Chapter 136

Chapter 0136

ASHANTI’S POV.

I cried.

I cried hard as I returned the bracelet to its place in the locker. Tessa threw it away. That was supposed to be a symbol of my love for her as my friend. A symbol of my appreciation for all the times she stood by me, but she threw it away.

I’m upset, but not at her because I know Tessa would never decide to do any of these things on her own. Someone is brainwashing her or setting her up to do these things and this person seems to have something big on her.

This is ridiculous.

“There goes your meal.” Kylie, one of the H a r girls who rushed to serve me the moment I walked into the cafeteria, announces as she puts the tray containing the plates of food on the table before me. I look up at her and smile thankfully.

“Thank you, Kylie.”

“You are welcome. Call me if you need anything else.” Then she whisks off to join her friends at their own table. I look around the cafeteria and smile as I watch the rest of the girls laughing and chatting away as they eat their food. The atmosphere is no longer tense. I can’t hear anyone saying vile things about me. Lately, all they do is appreciate me, especially after what I did to Rhea in the laundry room a few days ago. I only have to cough right now and at least three of them will rush to me, ready to serve me.

It’s cool and terrifying at the same time.

My heart pangs with pain when I spot Tessa. She’s sitting at a far corner of the room, all alone, eating her food. She doesn’t look happy at all and that makes me think all the more that someone is influencing her behavior towards me.

I feel sorry for her.

“Ashanti!”

I thought this moment won’t come when someone would scream my name out loud. It always happens.

I don’t even bother to look at who just called my name. I focus on taking a scoop of my food and chewing as gently as I can, waiting for whoever it is who called my name to arrive at my table. She finally does and when I look up to see who it is, I am surprised to see that it’s one of the girls who resides at the Premium Residence. She’s fuming, like I’ve done something to upset her.

“Linda.” I call, calmly.

“You thieving piece of garbage! I thought when people’s statuses get upgraded, their attitudes do same, but I guess I was wrong. You brought your klepto attitude to the Premium Residence. How dare you!” I squint in confusion as I try to understand what she’s talking about.

She called me a thieving piece of garbage. She said I had a klepto attitude. I rise from my seat

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to level her height. Now I’m frowning.

“How about you hit the nail on the head already?”

“How dare you come into my bedroom and steal my necklace?” She scolds in my face and the entire hall is filled with gasps from the other girls. I am completely taken aback by her sudden

accusation.

“I know nothing about your necklace.”

“Yes, you do. You stole it!”

“Linda, I will let this very disrespectful tone of yours slide, but not the accusation. I did not steal your g o d d n e d necklace, so go find it where you kept it and stop causing a scene!” I fire back at her and her eyes widen in shock. She backs away and gives me a careful look before chuckling.

She chuckles hard, for a long time before stopping and training her eyes on me again.

“Did you… did you just talk back at me?”

“Why? Am I not allowed to do that?” I ask with creased brows.

“What’s going on here?” We both turn to look in the direction of the voice and my heart sinks when I see Ma’am Lisa walking towards us with an eternal frown masked on her face. “Why are you girls screaming at each other? Can’t you see you’re making it impossible for the others. to eat their meals?”

“Ma’am Lisa. You need to punish this girl severely. She’s a thief! She came into my bedroom and stole my necklace while I was away!” A chuckle tumbles from my lips as I look at the girl in total disbelief. Ma’am Lişa looks at me.

“Ashanti. Do you have any idea what she’s talking about?”

“No Ma’am.” I calmly shake my head.

“Liar! She’s lying!” Linda shouts out.

“Be quiet!” Ma’am Lisa commands and the girls goes mute. Ma’am Lisa looks from me to the girl and sighs heavily before saying; “Both of you, come with me!” Then she starts walking that leads out of the cafeteria. Linda and I exchange murderous glares before

towards the

following her.

As we walk to the building, I can’t help but feel scared about this situation even though I have no intention of showing that fear. If Linda is accusing me so confidently, it means she has planted the necklace among my belongings in my closet and when they go to search, they’ll find it there just like they did with Rhea’s jewellery.

I’m seriously doomed.

“When they go through your stuff and find my necklace, you’re going to be demoted back to the H r m quarters where you belong!” Linda sneers as we both step Into to the elevator. I don’t say anything to her. The door closes and the elevator starts ascending and I do the only thing I can do at this moment.