Ryan still had no idea how everything went to shit hell. He had the best grades in high school. He had an Excellence scholarship for college which one in a million got for Quantum Mechanics / Physics on one of the greatest colleges on world with 4000 $ grant per year. He was considered a genius with IQ close to 170 with photographic memory.

So what, With a letter from my current principal, he lost everything. He wrote to my college before my interview about exam malpractice. Boom . . . in return they send me a letter rejecting my scholarship. My mom cried lake of tears with intense verbal abuse and my step-dad got that look which is of a bogus grin which says, so that's your great brilliance. Can't complain him, I always made his kids look bad on the house.

And the reason for all this, my best friend Eddy. F**k I still couldn't believe he betrayed me. He practically begged me to help him pass the test. He is the one who went and got those new headsets from the market which is the size of the buds with transmitter outside our classes. I practically wrote his whole examinations along with mine and when he is caught and threaten to be barred he exposed my name, which got him cleared for coming clean. Funny thing is he hasn't even come to apologize. Fate, what else can i say.

"Oh, how can it happen? That bastard ruined everything, is this how i raised him mike" my mom burst in to tears.

"It is not your fault Martha. A bad apple is a bad apple, what can you do?" my step-dad came with his support.

It has been a two days I haven't stepped out of my room. Thank the gods at least Izzy got some compassion for me, otherwise i would have starved to death. Izzy is Ryan's step-sister.

'Ryan I know you are a genius, you don't need some academic bullshit to be successful' She encouraged me from time to time.

Anyway i have decided to leave home, just waiting for the night fall. i had packed some clothes nothing else. It is good i saved up some money or it would have been hell. There are still noises coming from the hall.

'uf ....' i sighed, mom still making a fuss.

i lie down on bed waiting house to quiet down. i don't know how much time passed, I fell asleep. When I woke up, it is half past two. Great, I must have missed my bus to the city. I still got up to wash my face and ready to leave. I didn't see any point staying here anymore. I know i will miss my mom and she me. Of all the fuss she makes shows the love she has for me. But a guy got to do what a guy got to do.

In fact i already talk to a friend from mine from a chat group. He is running a website on vintage products like old Chinese mugs and British watches, things like that. When I told him my problems he asked me to go to him on city, any way he needs some help running the business. Especially according to him "It's growing".

I was only happy to comply. I needed something now and he is there. I slowly sneaked out of the house and started walking to the bus stop.