บท 43: I'M BACK IN SCHOOL

— When they were on the way to school, Amaranta and Philip met Alberto Ortega, who before leaving for the capital city, Amaranta had asked to investigate how to change the ownership documents of her grandmother's house to the name of her as soon as she turned 18. For this reason, when they greeted each other, she stopped him and asked him, "Hello Alberto, did you investigate what I asked of you?"

"Hello Amaranta, I'm glad to see you again, how is your grandmother? It was very easy for me to get the information, when I finish school I'll explain everything to you, well for now I'll continue on my way, see you in the classroom." — and so Alberto got on his bicycle and went to school.

"Amaranta, we have to talk about the people I have hired to take care of your grandmother, I already have the cook, the caretaker, and now it has been decided that there will be a female bodyguard, but I am also going to bring two bodyguards for you." Philippe was saying all this while they were on their way to school.

—"I really appreciate what you're doing for us Philippe, but I think it's too much, but I think this is a little strange… You're not trying to get something from me, are you?

—"What does Amaranta mean by trying to get something from her?" Philip thought, she was Izan Marsans' saviour. If she tried to do anything to him, Izan would kill him.

—" Breastfeeding, although I belong to the entertainment circle, I do not approve of indecent practices, so I do not expect anything from you." Philip explained.

—"Philip, forgive me for having doubted you"

When they arrived at the school, Philip noticed that it was a very deteriorated building, I mean that some classrooms were already somewhat destroyed, the windows had broken window covers, there were weeds, and the wrought iron bars were rusty, as well as green tendrils climbing up. Through the red brick walls, however, the school gave off a feeling of familiarity.

The first thing Amaranta did when she arrived at school was to tell Professor Rodríguez that she had already arrived. "Mr. Rodríguez, I just returned from the capital, I immediately returned to classes," Amaranta reported.

—"Amaranta, who is this person…" I asked Professor Rodríguez, but she hesitated to respond, giving Philip a look, she only said "Mr. Rodríguez, this is my cousin who works in the capital."

—"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Rodríguez. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I know that Amaranta took a bit of a long leave, so she was out of town, I hope she is not too far behind in her work. Please, professor, help her and take care of her" Philip said in a very polite way.

— Professor Rodríguez, I see Philip, don't touch, he was wearing a custom-made suit that was probably very expensive, he looked handsome and has a family, probably rich, however, he was only a professor and couldn't ask such sensitive questions. And personal in front of a student, he simply reserved asking questions for when Amaranta was in the room "Amaranta, go to your classroom" said Professor Rodríguez with a big smile, Amaranta said goodbye to Philips and left.

— Already being in Amaranta's classroom, I notice the numbers on the blackboard. They indicated the number of days until the university entrance exam.

He sat next to Alberto Ortega and gave her a gift that he had bought in the capital city and said "look Alberto, this is for you"… Carlos assumed turned on his chair and extended his hand, asking Amaranta "what about me?" ?"…

Amaranta proceeded to give the entire class small gifts that she had bought in the big city, to each one of her classmates, they were trinkets, but to her classmates they seemed like great things. While she was delivering the gifts cars she asked herself "Amaranta, are you ready, don't forget that tomorrow is the simulation exam, is she sure she will pass it?"

After this comment, a very heated discussion began in the classroom between all the students present, some in favour of Amaranta and others against her. There were some girls who were very jealous of how Amaranta had returned with new clothes and how she looked spectacular. Before Amaranta spoke about the Film Academy in the capital city, in the small town where they lived, absolutely nothing was known about this school, but That didn't stop the superficial girls from this place from wanting to become big television stars, be famous, rich or movie stars. Those who applied to take the university exam did so in careers where they thought they could excel in a simple way, they never risked applying for complicated careers.

—"Amaranta, there is no problem with me if you want to cancel the competition, I don't want to embarrass you and make you have to jump on one foot like a rabbit in front of the whole school" Mariana Cid said without further ado.

—"Mariana, you haven't said hello to me, don't forget that I am your older cousin, you owe me respect, and I don't worry I'm not going to cancel the competition" Amaranta responded, taking her exercise book and starting to study.

Mariana Cid and the other students at the school assumed that Amaranta Cid had been having fun while she was out of school. They didn't know that Izan Marsans had been helping Amaranta with her studies, she hadn't got much sun in the capital, so her skin was pale, if these presumptuous boys had been more attentive, they might have realized that she hadn't They had been having fun, but their own jealousy didn't let them see beyond their nose.

While Amaranta was in the bathroom, she heard how some gossiping girls were saying unpleasant things about her.

"I heard from my mother that cancer is very expensive, how did Amaranta get the money to pay?"

—"She surely sold herself to a rich old man, I heard that last night she arrived in a very luxurious car"

—"this is what women who aspire to enter the world of entertainment are like"

Amaranta continues listening to them, she couldn't believe so much nonsense. She couldn't believe everything they were saying about these stupid girls, where they got so much lies from. When they least expected it, Amaranta showed up and everyone stopped talking. "Class disappointed everyone. I didn't sell myself to an old man, in fact, he's a young and handsome man, he's one you've seen in the movies. Are all of you going to be even more jealous of me?" While Amaranth was washing his hands, he told them I want this now to see red water on the faces of these gossiping women.

—"because better instead of spreading gossip that doesn't belong to you, you start studying to improve your university entrance exams" I replied.

That day at the end of classes, Amaranta was leaving school when Philip honked his car horn to get her attention. When she turned her head to see who was calling her, she saw that it was Philip in his car. "Philip, what are you doing here?" "Amaranta asked" "I was passing by here, so I came to pick you up, come up, let's go home"" Philippe Amaranta told her.

— When her classmates saw this, they couldn't help but gossip among themselves. He was so jealous of Amaranta, because she had a prince charming. These girls had been dreaming of a man who would take care of them from head to toe. That he loved and adored them as if they were a great treasure. That he was the man who gave them the best things in the world, and that he only had eyes for them.

—"That man looks so handsome"

—"Is that a Maybach?"

—"It's a luxury car"

That night Mariana Cid was very restless and upset. "I will humiliate Amaranta with my grades and make her do an erotic dance, not the rabbit one. In front of the whole school."