Is Life Worth A Smile?

"Oh, there you are, Edy." , Rachel said with a smile on her face as he approached her.

" It's been long. "

" You can say that again, Edy.", Rachel seemed so excited to meet Edward and even after meeting him that excitement didn't drop a little.

" Naughty boy, you came back to the country and didn't even bothered to let me know."

" I had my reasons."

Rachel rolled her eyes and didn't shave the intention to bicker with him.

" Whatever, now tell me how had things been and why do you work here in this school when you are the CEO of an important company. And how is life in this school; are the students mean to you; do you... "

" Slow down Rachel, we have enough time to spend together, so no need to rush." Rachel laughed at her own sheepishly, but he just chuckled and alerted her.

" What's so funny about what I said?"

" Nothing more, same old fun.", Edward said taking a sit in front of her.

"Are you making s mockery of me again? You're such a bad buddy."

"What are you talking about again?", Edward asked, suddenly becoming puzzled by Rachel's sudden defense towards him. She didn't seemed happy but very annoyed at him which changed his happy mood into a serious one, but Rachel suddenly burst out of laughter.

" Now, what's so funny?", Edward asked, but he was only able to hear her speak after she was satisfied with her laughter.

" I got you again Edward, why do you always to put on such a stern expression?"

" Maybe because I'm not less skeptical and a comical like a certain someone."

" Am I supposed to take that as a compliment or an insult?"

" I don't think, a description is best explained as an insult, don't you think so?

" You really got a word for every statement Edward, and that never changes.", Rachel said and finally adjusted herself on the chair, she leaned towards her friend with a smile plastered on her face.

" So now, what's with that smile of yours?"

" I was wondering if you had a pickle of secret to share with me."

" None that you're ignorant about."

" Not even about girls."

" Of course, I have one."

" I knew it! So who is she; is she beautiful and where did you meet her ; what's her name."

" She's quite young and beautiful, anxious and jovial like you, chestnut hair, I met her at the hospital and she's currently staying with me."

" That was fast between you guys, which means it's a serious relationship,but how come you haven't talked to me about her."

" Oh, you know her perfectly well?"

" Really, what's her name and where did I meet her?"

" You met her at the hospital and her name is Clara Brownson. ", Rachel was puzzled, but assumed the name was quite familiar and still tried to figure out a lady's face, but stopped immediately.

" So how do you see her in your mind?", Edward asked with a smirk.

" Clara Brownson, isn't it just your daughter's name."

" Very good, you figured it out, though you were quite slow.."

Rachel immediately rolled her eyes upon realising that she had been tricked.

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Among all the students at school, Whitney was special in her own ways. She isolated herself from everyone, so everyone found her very creepy and dared not come close to her. She was skinny, long blonde hair cascading down to her waist, blue pair of eyes and a milky body. She was apathetic and had cut all ties with her family since the death of her mother. She considered that life was meant to be lived alone, because it wasn't worth it, if at the end we end up abandoned and dissappointed.

Whitney made that context from the day her mother was betrayed by her father when she discovered he had another family. Her mother died leaving her alone with her father, but another surprise was waiting for her. She was maltreated by her elder step brothers who almost got her killed.

She was able to run away from the place she considered as hell, but she only escaped back to hell itself. However she just placed a leg in the lion's den. She was sold her off to the brothel and brutally tortured to the point where she had no strength to struggle for an escape.

When she finally escaped, she almost got drowned, but she was saved by Mr and Mrs. James who accepted her in their home. However, Whitney had already gone through too much and didn't want to depend on any one. She moved away and wondered in the street until she was able to pay a flat room for herself. Mr and Mrs. James insisted on helping her, but Whitney was against it. She quickly cut ties with them, but their daughter Kady James was too stubborn and still came closer to her against her will. Whitney had no choice but to acquiesce and accept her friendship, but she accepted no other friend request and ignored any one. She did her best to appear invisible.

" Come on, talk to me Whitney, don't be mad at me."

" What makes you think I'm mad at you, because I don't think it's written on my face."

" Because you keep ignoring me since the day I presented you to my friend."

" KJ, I have enough troubles for myself and I don't need more, so please respect my demand, if not you can as well stay away from me."

" I'm sorry Whitney, I won't do it again, but please don't be mad at me."

" I don't know where you pulled out that idea, but kick it out of your mind. I'm leaving."

" So soon?"

" I have a shift today at my partime jobs."

That was all she said and walked away from Kady James, she didn't even look back once. Kady James already knew it, yet she hoped it might one day change. But she also knew life hasn't been easy on her and she was still trying to put her soul in place.

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Edward came back home after a hard day of work, he finally returned home and met his daughter eating with Sara by her side.

Sara had always taken care of Clara since the day she was born. His late wife didn't pay attention to her own daughter and depended on a nanny to even feed her own child. It was still lucky that Clara didn't attach herself too much to her mother. Edward gave his daughter a kiss on her fore head before returning to his study after his bath and checked on some scripts. He suddenly noticed Whitney's scripts which intrigued him a lot. It wasn't the fact that she was best at everything neither because she was the worst student, but her marks in every subject ended with an average, but that wasn't what really intrigued Edward.

While looking closely at her scripts, Edward noticed she failed the other questions not because she didn't know what to do, but intentionally.

That wasn't something that was easily seen, but with a lot of concentration, Edward could determine that Whitney had a high IQ and it clear by her way of answering questions, but he couldn't understand why a student would failed intentionally.

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Interesting, who exactly is Whitney Whave and why did Edward discover that her failure was intentional , oh no, or rather; why does she decide to fail intentionally.

Suspicious right?

OK, we can only by expect an answer in the next and episode.

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