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Chapter 7: The Fated Encounter
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Shane first went back to the dorm to freshen up. He wasn’t really into social gatherings, but if he didn’t want to be seen as an outcast in his class. He knew that the sooner he interacted with his classmates, the better. He also kept reminding himself that he was on a deadline and that he had to make sure he get his hands on some funds as soon as possible. Around quarter to seven the evening, Shane arrived at the le Chapeau, a French restaurant located in the heart of Los Angeles. It was quite a fancy place, but the prices. Shane swallowed hard as he thought about what it would cost to dine there. After a few minutes he saw a few familiar faces. It was his classmates. To Shane’s surprise, a few of them even brought along dates. He was worried for Hilton’s budget, since he thought some of the guys should be more considerate. After all, they were not the ones who were going to settle the bill. Shane was wearing casual, but even so, he still looked quite handsome. He had on a shirt,
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Shane was almost ten feet away from the robbers when he looked over in the direction of Hilton and Isabel. Isabel had fiery angry eyes as she glared daggers at Hilton. She couldn't believe that her boyfriend was so spineless that he accepted them getting robbed without even putting up a fight. What kind of man would do that? Shane also noticed that Hilton was hysteric. It seemed like it was the first time he ever found himself in a situation like that, and judging from his actions, he had no idea what he should do. Shane pitied him, because it wasn't really his fault and there was nothing he could do about it. "No, hand over the keys of the car, right now," the female said. It seemed like she was miraculously cured from the injuries she sustained when Hilton hit her with the car. When she heard the demands, Isabel almost lost it. Who did the woman think she was? Did she really think Isabel would give her the car without giving up a fight. She had to beg her parents for two years bef
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Shane drove back to his dormitory in silence. He had no idea what Hilton did when he left him alone, although he was worried about the state of mind he was in. Shane wondered what was going through both his and Isabel’s minds. The two of them just survived a very traumatic experience. It would make sense if they fought and made up very soon. Shane arrived at the dormitory, but when he opened the door, he saw two new faces in the living room. The two boys he saw turned out to be his new dorm mates. The two of them were going to share the other room, since Shane and Calvin were sharing one already. When they saw Shane’s face, the two boys looked at him from head to toes and just sighed. The boys had the appearances of rich spoiled brats. Shane was in no mood to entertain them at all. He just greeted the two boys and went to his room. When he saw his bed, Shane threw himself on the soft mattress. He was exhausted and just wanted to lay down for a while. Shane was still in bed thinking
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The more Shane exposed what happened, the more angry Isabel grew. How dare Shane talk so much. He even made it sound as if she was the one who pushed Hilton over the edge. The dean listened attentively before he decided he had enough. He didn’t say anything else, but he did tell Isabel to leave the two of them. He also gave her a stern warning to never cause such a scene on campus again. It was unbefitting of her and it was especially rude since she was a first year student. Isabel agreed and left the two of them alone. The dean had a sad expression as he looked at Shane's face. He signaled to the boy to sit down on the chair opposite his. Shane did exactly what was asked of him. He was still fuming with the way Isabel accused him. What nerve she had. "Mr Lincoln, I know that you are innocent and that you have nothing whatsoever to do with the incident involving Mr Jackson," the dean said. He was still deep in thought as his eyes avoided Shane's. One could see that he was in a batt
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The voice belonged to Calvin’s father, Richard Fry. He was surprised to see one of his own bodyguards get disarmed so easily. Who was Shane and where did he come from?However, Mr Fry wasn’t satisfied at all. He stopped Shane from dealing the decisive blow because he thought Shane was about to end the life of one of his bodyguards. He just couldn’t stand by and watch it happen. “You three, go get him!” Mr Fry ordered to the other three bodyguards he had around him. Calvin was still shell shocked from when he saw Shane take out the bodyguard like that. He didn’t know Shane was really that capable. Calvin’s plan was to ask his father to be his bodyguard and when his father would ask Shane to demonstrate his skills, he would ask the guards who would be up against him to throw the match. It didn’t look like it was needed with the first guard, but since it was three now, Calvin knew that Shane was in trouble. The three men attacked in unison. The goal was not to give Shane an opening a
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After a month of training that way, Calvin could finally notice a difference in his body. His abs became more toned, and his muscles were growing larger and larger. Calvin felt that there was progress in building his body, but he was still pretty much useless in a real fight since he didn’t train how to do that. “When are we finally going to learn how to throw some hands,” Calvin asked impatiently. Shane shook his head. Didn’t Calvin know that one first had to walk before they could run. Since it was a Saturday morning and there was no school, Shane told Calvin that they would start his combat skill training the following morning. Shane was impressed that Calvin managed to improve so much in a month’s time. Shane told Calvin that he could take the day off and rest. Doing too much exercises were not necessarily good for the body. One had to allow themselves to cool down from time to time."I think about trying out for the soccer team," Shane suddenly said out of the blue. There was
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"I must say, I am quite impressed. Who would have thought you had such talent?" she teased him. Shane blushed as he heard those words. "Please don't tell me you have been standing around all this time," Shane said. Melissa nodded. She was passing by the soccer field since it was weekend, but she saw the strangest sight as she was walking by. There was a student in the middle of the field, playing soccer while wearing glasses. That was the strangest sight she had ever seen. The closer she got, the more familiar the student looked to her. It was only when he was fouled in the penalty box and he removed his glasses for a second, that she realised that they boy was Shane. Without a doubt Shane was the best player in the match. "I watched your match, and I must say, you're pretty talented. I can't wait to see more of you," she said. "My match was at 11 in the morning. Don't tell me you have been waiting around for almost 7 hours!" Shane exclaimed. Melissa looked to the ground, hiding he
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Shane arrived at his dormitory to find Calvin doing push-ups in the room. It was already close to midnight, but Calvin was still up. Although Shane was proud that he was so dedicated, he still felt that when Calvin had a day off, he should put it to good use.He on the other hand was exhausted. He played soccer earlier the day and thereafter, he had to sit around and watch all of the matches. Then, he had to go on a 'not date' with Melissa, which ended with him trying to console a crying girl. Shane just wanted to get the day over and done with.He said goodnight to Calvin and got lost in his dreams. The weekend flew by in a flash and before he knew it, it was Monday already. Shane knew that it was the day, his trials was coming up. He had to make sure he made an impression to be remembered by forever.If he wanted to play first team soccer, he had to impress Carl Cheshire.Shane attended his classes in the morning and by late afternoon, his classes was finished. At four in the aftern
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Abner Musk was enraged. He was just strolling around with Isabel when Shane suddenly decided to slap him out of the blue. He was one of the wealthier first year students at Sommerset, so he never had someone stand up to him like Shane just did. He was so used to getting his way, so it came as a surprise to him that someone didn’t fear him. Did Shane even know who he was?“You have some nerve lifting your hand to me. You must be afraid of living!” he roared. He snapped his fingers and suddenly a group of ten students, all clad in black suits, surrounded Shane. He was going to teach Shane a lesson, even if it was the last thing he did. Just then, David and a group of his friends, passed by where Shane was. When he saw what was happening, he immediately rushed to Shane’s aid. Although the two of them were enemies at first because David attacked and hospitalised Derrick, David apologised and the two of them decided to let bygones be bygones. Now that Shane was being attacked, how could
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Maddie only looked at him once before she pulled the student along. Shane could see from the look in her eyes that she was kind of looking down on him. He immediately rose to his feet so that she couldn’t see him in that pathetic state anymore. “I’m sorry for walking into you,” Shane apologised again. The tall student was surprised to see that Shane was looking him dead in the eyes as he talked to him. He thought that grovelling on the ground fitted Shane better, but suddenly Shane was looking at him eye to eye. “Don’t bother with him, Gordon,” Maddie said as she quickly tugged his arm. Gordon Griqua’s eyes shifted to Maddie and nodded. The two of them walked away from Shane without bothering with him any longer. Shane, on the other hand didn’t want to let her go too soon. How could he? After all, it took him so long to lay eyes upon her again. Just as he was about to say something to the retreating couple, the other student who tried to punch him earlier, took another jab at him.
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Shane had his schedule worked out nicely for the next few weeks. He would attend most of his classes in the morning and during the afternoons, he would go for his internship at MST. A month after he started there, he received his first paycheck of two thousand dollars. Shane was ecstatic when he held the cheque in his hand. Although he really wanted to spoil himself, he knew that there was something far more important that needed the money. Shane immediately went to the bank to cash in the cheque and add it to his savings. He took a look at how much he saved already and was surprised to realise that he was only up to 8000 dollars. It had been two months already and he couldn't even manage to get to ten thousand dollars. He still had more than 50 000 dollars to go if he wanted to have enough money to pay off the debt of his parents. Shane let out a sigh after he cashed in the cheque. He knew that at his current pace, there was no way he would get to the required amount in the time th
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Just as Shane was about to retaliate against the remarks made by Elsa and her friends, he was interrupted by a girl pulling his arm.“So this is where you have been all along,” the girl said. He turned to look and was surprised to see Melissa. She gave him a look of urgency and started to pull him away. Shane was surprised by her aggressive nature. Just what got into her?Elsa was livid when she saw how bold Melissa got. She was really looking for trouble now. Didn’t she see that they were still busy talking? She got angry and told her friends to surround the two of them before they got away. She was going to teach Melissa a lesson that she would never forget today.“Just where do you think you’re off to in such a hurry?” she asked with an angry face. Shane was starting to get more irritated. What was the deal with Elsa? It seemed like she wanted to make Shane angry. She was just looking for a reaction from him. If that was what she wanted, Shane would gladly agree to give to her.“Sh
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Calvin left Shane alone and said that he would return back to the mansion. He told Shane that he didn't have to worry about sharing the dorm room again, because he didn't think he would return again. Shane understood completely. He let his rage take control of him and dragged Calvin into his own vendetta. That wasn't fair towards Calvin at all. Shane attended his classes that whole day, while constantly looking over his shoulder. It is not that he was afraid of David and his gang, he just didn't want to fight on the campus grounds. What if he get expelled again. The reason he was so brazen earlier to fight David, was because of pure blind rage. He had a tunnel vision and he only saw red when he remembered how David was smiling after he stabbed Derick.During lunch time, Shane went to get himself something to eat from the cafeteria. He heard a few students mention a fight that broke out this morning. He couldn't help but lend his ear to them."So after he and his friends were beaten
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The following day after the incident in the club, Shane and Calvin were on their way to school when they overheard a few students talk about something very interesting. Shane peaked his ears so that he could hear better what it was that they were saying. “They said it was a miracle that a passerby managed to find him. If it wasn’t for that, Pete might have lost his life,” one student said to her friend. “Wasn’t Pete dating Alicia for the past week or two? I think I also heard how one of her other exes mysteriously got hurt in an accident. Do you really think it’s a coincidence?” the other student responded. Shane had a clear idea what they were talking about. Pete, Alicia’s boyfriend, must have been attacked by David. At least that is what she tried to convey to him the previous evening. Shane still remembered how she almost had a begging look in her eyes. She was terrified of David, but she still put on a brave face. What was he supposed to do? He couldn’t just stand around and w
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Shane arrived at his dormitory to find Calvin doing push-ups in the room. It was already close to midnight, but Calvin was still up. Although Shane was proud that he was so dedicated, he still felt that when Calvin had a day off, he should put it to good use.He on the other hand was exhausted. He played soccer earlier the day and thereafter, he had to sit around and watch all of the matches. Then, he had to go on a 'not date' with Melissa, which ended with him trying to console a crying girl. Shane just wanted to get the day over and done with.He said goodnight to Calvin and got lost in his dreams. The weekend flew by in a flash and before he knew it, it was Monday already. Shane knew that it was the day, his trials was coming up. He had to make sure he made an impression to be remembered by forever.If he wanted to play first team soccer, he had to impress Carl Cheshire.Shane attended his classes in the morning and by late afternoon, his classes was finished. At four in the aftern
