It was two academic years when Coreen Lin shifted her course and went as an exchange student to Berlin. Even she was not around, her name were always mentioned everywhere. This time it was not trivial scandals and rumors but achievement and merit after another.
"Haven't you heard? Coreen was selected to represent a prestigious contest. She was hailed as champion in that event!" it was her former classmate Cynthia in Business major this scrolling her newsfeed.
"That was weeks ago Cynth, everybody knows about it." It was Lexi this time while scoff in disbelief, she herself was slapped in the face with the shocking news.
"She was even scouted with different agencies this time. She is surely lucky this time it was as if we were scammed with her facade being a drama queen." Honey exclaimed while she sits beside Carmen who was in dazed with what she heard.
"My God, she even challenged Dmitri Young for a piano duel with the hardest pieces! Is she this talented? Then who are we seeing two semesters ago? Her doppelganger?"
"Everywhere in the campus even in the faculty, it was all talk about Coreen, Even the Dean of Music and Arts will soon awarding her as the new ambassador in the department. Isn't that scary?" It was Leticia, Carmen's bestfriend trying to confuse her classmates with Coreen's achievement.
" Even how talented she were, she could not compare to Carmen's achievement too and character, " trying to boost Carmen to dissipates their admiration towards Coreen.
"Well, you were right. She is still drama queen.."
Loud and succeding footsteps echoed in the room, it was Vlad who wanted to spill them another news.
"Don't tell me its Coreen again?"
"Well," he began and breath heavily " It was in the social media circulates that Coreen spotted taking subway and give her seat to the elderly and even communicating to hearing impaired child while she was serving drinks in a local cafe."
"No way!" His classmates gathered around and looked at his source.
Carmen also get curious and open her the site as well. They were all surprised as if it was another Coreen they were seeing so opposite to her brat and whiny self. She looked happy and chill on her photos online too and she is refreshing to look at. The person they were talking was unaware of her immerse popularity while living her chilly studenthood overseas.
David and his father was in a lunch meeting with their partners and Coreen's dad was one of the stakeholders. They ended their discussion with business and started to talk about their family affairs.
"You must be proud having a son to succeed to you Mr. Young. David has vast potential of becoming future CEO. He was too young to join and be one of your executives as soon as he finished his studies."
David father laughed it off and get a toast with his friends. He looked proudly at his son and tapped him in the back. David smiled back at him as he received his acknowledgement before his partners. He glanced at the silent man as he focused on sipping her coffee, he was too cold and distant to give his pleasantries.
"I am sure that we will rivals in presenting our daughters for future marriages and partnership."
"Speaking of daughter, I believe Mr. Lin's daughter was too popular and receiving merits abroad. She was an exemplar student and expecting to graduate this year too." it was Mr. Young who spoke that cause Coreen's dad to pause and put his cup with a clank. He was known to be uptight to her daughter and enveloped with various scandals regarding his friend's son. He looked at David before he spoke.
" I am quite proud of my daughter development and achievement as well. Before going to Berlin, she was awake from her senses and started to chase much important. She seeks independence from me time to time from my visit and even requesting me to halt my support as she started to find a hobby to work as a parttime."
"It must be tough to have a daughter like her."
"Rather tough, I find it precious now that we rekindle our relationship especially with Eden, my daughter seems to enjoy Berlin and I hope she would perhaps study business too. My daughter was behind my deals and business merger. She is too talented to be wasted for someone. " while darting meaningful and quick gaze at David but unnoticed to his partners.
" I would loved to make your daughter to be part of my family as well." it was Mr. Young who responded.
" Na, we were already defeated if that was already a proposal to our friend Jerry Lin here."
"I would like to exclude my daughter with that informal proposal. My daughter is too unpredictable. I believe, David's opinion matters too, right David?"
David noddled in agreement and they resume their lunch with ease. It was only between David and Coreen's dad which an invinsible tension surfaced.