Cesar ran as if his life depended on it, his clothes were a mess and his glasses were splattered with food, he couldn't even see where he was going but he knew one thing and that was where he was running off to, it was better than staying at this place. If he was caught again who knows what these people might do to him?
So, he took his chance and ran like a crazy bat out of hell not even stopping when his feet slammed on a small pile of mashed potatoes and he almost slipped.
" Catch him, don't let him go!" William who regained his footing immediately shouted at his lackeys to catch Cesar but the latter was as swift as a mouse, he not only rushed past the students who tried to stop him but he even sneaked past the door of the canteen, leaving nothing but a mess and a fuming mountain of muscles behind.
" That little bastard he dared to bite me!" William's pouch face turned purplish as he pointed to his trousers, Andrew who was watching it all happened was sure that the weak Cesar could not have left a single mark on William's fat-covered body. But William was like a mad bull it hit anyone as long as they came to stand in front of him and now that Cesar was on his hit list, this guy will definitely make things difficult for the boy.
" Don't worry we will definitely teach him a lesson!"
" That's right, no matter where that little rat runs away he will still have to come to school right?"
Andrew watched as William and his lackeys started planning how they were going to corner Cesar, he rolled his eyes and picked up an apple that was lying on the table next to him and winked at the girl who was sitting in her chair causing her to flush red. " You don't mind do you?"
" O...Of course not," replied the girl with a slight stutter as she turned a furious shade of pink, Rosy too turned a shade of red but her expression was full of anger instead of shyness. She caught hold of Andrew's arm and pulled him back as she bossily spoke, " What is the meaning of this? You are flirting in front of your girlfriend? Have you gone mad?"
" Ah, so this was what I was forgetting," Andrew snapped his fingers as he turned to look at Rosy while he played ball with the apple he was holding in his hand, he tossed it up in the air before catching it as he swivelled around and then looked at Rosy. "I thought it was pretty clear but now that you are asking me to spell it out loud, I will do that for you… we are breaking up."
" Excuse me?" Rosy said in shock while the other girls all gasped staring at Andrew and Rosy, they all were excited to see the drama, if Andrew was to dump Rosy then doesn't it mean that they will have a chance to date him?
" I have excused you, in fact, you are as excused as you want to," he said with a cheeky grin. " From now on, stay away from me and don't even think about pulling this kind of stunt, the old man will be coming here soon, so you better come up with an excuse because I ain't saving you this time."
Andrew's family has gone richer in the past few years and that was why everyone in the school from students to teachers respected him. Everyone knew fully well what kind of job his father did and only a fool will make a move against the son of a man working in the underworld.
With that, he twirled around on his feet and left the canteen leaving a shrieking Rosy behind.
" This is just the worse," Cesar wiped his tears as he sniffed and looked down at his glasses, in the morning they only had a slight crack but now they were completely shattered, he was sure that he will have to fork the money out of his pocket and buy a pair of new glasses for himself.
At the thought of spending money, his heart turned heavy … Mr Richardson was waiting for his mother to pay the interest to him, how will he ask his mother to buy him a new pair of glasses.
The more he thought about it the more he got depressed but after a few minutes, he started to get angry. God didn't give him anything, not only did that imaginary guy send him down on the earth to live a life of poverty he gave him such a careless father on top of it. Fine, if he wanted to test him out then he can continue testing him but at least that imaginary guy could have given him a pair of good eyes right?
At least then he would not have to feel like an ungrateful brat who was nothing but a burden on his weak and hard-working mother.
" Damn that——" his words were cut short when someone knocked on the door, terrified Cesar blinked his eyes and hurriedly looked around the small cubicle of the toilet where he was hiding, what now? They found him… what was he supposed to do now? Should he just make a run for it or should he stay inside? But what if they lock him inside like last time? Then he would have to trouble his mother to look for him again.
Cesar started biting his nails in frustration and fear when he heard a familiar voice, "It's me… I came here to talk to you, come out, I promise I will not hurt you."
Andrew? What was he doing here?
Cesar didn't want to go outside but then he heard Andrew's voice from the other side again, " I am not moving from here, the lunch break is not going to get over soon, it would be better if you just get out and get over with it."