is. As soon as the eting was over, the Principal, Mr. Wood and a foreigner were seen leaving the campus in the Principal’s car. Where they were headed nobody knew.
Now, it was nearly the end of office hours, and the police were looking a little helpless. Sharp Jas shook his head ruefully. Naturally, they couldn’t object to Finn cooperating with their inquiries. They spent the ti drinking tea and chatting. Finn wasn’t a suspect, and they had no authority to detain him. Seeing that it was nearly closing ti, Jas thought this would be the end of it.
At least until soone filed a report, there was no way they could investigate Finn’s money, which now had to be returned to him. But just as Jas was about to let him leave, a police officer walked in, glanced at him and at Finn, then whispered, “Director Samuel, the principal from F University, Finn’s teacher, and a foreigner ca to the station with matters regarding Finn.”
“The principal of F University? Here?”, Jas was surprised. This was not a small matter. What could it an? Even if Finn really had issues, the Principal of F University wouldn’t be here.
“Bring them in imdiately,” Jas ordered at once.
Soon, the three n were ushered into Jas’ office. As soon as he saw the foreigner, Finn recognized him to be the man from the photograph. Likewise, Luca Hall recognized Finn too. The sight of Finn brought him imnse relief. Ignoring Jas, Luca walked up to Finn with a big smile on his face, “Mr. Finn, my na is Luca Hall. I’m your personal attorney, here to discuss your property issues in the North Federation.”
Hall’s pitch -perfect Mandarin took everyone, including Jas, by surprise. On hearing about Finn’s property in the North Federation, Jas understood that the source of Finn’s money isn’t an issue..
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