Everything went smoothly, until graduation. Cassie cleared all her backlogs along with her current exams. Everyone was surprised after looking at her marks. She actually just missed a perfect score by a point or two.
"Congrats. I know you have it in you! You did it, Cassie" Elina jumped on Cassie to hug.
They coincidentally met in the canteen washroom and Elina couldn't control her joy. Cassie got irritated and pushed her away. She held Elina's throat tightly.
"Did I not tell you to stop talking to me ever or even show your face to me? Are my warnings never entered your ears or you just let it fly high in the air?"
Cassie increased the strength of her hold on Elina's neck. Suddenly, she pushed Elina towards the wall. Elina's head banged on the wall and she fell down after losing her foot.
The force she used while pushing Elina was not any less. Elina even felt dizzy from the thump. She held her head and squatted down for a minute.
Cassie, who was about to go towards her, stopped and turned away. She must never show mercy to anyone of his family members. She was the daughter of that murderer and because of him, she lost her family.
She will avenge but not now. She needs time and a plan. At first she thought she would let it go, but she never expected that even Tyler's mother would have gotten killed in that accident. These people are really too cruel to the core.
She walked away without even the slightest pity in her eyes. Jennifer, who saw Cassie come out of the washroom, which Elina just entered, got flustered. She immediately ran inside only to be met with Elina squatting on the floor holding her head.
"What happened? Is everything alright? Didn't I tell you several times to run away if you see Cassie? Did she do anything to you?"
"No, it was not her. I felt dizzy, so I sat down for a bit to steady myself. It was definitely not her."
"Are you lying to me?"
Jennifer touched the back of Elina's head and her hand turned red with Elina's blood.
"What is this? You are bleeding. Get up, let us go to a hospital. We need to scan and..."
"No! My father would come here to see me graduate. I cannot go and get my graduation certificate with a bandage on my head now, can I? It's just a scratch. If we wipe it off, I will be fine. Just help me get those tissues"
"NO! NO! NO! We are at least going to the infirmary on campus and get you checked. Get up now."
"No! Please, I don't want anyone to know about this."
"Are you still trying to protect her who caused you harm? Are you crazy? Fine, if you do not go there, then I would call an ambulance and let everyone know that you are hurt. I will even make sure to spread who hurt you!"
"Ok! Ok! I will listen to you. Let us go to the infirmary. But please, Jenny, do not do anything that will spoil Cassie's graduation. She had tried her best and cleared all the exams with high marks. So, please promise me! Please."
Jennifer looked at Elina and wanted to hit her head. But as she was already hurt and bleeding, she just let her be. On the way to the infirmary, they saw Elina's dad talking to Cassie.
"Does your dad know Cassie from before? It looks like they are quite close to each other."
"I don't know for sure. But he never once mentioned her to me. Even when I went back home this time after our exams, I mentioned the fight between us and Cassie. He just listened to me and never showed any reaction. I felt odd but as he was not so familiar with Cassie than you, I thought he was just not interested."
"But looking at the way they are interacting now, I don't think he is not so familiar. He definitely knows her from a long time ago. Look, he's even patting her head."
"Do you think she would mention to him about me sleeping with Aiden? I never hide anything from him, you know that! But now I am not sure if I should share such intimate details with him?"
"Never. Seriously? Do you want to get disowned from your family? Do you even know who Aiden is? And do you want to start a war between him and your father?" Jennifer asked with shock. How can she be so naive? How can she even imagine talking about such private matter to someone, even if it is her own father?
"I definitely know who he is, a handsome kidnapper! He is someone who abducts beautiful girls first and then steals their hearts. I would not want them to fight over me, one is my loving father and another one is my lover. I could never choose one among them both. Talking about Aiden, I did not see him for more than a month now! Do you know where he is? I even went to his place but other than Sam I did not see anyone familiar. Even Axe is missing."
Looking that the topic got changed so quickly, Jennifer shook her head in despair. The way Cassie spoke before about Elina and her family; and the way she was interacting now with Elina's father Edward something is quite wrong.
Seeing that Elina was still waiting for a response from her, Jennifer said, "I have no idea. When I stayed at his place last time, he went on a mission. That's all I know. Afterward, I was not in touch with anyone from that gang. Anyways I hate them all."
"So bad. He should have at least told me where he was going! How could he let me suffer all by myself? He is truly very bad" Elina tried to shed imaginary tears.
"Here, we are! Let us go in. I am not sure if any doctor is around. But at least a nurse will do!"
Jennifer knocked on the door and waited for a few minutes. After looking at the person who opened the door, Jennifer turned around. She even tried to pull Elina's hand and walk away. But Elina pushed Jennifer away.
"Aiden, I missed you so much!" Elina jumped on him and tried to kiss him.
But before her lips could even touch his face, Jayden pushed her away. To avoid Elina from falling behind, Jennifer held her back.
"What do you think you are doing? You randomly pick girls and sleep with them. Then later when you meet, you pretend like you do not know them? You are a horrible person. Do you know that?" Jennifer shouted.
"When did I say I never met her? So what if I sleep with her once? I only love you. You are my wife! Didn't you say you would never have a baby with me? And you even suggested I make babies with other women. So, I thought wouldn't it be better if the babies come out of your friend over here? After all she is your dearest friend and you would treat the babies fairly."
Jayden wanted to hit his head on the wall. What is he even saying? When did he sleep with this skinny girl? She is not even to his liking? Was it Aiden? Was it because of this girl that the room was so messy the other day when he went to inform him about his marriage with Jennifer? No one can save me now!
"Babies? You are going to make this innocent child bear babies for you? Have you lost your mind?" Jennifer screamed and lifted her hand to hit him.
"Dear, I know you are my wife. You can hit me however you want but not in front of a third person. We can do it in private. I need to maintain my image. I am this college's chairman. You are the chairman's wife. It is your responsibility to maintain my image in front of others" Jayden said while holding her hand and pulling her towards him.
"Wife? You are his wife?" Elina asked in horror and held the wall for support to avoid falling down.
"No, I can explain. Listen to me, Elina. Take deep breaths. It is ok. Relax" Jennifer tried to soothe her.
"Do not touch me! I told you, I slept with him but you were already married to him? Did he cheat with your best friend just after your marriage?" Elina panicked and shouted hysterically.
But within a few seconds, she recovered and ran away after pushing away Jennifer's hand. Jennifer, who was about to follow her, was stopped by Jayden.
"I missed you! I searched for you everywhere in the last few months. Where did you go? Why did you not come home?"
"Why should I come to your home? Didn't you cheat behind my back? You unfaithful scoundrel. Let me go now before I kick your ass. Because of you, I might lose my friend now."
"No! I am not letting you go!" Jayden said with a straight face.