Ten Years Later
The morning breeze was coming in through the car window, as Joe, who was now officially Lawrence, sat with the glass rolled down and eyes shut. He was enjoying the feeling on the wind on his face. His schoolbag was hanging on his shoulders.
Bill was used to his silence and so he drove ahead, quietly.
Lawrence slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile,"Bill, please drive me to the usual place."
"Do you mean, that alley?" Bill asked, intending to make sure that it was the right place, even though he knew where Lawrence wanted to go.
"Yes, we will be picking her up for school," said Lawrence.
"Very well," said Bill in a low voice.
Suddenly Lawrence realized something and came forward, leaning onto the front seat and looking at Bill. "You haven't mentioned anything about this to my parents, have you?"
"Of course not! I haven't told a single soul since you made me swear that it was our secret. I still remember the first time we drove to the alley," said Billy. But he continued in a serious tone,"But you must remember that right now, Mrs. Cherry is very busy looking after Violet, so she hasn't found out what you've been up to recently. But when she notices that you have left home an hour earlier every morning, she is bound to get suspicious about this."
Having said that, Bill went on a trip of thoughts of his own. He had been working for the Chu Family since many years and to think of it, this was literally the only thing he had ever hidden from Jackson and Cherry. If they ever found out that Lawrence was picking up his classmate every morning secretly, they would be very mad.
"Well, I'm not afraid if Mom finds out about this. I can hand
Jean Wen sacrificed herself for family interests. Before her husband divorced her, she made every effort to please him.
"You are inexperienced in bed," he said coldly.
"You! Give that land to my family, or I won't agree to divorce," Jean replied furiously.
"Fine. It is exactly what I am thinking about," he sneered.
, 'Rebecca and Lawrence are even arriving to school together. Is he in love with her or something!'
Lawrence took his schoolbag and said goodbye to Bill. After Bill drove off, he and Rebecca walked towards Mike.
"Why are you standing here instead of going inside?" Lawrence asked Mike. He didn't understand what Mike was doing at the school gates, was he waiting for him! Because if he was, Lawrence wasn't too pleased about it. He didn't want to see Mike's evil grins early in the day.
"I saw your limo in a distance and decided to wait for you. Well I also wanted to compare my humble bicycle to your luxurious car. After all, Mr. Lawrence is the young master of a rich family," joked Mike, laughing.
"Hey! how dare you make fun of me," said Lawrence and put his hand around Mike, roughhousing him.
Rebecca stood there feeling awkward as the two boys fought playfully. She didn't know what to do so she quietly said,"Lawrence, I'll go in now. I have class."
"Alright," replied Lawrence with a nod, without saying anything else.
Lawrence did not look up, until after Rebecca had gone in. Then he turned his head.