Chapter 3 A day not like the others

The next morning, Jennifer was up, she made breakfast for her and her mum, they ate, Jennifer quickly arranged her books in her bag and left for school. Her mum was already good so she was equally preparing to go to work. Her junior brother Williams was in the house, she asked him to take good care of the house and that if he was willing to go out, he should close the doors well, Jennifer's family just arrived in the city, they were still new and never knew how the people living around them behaved.

Jennifer was already in school now, some few minutes, Malyse and her driver entered he dropped her and continued, she entered the class and greeted everyone including Jennifer. Shay was not yet in school, he arrived after Malyse and greeted Jennifer, he then went to his bench. Kim came a little bit earlier than the previous day, when she got out of the car, she reminded her driver to be early or else he was gonna lose his job. She gradually climbed the stairs and went to her class, entering, she ignored Shay and Jennifer and went immediately to her bench where Malyse was already seated, she greeted Malyse, asked how her night was, Malyse replied to her questions and also asked how her night was. The two new friends discussed for some minutes before the teacher came into class. It was their second day in school, after the lecturer, it was break and everyone was going to the refractory to have something to eat. Malyse and Kimberly we're still in class waiting for the population to decrease. Malyse did not go to the school canteen immediately because they were so many people and there might lack space if they went out the same time as the others, Jennifer was in class, she had brought her food from home, the food at the school canteen was so expensive that she could not afford such luxury, thus she brought her food from home. Although Shay was from a poor background, he always did mini-jobs, this was to avoid his pockets being empty, he could afford certain stuff from the school canteen. Benedict, mother of Jennifer was already at the shoe factory cleaning, as usual, the van arrived and Mrs. Kris stepped out, one of the guards held her bag and followed her to the office, before her arrival, Benedict had already cleaned her office and was outside cleaning the balcony, she was pretty fast when during her job and she loved what she was doing as she did it with all her heart. As Mrs. Kris was on her way to the office, her staff just bowed their head when she passed, there was no need to greet her, as they all knew she would not reply to their greetings. Benedict was done with what she was doing and immediately removed her tattered clothes and wore the dresses she came with, she was rushing to go make food for her and Jennifer. After the break, the next teacher came in, it was more of a question and answer session, most of the questions asked were answered by Shay and Jennifer, the teacher asked the other students to clap for Jennifer and Shay, everyone in class clapped for them except Kimberly, the teacher who was right in front noticed Kim was not clapping, he asked why she was not clapping and she said she was tired, the teacher asked her to stand and clap alone, she refused that she was not going to do such, the teacher gave her another chance to clap for Jennifer and Shay but she still refused and said the same thing, her teacher who was now furious left the class and went straight to the administration to go report Kimberly's action towards him. Immediately as he did that someone was sent to Kim's class to come and call her, she stood boldly and followed the man, they arrived at the principal office, the principal asked her to kneel but she refuse saying in her entire life she never did that, immediately, the principal called her mum informing her, he wanted to see both her and her husband, Mrs. Kris answered the call pretended and said her husband was not around and that she was on her way coming, Kris knew that if she informed her husband that they were both summoned at Kimberley's school he wasn't gonna take it anymore. she told her driver to get ready that they we're going out. while going out, her husband met her on his way, she said she was going to have something to eat, since it was 1 pm and she had not yet eaten, her husband requested to have lunch with her, but she said she was going out with friends, her husband gave her a perk and continued his way. They were already in school and her mum was directed to the office, the principal gave her a chair and asked her to sit, just the way the principal was looking at her, she knew Kim did something bad. The principal explained what happened before her arrival and how her daughter disrespected her teacher in front of the whole class by refusing to apologize, Mrs. Kris told the principal that she was sorry on her behalf and that it was never going to happen again, the principal said he never wanted Mrs. Kris to apologize but her daughter and that, it was not the reason why he summoned them, he wanted them to come to see the girl they've been raising. Kris told her daughter to apologize very fast, that was when Kimberly apologized to her teacher, the principal asked Kim if without her parents she wouldn't apologize to her parents, Kim ignored the question and her head was facing down like one innocent princess, Mrs. Kris apologized again and that she will talk to her back home and that it shall never repeat itself. The principal told Kimberly to get back to class, the teacher equally went back, he was left alone in his office with Mrs. Kris. He told her that Kimberly could not go unpublished because it was part of their laws that any student who disobeys the teacher should be punished. Kris pleaded with the principal that please he should give her a last chance, the principal only accepted because she was an influential person, she thanked the principal and took her leave. On her way back to the office, she told the driver not to tell her husband they were from Kimberly's school, because it could bring problems between Kim and her dad. The driver accepted, but to himself, he was wondering what type of mum Mrs. Kris was, a mother who covers everything bad her daughter does, he believed she was instead getting things worst. Before Kim and the teacher went back to class, the students were murmuring to themselves, they were wondering if that was how arrogant Kimberly was, Shay and Jennifer weren't surprised for they knew that was how she was, a girl who disrespected everyone around her, as Kim entered the class, there was total silence, she was then followed by the teacher, he continued teaching and gave then a little assignment while he arranged some things in his bag, he sat on the teacher's seat and was seriously thinking about what had happened, he was sure Kim's mum was the reason why she was behaving in such way, he passed to other things and started checking the assignment he had given earlier, as he was checking he discovered Kim had still not done her assignment, he asked if Kim was tempting him, she said no that she did not know what the assignment was talking about, and he asked her why she did not raise her hand to ask questions and she said, she was afraid. The teacher explained what the assignment was all about and that was when she started doing her's. The teacher did not really like her energy as they were full of negative vibes. After school Jennifer was going back home, she was with Shay as they were walking, they discussed what happened in class, Jennifer told Shay that Kimberly was getting out of hand, Shay replied saying it was her business, not his. Jennifer sounded worried for Kimberly, though Kim never wanted her friendship there was something in her which couldn't stop thinking about her. She was home already, her mum was still in the kitchen, she was making fried potatoes with beans, Jennifer removed her dresses and went to the kitchen to help her mum, while they were working, Jennifer explained to her mum what happened in class and how Kim's mum was summoned, Benedict wasn't surprised as she already knew the kind of people she was dealing and working for, but she had no choice because she needed money to take care of her kid and her needs. After all, the West shoe company was the highest paying company in the area, she had to swallow her pride and go in for the job, it wasn't easy working for arrogant people, as she said but for money, she had to throw away her pride and stick to the rules. Some hours later the food was ready and served,