Enigma Of The Killer Lecturer

Hate Speech

Soraya froze in place, hearing every word they said. She was silent, unmoved and could not do anything. The more she listen to it, the more painful everything they say becomes.

"Tch, you bastard!" David growled in annoyance and immediately approached a group of gossipers consisting of 4 women and three men.

David stood in front of the blond haired boy who looked at him scornfully. David didn't flinch, he shot him a gruesome murderous stare.

"Tsk, what's wrong with you? What do you want, huh?" Said the young man pretended to be a respected ruler. Behind him, his six friends were acting arrogantly while hiding behind his back.

"Are you a girl or a boy? You gossiper!"

"Hey, what's the problem with you? You want to pretend to be a late night hero to defend the girl you love? Wow... well...David, how naive are you?"

"David, we have absolutely nothing to do with you! So don't interfere!" The black haired girl chirped who acted like a bad girl.

David growled in annoyance, he is not a person who is good at playing with words to bring down his opponent. But since starting an argument with Kimberly, David has begun to know how to read a situation.

"Do you find it very pleasant to slander other people? Are you really sure that what you are saying is fact? What if it is not true, while the person you have slandered has to live to suffer because of your actions?"

"What do you mean slander? Are you saying the letter that Kerry Smith wrote doesn't exist? Or are you trying to say that Soraya doesn't know anything at all? Hahahaha... hey David! Don't be stupid if Soraya Chamberlain bullied Kerry Smith!" Said the young man while throwing a cynical look at Soraya who was standing transfixed in the middle of the hallway with her head down.

"Tch, don't talk carelessly! You bastard!" David who had been provoked by emotion, began to clench his fists and thought of beating the young man in front of him.

"David stop it! You don't have to resort to violence!" Kimberly began to take part in this debate. She patted David on the shoulder and stood very quietly beside him. As if she already knew what she had to do.

"Hendrick, Stuart, Isabelle, Joana, Ryan, Courtney, Catherine. Can't you just shut up your mouth that smells of alcohol? You don't know how bad your breath smells!"

"What do you mean? Who are you calling bad breath?"

"Of course you and your friends, Hendrick! Oh yeah, how about the five bottles of beer you stole the other day? Have you returned them yet? never taught you that stealing is bad? You can't even afford a beer. What a shame!"

"You bastard, shut your mouth! You crazy woman...!" Hendrick who was annoyed and embarrassed immediately grabbed Kimberly by the collar and almost hit her.

"Hey, let her go...!" Said David and James who intervened to help Kimberly who was almost hit.

"Let go! Don't interfere! I'll beat this b***h in the mouth...!"

"Who do you mean by b***h?"

A tall man stood in the middle of the crowd and no one noticed his presence. For a moment they were silent, turned to him and looked at him. After realizing this figure who was standing with a terrible cold gaze made their facial expressions immediately change.

"Mr Stanley?"

"Hendrick Kowalski, after class ends today meet me in the art room. Looks like I have something to say!" He said expressionlessly. Everyone in the corridor shuddered at his mysterious, terrifying gaze. After saying that, he again walked away quietly.

They were still stunned and trying to digest what happened, what their mysterious lecturer had said. But before they could find an answer, Robert Stanley stopped walking and looked back, giving him an incomprehensible look.

"Soon long holiday starts. Since you won't be seeing each other for a while. So, be nice to your friends. No one knows that this could be your last meeting with each other!" He said coldly, then walked away again.

Of course it was not easy for them to understand that what he said was a threat. Except for Soraya, she started to have a bad feeling and that made her feelings even more calm.

The sound of Robert's footsteps filled the corridor which suddenly became very quiet. He has a strange charisma that is very frightening and that he is not someone to be trifled with.

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Soraya washed her face, she was determined to go back to the dormitory and get her things. However, when she started to set foot into the entrance. Her stomach felt very nauseous, she rushed to find the toilet and threw up.

The smell of this place and all, the images recorded in her head made her entire body ache. She couldn't bear to go back into the room even for a minute. Kerry's horrible face would definitely pop into her head.

"What should I do? I can't go back to that place anymore, I can't! She must still be there, she must be waiting for me! No, I don't want to go back to that room! I don't want to-"

"Soraya? Is that you?" Mrs Carla opened the unlocked toilet door and found Soraya alone with a pale face.

"Mrs Carla, I-"

"Oh my God, where have you been? I was so worried about you, you haven't been back since being taken to the police station and I was thinking of calling your parents because I thought you were missing!"

"I'm fine! Didn't Kimberly tell you I was staying at a relative's house?"

"Yeah, she told me. But I'm still worried. Are you all right?" Mrs Carla asked, she looking very worried. Soraya nodded slowly and smiled a little. She tried to hide her sadness.

"I'm fine!"

"I don't know what happened between you and Kerry Smith. But I believe you're innocent!"

"Why do you think so?"

"I don't know, but actually several times I've seen Joshua Peterson hanging around the third floor. I don't know what he's doing, I crossed paths with him and asked him not to come here anymore. He said that he visited his girlfriend who lives on the third floor. He said that his girlfriend had a poor mental health condition, that's why he came to watch her and make sure she was okay. I asked him what his girlfriend's name was and he said Kerry Smith. I called Kerry and asked her to explain to me. Kerry said that Joshua is her boyfriend and she has also asked your permission so Joshua can visit her. I believed her at the time, but apparently I was so stupid that I forgot something that was also very important. Namely ask you, at the hospital you said that, everything is fine. At that time I was wrong, nothing was fine only, right? Why didn't you tell me what really happened? Soraya, tell me what really happened?"

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