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Chapter 44: Where is a Secret in Me?
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2024-10-29 19:42:56In the afternoon after school, Arvin from the next class passed by the school building with his classmates and was about to head for the school entrance when one of Arvin's classmates tapped Leo Howard on the shoulder: "Look, up ahead at three o'clock is Kourtney."
The nineteen-year-old boy, the sun in full bloom, in high school uniform, a satchel slung casually over his shoulder, unruly and frivolous.
"Kourtney? Who is that?"
His classmate gave him a blank look, "Arvin, you don't even know who Kourtney is?"
"Who is she that I should know?"
"She's the student who transferred in later."
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