"Nori... We are late." Karina half yelled from outside the door.
"I'm done," Nori informed her, right before stepping out of the room and locking the door. Strangely, they had woken up late this morning, which was not the norm.
Although they went to bed late since Karina was fuming mad about how fast the news about her being a thief had spread around the school and hostel.
Every time she tried to ignore it, she hears someone else talking about it and pointing at her the next minute. It amazed her how false news was accepted as the truth even without confirmation, especially when it was coming from a seemingly rich person.
Karina started walking out of the building, leaving Nori to catch up after locking the door.
Today, they would be split into groups and given their end-of-year research topics. Their DOD (Director of Department), Mr. Joel, had already informed them about this a week back and assigned some students who volunteered to help with the splitting process.
