Connor's POVThe receptionist at my apartment called me and told me a young lady wanted to see me. She was here earlier today. I immediately know that it is Eva. I understand she will be angry with me for taking Norma's side. However, I couldn't help it. Norma looked so sad today, and I think her parents kicked her out of the house. Why else would she work in a diner? I wonder what happened, but I am sure Eva will tell me everything after she shouts at me. Jimmy is staying with me tonight, and we are playing games. I say to the receptionist to let her in. "Let me guess, Eva is here," Jimmy says. "Yeah, she is here. I think the two of us will get it," I say. We smile at each other because we no longer take Eva seriously. My door bursts open. This is supposed to be my first night in my apartment, and I'm already having drama."How dare you? How do you take that woman's side over mine? I lost my job tonight, or because of you! I thought we were supposed to be friends. How could you do
Eva's POVI look furious at the two people who were supposed to be my best friends. I cannot believe that I have betrayed myself for somebody like Norma. They always took my side. I was like a sister to him. Connor and I have been dating for a few years, and I thought we would get married. But then I decided I didn't want to get married. And that is why I broke up with Connor. I like to become something on my own. I like to show the world that I do not need a man to be happy. I can reach out and show everybody I am worthy of this bursary. I do not care that my parents gave me money, and I do not care that people think that I should give back the bursary for poorer people to use. Why should I? I have deserved it. I have worked hard for it, as I did not know if my parents would give me money to go and study further. Besides, who are they to judge me? Jimmy took his scholarship. We all know that Connor's mother and father would have paid Jimmy if he had not gotten a scholarship. "Well,
Connor's POVI want to find out what Norma's story is. Why is she working in the diner? And is Eva even telling us the truth? Eva has been very jealous of Norma ever since we started going to school. I think Eva did not care about Norma's parents, but she did not like that Norma won many beauty pageants. I know a lot of women are very jealous of women who are beautiful and when beauty pageants or become models or something like that. I constantly criticize those people who are attractive. I think it is human nature to be jealous of the most beautiful people around you. I always felt that Norma thought she was better than us. She never invited us to her birthday parties or her house. Now I wonder if it is because she was ashamed of her parents. Perhaps she didn't want us to see how her parents treated her. Maybe she didn't even like participating in beauty pageants. I remember that she always had to look like a doll when she was a little girl. When she was older, she always had to loo
Norma's POV"That guy cannot keep his eyes off you. Who is he? He looks very familiar, but I cannot place him," Cassie asks me. "Who are you talking about?" I ask. "The one who gave you that big tip," Cassie says. "Oh, that is Connor Stone. His mother is a lawyer, Belinda Stone, and his father is, Chase Stone. We went to school together," I say. I have not told anyone that I am the daughter of Mike and Rita Peterson. Everybody knows that my father is wealthy. My mother is a socialite who never worked a day in her life, and she blames me for ruining her body. "So you must have gone to a very prestigious school. What are you doing in a diner like this? Your parents must be very wealthy," Jennie says. She is also one of the servants but is not always friendly. "They are, but my mother is the most prominent socialite in town and wanted me to live her dream. Since I was a little girl, I had to participate in all the beauty pageants there. When I finished school, I decided not to parta
Connor's POVI have not talked to Norma like I wanted to. I didn't have a chance as she was busy all night. I will go every night until there is a slow night to sit down and talk to her. I want to know what happened between her and her parents. I know Norma does not usually talk about herself, but she has found a new freedom and is not shy anymore. Perhaps she was ashamed of her parents like we all thought. I never understood the situation in her house, as we never really cared. We were all worried about Eva because we felt she was being bullied. We never saw Eva's other side until later on. She would go out of her way to humiliate Norma. Even when Norma was sitting alone, Eva would ask her if she had no friends. It felt like Eva was enjoying every moment of Norma's misery. That is all in the past now. I am no longer friends with Eva because she made it clear that she has changed and does not need us anymore. I saw the disappointment on her face when Jimmy told her he decided to take
Connor's POVI don't know if I should be happy or scared to talk to Norma. She has changed a lot. I do not know if she will open up to me because I have always been nasty. But I hope she will open up and tell me why she is working here and not staying with her parents anymore. It seems like she can use all the friends that she can get. Her parents have always been strict with her, but I always thought they loved her. Why would they allow their daughter to work in a diner if they loved her? I know my mother has been friends with her mother, but they were not close. They just moved in the same circles. Her mother always tried to make friends with my mother, but my mother is not somebody who just made friends with anyone. She has to trust them before she makes friends. My mother is very funny in that way. She has a very few close friends. I know she had a lot of issues growing up with a father like hers. I've never met my grandfather, and I am not planning on meeting him. According to me
Connor's POVAs a week passes, we get busy at the university and work late at night as my father does not take it easy on Jimmy and me. It means we cannot go to the diner as often as I like. I cannot forget Norma. I do not know what it is about her that always reminds me of her. She has truly changed. She looks happy and smiles a lot. Something that she hardly did in school. Am I falling in love with her? Jimmy and Cassie have been seeing each other a lot lately. Cassie's real name is Cassandra. They are dating, and I am happy for Jimmy. I always thought he had a thing for Eva, but Eva was my girlfriend, and Jimmy would never do anything to hurt me. I do not know how to get Norma out of my mind because I do not know if we will be compatible. Jimmy thinks that I should give it a try."Do you think that Norma and I will make the perfect couple? What if she is just as evil as Eva, but she hides it better? You know, Eva has disappointed me a lot. I always thought we would be friends until
Norma's POVI am very nervous about going out with Connor tonight. I have loved him for a long time, but I did not dare to tell him because he did not like me in school. I'm afraid this is just a setup, and he will try to make a fool of me. I am not the easiest person to get along with in school. I was unhappy at home, so I wanted to take it out on innocent people at school, and it was wrong of me. I never liked to be a bully. I never wanted anybody to think of me the way I thought of my mother. But I had to protect myself from people always wanting to hurt me. Sometimes, I pretended to look down on people, but it was not because I wanted to. It was because I was hurting so much insight that I couldn't help myself being nasty to other people. Besides, back then, I was only a child. The older I got, the more I understood that I could not vent my frustrations on others. The hurt I was feeling inside of me. I could not inflict on other people. I know it wasn't very good of me. What could