Noah

Chapter 5 Causes of Problems

The girl next to Lana's face turned red. "What do you think? Lana, we're adults now, and I'm not like you, whose life is constantly restricted." You're constantly restricted by your parents."

Lana's friend was actually a good girl, but she didn't get any attention from her parents. Her parents were divorced, and Lana's friend lived with her mother, who never took care of her, only giving her luxuries without love. Her father was the same, never caring about her because he had a new family.

"I don't want to think about that right now. Here!" Lana tried to take the safety device.

"Eh! Why are you taking it again? I'm going to keep it and use it tonight with my new boyfriend at home. My mom is away, so I'm free to do whatever I want." The girl smiled at Lana.

"Oh my God!! You can buy it yourself, give it back!" Lana tried to grab it, but her friend ran away with it, forcing Lana to chase after her. Lana's friend tried to tease Lana. "Give it back, curly hair! Don't play around."

"Don't call me that, Lana! I'm not giving it back, chase me if you can," she teased.

The girl ran away with Lana chasing after her. The other children who saw this just shook their heads. Some of them knew what Lana's curly-haired friend was carrying, but they didn't seem to care. Perhaps they were already familiar with it.

"Children—"

Thud...

Suddenly, the curly-haired girl Lana had teased bumped into someone as she looked up.

"Miss Emma!" Lana exclaimed in surprise when she saw who her friend had bumped into.

The beautiful woman, who was none other than their teacher, looked shocked at the object that had fallen from her student's hand.

"What is this?" The teacher picked it up. Immediately, her eyes widened in anger. Lana immediately approached and helped her friend stand up.

Lana and her friend looked frightened. All the students there looked at where Lana and her friend were standing with frightened faces. Some of them whispered something.

"Miss Emma, I can explain all this," said Lana's friend.

"What is this? Why did you bring something like this to school?" Miss Emma's eyes stared sharply at Lana and her friend. "You know what this is, right? And it's not appropriate for you to bring this to school. Now explain to me, who owns this?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Emma. Actually, Lana brought it, but—."

"What?! Lana?" The beautiful woman immediately looked at Lana in disbelief. "Lana! You come with me to the staff room now. You have to explain about this thing." The woman immediately grabbed Lana's hand and took her out of the classroom. Lana's friend, who was standing there, looked confused. She bit her index fingernail.

"What should I do?" Finally, her friend decided to follow Lana to the teacher's room.

Lana sat in front of Miss Emma in the teacher's room. Lana looked very scared, her fingers intertwined under the table. "Lana, I really can't believe you have this thing. Why would you keep something like this? Have you and your boyfriend been doing things that are beyond the limits?” asked the beautiful woman in a firm voice.

“Miss Emma, I’m sorry, but that item isn’t mine. Actually, I want to explain everything.”

“Explain what else? I really didn’t expect this from you. You’re a student who is known to be smart and has never gotten into trouble or caused any problems, but this? You’ve really disappointed me. I’d better contact your parents.”

Miss Emma tried to contact Lana’s parents. Lana now looked truly scared; she tried to explain, but it seemed like the teacher didn’t want to listen. Lana’s parents were also surprised to receive a call from the school; they immediately went to Lana’s school.

When they arrived, Lana's mother saw Lana's best friend standing in front of the teacher's room door. The pretty girl tried to smile at Lana's mother, but Lana's mother didn't smile back; instead, she stared at her with a disapproving look. Lana's parents immediately entered the teacher's room. "Lana, what's going on?" she asked with a shocked expression.

"You can sit down first, I will explain why I called Lana here." Lana's parents sat down next to Lana. Miss Emma explained why Lana had been called to the teacher's room, which of course shocked them, as they knew their daughter to be a good girl.

"What?! Are you sure about your accusation against my daughter, Lana? Lana wouldn't bring something like that. It must belong to one of Lana's friends, and they want to frame Lana," said Lana's mother angrily.

"I'm not going to make accusations. Lana, tell me!"

"Actually, I did bring it, but—."

"Lana! Have you gone crazy? Why did you do something so terrible?" Lana's father was very angry, his jaws clenched tightly.

Suddenly, Lana’s best friend barged in. She couldn’t bear to see her friend cornered over what was clearly just a misunderstanding. "I'm sorry, Miss Emma. It wasn't actually Lana's, but Lana did carry it. Lana met someone on the road whose car had broken down, and he gave Lana a ride. He also gave Lana his jacket to wear, and Lana didn't know there was something like that inside the jacket," explained the girl with curly hair.

"Lana, is that true?" asked Miss Emma, looking seriously at Lana.

"Yes, Miss Emma. If you don't believe me, Mom and Dad can ask the family's private driver. At that time, I forgot to return the jacket because the bell had rung.

"You're so careless, Lana! Why didn't you call Dad? Dad could have sent you a car to take you to school?"

"It was too late, Dad. I had to accept the guy's offer. I was afraid I would be late for school and miss the exam."

Finally, they made a final decision, which was to allow Lana to take the next exam, and this time Lana's mother waited for her until she finished the exam.

"Lana, I don't want you to be friends with that girl anymore! I know she's not a good girl, so I hope you stay away from her!" Lana just remained silent, then followed her mother out because she had finished the exam.

Outside, her mother had already gotten into their car, while Lana was busy trying to put the man’s jacket into her bag. Lana hoped she could meet the guy and return his jacket soon.

“Hey!” someone called out to Lana from a distance. Lana’s eyes widened as she looked to see who was calling her.