Because of the birthday banquet and her stay in the hospital, Sharon missed another week of classes. Again. The first mock tests were now less than half a month away. As soon as Sharon returned, she could feel that the atmosphere in the class was much tenser. The weirdest part was that no one commented on her missing out on an entire week's worth of classes. ... In the past, she would have been swarmed with people saying things like how she could choose not to attend classes because she had the backing of someone rich like Leonard. Sharon soon found her seat and sat down. She studied the students around her who were busy studying and knew that she had no time to accustom herself to the pressure. With a deep sigh, she pulled out all the exercise papers she had missed from under

