Chapter 5

I looked at him calmly, enunciating each word.

"I told you, I'm the Deputy Director of the State Department of Education."

Rebecca Foster scoffed.

"Still lying? You're a teenage girl—how could you possibly be a deputy director? Look at yourself. Do you look like an adult?"

Zachary Thorne joined in with a cold laugh, looking me up and down.

"Right! Which deputy director comes to a school alone? Without even a driver? Without any staff? Who are you trying to fool?"

Rebecca Foster continued.

"Call the police! We must call the police! This kind of little slut is a cancer on society. She should go to juvie for proper education!"

Zachary Thorne pulled out his phone and dialed 911 in front of over two thousand people.

"Hello, 911? I'm Mr. Zachary Thorne from Ivy Ridge High School. We've caught someone forging State Department of Education credentials, sneaking into school to seduce boys, seriously disrupting the educational order. Yes, please dispatch officers immediately!"

He hung up, crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at me triumphantly.

Rebecca Foster put her hands on her hips, arrogant.

"Just wait. When the police arrive, you'll be crying! Forging state official credentials—that's enough to keep you busy!"

She turned to the crowd below, shouting at the over two thousand students.

"Everyone look! This is what happens when you seduce top students! If anyone else has such improper thoughts in the future, this is your example!"

I stood on stage, a smile playing at my lips, saying nothing.

Rebecca Foster saw me smiling and got even angrier, rushing up to me.

"You're still smiling? Let's see if you can still smile when you're at the police station!"

Zachary Thorne also came over, his voice threatening.

"Forging state official credentials—that's at least two or three years in prison. Little girl, your life is over."

I looked at him sarcastically.

"Oh, I'm so scared!"

But Rebecca Foster thought I was actually scared, her voice even shriller.

"What? Scared now? Too late! You were so arrogant earlier, weren't you? Now you know to be afraid?"

I nodded.

"Fine, then let's wait."

Sirens sounded in the distance.

Rebecca Foster jumped with excitement, pointing at the school gate and shouting at me.

"Hear that! The police are here! You're done!"

Zachary Thorne straightened his tie, stood up straight, ready to greet the police.

A black sedan and three police patrol cars drove through the school gate.

Rebecca Foster pointed at the gate, shouting at me.

"See that! They're all here to arrest you!"

I crossed my arms over my chest, the smile never leaving my face.

The person who stepped out of the black sedan was State Department of Education Director Nathan Brooks.

His face was dark as iron, radiating a low pressure, followed by city police station officers and a team of police.

Rebecca Foster pointed at me, shouting at the officers.

"Officers! It's her! It's this little slut from outside the school! She forged State Department of Education credentials and snuck into our school to seduce my son! Arrest her quickly!"

Director Brooks didn't look at her.

He walked straight onto the stage.

He walked up to me and looked me over to confirm I was unharmed before speaking.

"Ms. Monroe is our State Department of Education's Deputy Director! Who's been giving her trouble?!"

Complete silence fell over the field.

Rebecca Foster's finger, pointing at me, froze in mid-air.

"You said she's what?!"