"Aria Cooper! How dare you steal the test papers? You didn't even attend any classes and you didn't know what I taught in the class, how can you answer all the questions?"

Aria didn't respond.

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Teacher Bell banged a book on the table making her jerk, Aria opened her mouth to speak, "I didn't…" She was cut off.

"Don't even dare to refuse! Your audacity was high when you didn't have a mother. Now you have crossed your line after your father's death. Is this the upbringing of your parents? Just because I made small mistakes, weren't you insulting me in front of all? Now you have stolen the paper, what should we do? Speak."

Aria bit her lips before speaking, "Since my response doesn't matter as you have already decided I have stolen. Do you have any proof to prove it? And importantly, YOU have no right to talk about my personal life. Mind your business."

Aria wouldn't have spoken but she couldn't take it when he spoke about her parents. She took a deep breath and continued.

"If you are incapable of accepting the fact that you don't know, you feel it like an insult. If you accept it, you will learn from it. If nothing, I have a class to attend and I would like to leave."

What she said, enraged Teacher Bell and he fumed looking at teachers who heard Aria giving him judgemental looks. He raised his hand and slapped her who had kept her gaze down all the time.

"You! Daughter of a bitch. I dare you to say it again. If you are so proud of your nasty parents! Go and get your parents or else you are not allowed to attend any class. Get out."

Aria who had fallen on the floor due to the slap stood back on her foot clenching her fist tight. She took steps towards the exit but went back in front of the teacher who spat at her instantly, "What?"

She flung her hand violently than him and with all her might. "This is for dissing my parents." Her words were icy cold.

All froze in the office. Nobody stopped him when he hit her but they tried to stop her but she didn't hear them.

Since her slap was fierce, Teacher Bell's skin got cut inside his mouth and blood oozed out making him go crazy tasting the blood, "How dare…"

She flung her hand on another side with much force ignoring the sharp pain which she felt. "This is for slapping a student which is illegal."

The office room went to silent mode until Teacher Bell composed himself to stand breathing heavy. "You…"

She again flung her hand brutally, "This is to tell you that you are just a pile of muck." Finally, Teacher Bell couldn't balance and fell on the floor.

After finishing, she walked out clenching her jaw, eyes bloodshot to hold her pain from her right palm, and exited the school.

She didn't see anything anywhere and walked. She didn't respond to anyone who ever tried to talk looking at her swollen cheek and blood on her lips corner.

She just walked, walked alone looking ahead. Only one line rang in her mind, 'Get your parents.'

She had walked for more than six miles to reach the cemetery above the uphill and slumped on the ground in front of her parents' tomb. "Mom! Dad! I'm sorry I let you down… Dad! You know I don't steal papers, right? I really didn't do it... Dad! Why did you leave me?... Why did you leave me alone here? Dad…"

Aria kept on repeating 'Dad! Why did you leave me?' numerous times as she cried on and on...

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Soon, Aria hit Teacher Bell spread like wildfire in the school which was heard by the principal too. When the principal asked the teacher Bell, he blamed everything on Aria and mentioned that she stole test papers and cheated. She should be expelled immediately was the conclusion by the teacher.

Eva, Noah, and Rian checked the complete school and didn't find Aria. Seeing Rian charging towards Teacher Bell, Eva and Noah tried to stop him but he shrugged their hands and held the teacher's collar.

"What nonsense did you tell Arrie? Speak before I crush your bones."

His voice was piercingly harsh. Luckily, their home teacher returned to the office room and stopped Rian. The latter respected the home teacher a lot hence he left Teacher Bell still fuming.

Teacher Bell was bullshitting saying the students in their class were impudent which nobody cared to hear.

Noah who was panicked told to Rian, "Call Brother Alan. If Arrie left school to somewhere else, we can't find her."

Rian did as he said and exited the office to call Alan. The latter paused his meeting to receive the call as Rian called to his private number instead of a personal number. The private number was for emergency purposes hence he didn't think twice and received.

"Brother Alan, we can't find Arrie in school. We had a surprise test today which was based on the last two weeks' portions. Noah asked the teacher to let Arrie off but he hates Arrie hence she had to attend the test. Maybe she must have left the paper blank so Teacher Bell called her to the office but he didn't allow us to be with her. After that, we didn't see her. There are rumors in school that Arrie slapped the teacher. She never hits for no reason but she is nowhere available. That teacher is spouting nonsense and telling Arrie will be rusticated. We are scared that she may be left school alone after it. Her wallet, mobile, bag everything is in the class. We don't know what to do. The security department didn't allow us to check the surveillance footage and the principal isn't meeting us saying he is busy. Brother Alan, what to do?"

As soon as Alan heard, 'We can't find Arrie in school.' he had stopped and left the meeting hall dismissing as he heard Rian going downstairs. He hopped in his car with his assistant. "Drive to school" He instructed his assistant.

"Rian, I'm coming. Relax." He finished and hung up the call.

He quickly called a number and spoke, "I'm sending you a picture, check all the bus, railway station immediately and other places."

He hung up after hearing the response.

He dialed to call the school principal, his assistant asked. "President Morgan, what happened at school? Is Second young master in the problem again?"