Casse

Ch.02

A year has passed before we know it. Karina is entering the same university with Jenna. David has promised to send her abroad if she doesn't do what he says.

Today is the second day of campus orientation. The schedule includes an introduction to the campus environment by touring it. Karina left early today to look for something she left behind in class during yesterday's equipment session. Unlike Karina, Jenna just arrived late today because she had overslept earlier. In the end, Jenna was punished for cleaning the women's restroom. Karina, upon hearing that Jenna was punished for cleaning the restroom, immediately denied it.

"I'm Sorry. I will replace Jenna by serving her sentence," "Want to be a hero?" One of the seniors there mocked Karina for wanting to replace Jenna." No. Jenna can't be tired. It's very dangerous for her. I'll take her place," "Everyone here is tired. Don't be spoiled!" The voice of the other senior's name is Kananda Ann. "Jenna has a problem with her health," "You seem to know Jenna very well. Are you her family?" "I'm Jenna's sister," Oh, God! Karina was so pissed off right now. Jenna hadn't even uttered a single word since earlier. And that was making Karina incredibly irritated.

"Okay, then you can replace Jenna with a note. Jenna still has to serve her sentence. She only has to run around the field three times, and you can clean the restroom instead." "Yes," Karina was actually worried when her seniors told her Jenna had to run around the field three times. The field was quite large, and she was sure Jenna would be exhausted. But Jenna assured Karina that she would be fine.

Ten minutes into the punishment, Karina saw her senior running towards the field in a hurry. "What's wrong?" "There was a new student who fainted while serving her sentence. Without thinking, Karina ran towards the field. Karina was sure it was Jenna. And sure enough, as she entered the crowd, Karina saw Jenna lying there with no one bothering to help her get to the infirmary. "They say it's the number one campus in Canada. But when they saw a new student faint, no one wanted to help. No one sense of humanity!" After that, Karina carried Jenna on her back to take her to the health services.

"Can't you take care of your sister? You know she shouldn't be tired. Why do you still let her run around the field?!" You probably know who slapped Karina. Yes, her father, David Wallters. He slapped his daughter right in front of all the students, male and female and seniors. Karina just stood there, not responding. "Answer, me! Don't just keep quiet!" "I've replaced her to clean the restroom, but the seniors still gave Jenna the punishment of running around the field," Again. Karina's right cheek was slapped again." You can protest again, right?!" "I've just protested. But Jenna—" Karina unprepared, fell when David slapped her for the third time. This time, David even hit her. She was embarrassed. Why did her father have to do this? Slapped her in front of the other student. Her father even ignored the other students' shouting for him to stop.

"Don't blame Jenna. Your job on campus is to protect her! Don't blame her if you're the one who made the mistakes!" "I told you about Jenna herself-" Before Karina could finish her sentence, David wanted to slap her again. Karina simply closed her eyes, preparing for another slap from her father. Before his hand on Karina's cheek, a voice interrupted him.

"Do not commit acts of violence on campus. It's not good," "Who are you?" "Said Kananda Ann. Senior and also the training organizing committee chair. Yes, she protested. But Jenna herself decided to carry out her own punishment. Don't blame Karina," "Don't interfere in my affairs with my daughter," Kananda didn't listen. His hand reached out to help Karina to stand up and disperse the students who were still watching. Then he helped carry Karina to the infirmary. David just snorted and left.

In the infirmary, Kananda treated Karina's wounds. Karina remained silent, staring blankly ahead.

"What's your full name?" Kananda started the conversation." Karina Walters," "Jena's sister?" "Yes," "On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I apologize. Because one of our members punished Jena, your father hit you," "It is a common occurrence," "You? Your parents often hit you?" Kananda was a little afraid to ask this. It seemed Karina was very used to getting hit by her father. "Hmm," was all Karina could say to Kananda. "Is Jenna awake?" Karina asked one of the school health unit administrators. "It's been a while. When your father came," said the school health unit administrator named Anna. Karina approached Jenna, ignoring Kananda's sad gaze.

"Karina, are you okay?" "You didn't tell Daddy?" Karina didn't answer Jena's question and immediately asked what she wanted to ask. "What you mean?" "You didn't tell Papa that you assured me you were okay with the punishment?" Jenna was silent. Seeing Jenna's silence, Karina wanted to slap Jenna several times. But she still managed to hold it in.

"If you tell him, at least he won't slap me and make me feel embarrassed in front of the students and seniors! It seems like you really enjoy seeing me being slapped by him." "It's not like that, Karina," Karina left the school health unit without a word, ignoring Jenna's calls. "Next time, if you're the one who's wrong, just admit it. Poor Karina, she was slapped by your father because of your mistake," Kananda left the infirmary after telling Jenna that. Jenna remained silent. What is wrong with her wanting attention?

Karina was noticed by all the students on campus. News of Karina's slap by her own father quickly spread throughout the campus. Many pitied Karina, as she seemed to be ignored by her own father. Karina even had to cover her ears for days while on campus. Because everyone talked about her.

"KARINA!" Karina heard someone shout her name. When she turned around, it was true. There, Zara called out to her. Zara had been Karina's best friend since mid-high school. It turns out that Zara attends the same college as Karina, but Zara is majoring in Art. Huh, Karina was so jealous. She really wanted to major in the same field as Zara. But her destiny had left her as Jena's guardian.

"You alone?" "Tsk. If you see someone else behind me, that means I'm not alone, Zara." "There's someone behind you, Karina." Karina furrowed her brows. Then she turned back." Oh my," Karina rubbed her chest. Surprised to see a tall figure staring at her blankly. "Get out of my way," "Your way?" "Tsk." The person immediately hit her until Karina staggered backwards slightly.

"Who is he?" "People say. His name is Christian Burn. The kid who owns this campus," "So arrogant," "He said he was the Prince here. Has a gang called 'Xavier'. And he is the leader," "Grade?" "It's the fourth grade now. Failed four courses twice," "That kind of thing is called a Prince? How crazy!" "I don't know. As long as it doesn't happen, they've messed around with their gang. They say they're always short-tempered. They also say one of them was hospitalized for two weeks after accidentally dropping a member's cell phone." "It looks normal,"

Karina was in the restroom cleaning the stain on her shirt that had been stained with coffee by a senior whose name Karina didn't know. "Karina," Karina knew this voice. She knew him so well. It was the voice of the man Karina had looked up to. Before the big thing happened. Karina turned around. Sure enough, there was a figure standing there—her ex-boyfriend, Mark Lee.

"Karina," Karina turned her body to face her ex-boyfriend, Mark Lee. "What else is in there?" Karina answered Mark's call with a flat tone and gaze. "I want to talk about something," "We have talked about this, and we have no more business," "Karina, I'm sorry," "I have forgiven you," Karina wanted to walk away before Mark's voice interrupt her again. "I want us to go back," Karina's eyes were red, and her hands were clenched into fists to hold back her emotions until her nails turned white. Karina tried to hide her feelings. She didn't want to draw attention to herself anymore, because she was caught slapping Mark. Karina turned around her body and approached Mark closer.

"Do you want us to go back?" Mark nodded. "After what did you do to me?" Mark silent. "After I saw you playing with my own sister?" "Karina, we'd talked about this before. Jenna was drunk," "BUT YOU'RE NOT MARK LEE! You're still fully conscious. Was it that hard for you to take her home? But instead, you took her to your apartment and you two did something you shouldn't have done, without realizing I was still in your apartment!" Karina's eyes welled up. She didn't want to cry. But what could she do? Her tears just came out. "And you even shamelessly asked us to get back together after you and Jenna were already a couple?"

"Karina," Karina looked back. There was Jenna, who was watching her with Mark. "Take care of your lover!" "Karina, what are you doing here?" Jenna was seen approaching Karina and Mark. "I'm leaving," after that, Karina left the restroom without paying attention to Jenna's question.

Karina sat silently on the cafeteria bench. She remembered what had led to the breakup of their relationship four months ago. Karina couldn't deny that she still loved him. But she was trying her best to forget him for her sister's sake.

Flashback.

Tonight is the graduation celebration at Karina's school. Karina went home early because she wanted to prepare a surprise for Mark. She cooked and decorated the room to celebrate their graduation. But unexpectedly, Mark came home earlier than she expected. She didn't come out of the bathroom in Mark's room because she was afraid that Mark would find out she was there. But who would have thought? What she saw was Mark carrying Jenna in his arms while kissing Jenna's lips passionately. Karina was speechless, and her legs went weak. She looked at Mark and Jenna having 's*x' with her own eyes. Karina couldn't hold it in anymore. She left Mark's apartment quietly and went to her apartment.

Karina had been sobbing in her room for three hours. But Karina wouldn't stop crying. Mark's calls were numerous and unanswered. This was the first time she had cried over a man. Even when her father slapped her everyday, she never cried. Don't know why, but she couldn't stop her crying, which slowly stopped because she fell asleep.

Mark knocked on the door of Karina's apartment and was impatient. He wanted to explain everything to Karina. He was sure she saw him 'playing' with Jenna because he saw Karina's bag in his apartment. Mark tries to enter Karina's apartment password. Her birthday is incorrect. His birthday date was wrong too. And he tried it with their anniversary date. It turns ou to be right. Mark immediately went into Karina's room and asked how he wanted to cry when he saw her sleeping with her hed down and leaning beside the bed. He was sure Karina wanted to muffle her cries.

"Karina," no answer. "Karina," there was no answer. Karina slowly lifted her head, which felt dizzy from crying so late last night. "M-mark," "Did you come to my apartment last night?" "Get out," "Karina, I—" "Get out," "Karina, please" I will explain everything," "I SAID GET OUT, MARK LEE!!" "Karina, please. This is not like what you saw yesterday." "Please, Mark. I need to calm myself down first," "O-okay. Call me when you're ready to hear everything,"

Karina approached Mark on the seventh day. She hadn't seen him. She wanted to know why he had done such a thing to her. "At that time, Jenna was drunk. I was looking for you, but I forgot that you had already come home. I was going to take her to your house. But she kissed me first and I lost control. I couldn't hold it all in. And I accidentally did that to her,"

"Do you know what happened to Jenna after you did that? She cried and told Daddy that my boyfriend was harassing her. Mommy slapped me repeatedly. Daddy beat me until I was bruised and I was thrown out of the house!" Karina took a deep breath. "Let's break up. I can't be in a relationship with someone who can't take care of himself like you, Mark," After that, Karina went to her apartment. She just waited for her parents to call her back home.

Flashback off.

"Karina," Karina immediately wiped away the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. "Zara," "I saw you just had a fight with Mark. Still talking about that issue again?" "Hmm. I can't control myself when I'm in front of him. After all, I've been with him for a long time. I still love him to some extent and I can't forget him that quickly," "I'm sure, slowly, you will be able to forget him. Don't think about it too much. Just focus on your education now. I don't want my best friend to go crazy because of a man like him."

Karina laughed together with Zara. Only Zara was the one who was the motivation for her life this time. Only Zara understands her feelings and Zara has been Karina's only friend since long ago.

~to be continued~