“I thought you asked me to hit you. Are you chickening out, Frankie?”
He did not know how to retort since he had urged Bonnie and Andreas to hit him. After some thought, he said, “I don’t care what you say. It’s wrong to hit people!”
Bonnie pulled him closer and stared at him imposingly. “So, do you think you can make fun of people and pick fights for fun? Did I hit or insult you in any way?”
“Um, you can’t—” Frankie did not know what to say.
Bonnie scoffed when she noticed his inability to respond. She said, “If you have nothing to say, shut your mouth.”
Then, she shoved him away. Frankie staggered backward before finally finding his footing. A moment later, he saw his classmates staring at him mockingly, as if he was useless because Bonnie had overpowered him.
Frankie was furious, thinking, ‘I can’t let it end like this!’
He taunted her again, “Everyone knows you don’t have the guts to hit me. You’re bluffing! Hmph, I thought you were tough, but you’re nothing! What a waste of my time!”
Bonnie remained unfazed and even laughed. She said, “The university observes strict rules on campus. Only dishonest and unscrupulous students like you can hit someone. We’re different from you, Frankie.”
He snorted and argued, “You can’t hit me, Bonnie. Since that’s the case, you’re trying to hurt me with words. You’ve achieved nothing!”
Bonnie grinned. “Heh, you’re right. I can’t teach you a lesson by hitting you, but I can’t say the same about your dad. I’ll call and tell him about your arrogance. We’ll see what he does to you.”
A moment later, she took her phone and called Corbin. The mention of him unnerved Frankie, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
‘The last time I exposed Bonnie’s wrongdoings in the meeting, Dad punched me. He even warned me to stop harassing her, or he’d make me regret it. Although I agreed back then, I got angrier the more I thought about it.
‘I only told him the truth. He can’t stop me from doing that, right? Also, why must I tolerate Bonnie constantly getting her way? Will the professors continue to side with her because of her good grades? They can’t remove everyone’s freedom of speech over that!’
Frankie did not care what others said. He would not tolerate Bonnie’s bad habits—not even his father could change that.
Suddenly, the fierce-looking Corbin entered. It just so happened he was in the middle of his lecture in the neighboring lecture hall. When he received Bonnie’s call, he knew his son was up to no good.
Corbin questioned angrily, “What the hell did you do now, Frankie?!”
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