Rebirth Into My Second Chance

"Dr. Hilton..." With no other choice, I climbed out of the car, under the watchful eyes of Claude and Kate, and took the passenger seat.

Claude looked lost in thought, a trace of displeasure flickering across his face.

As I hastily moved to the passenger side, Max said, "I never told you my name."

That caught me off-guard.

Rubbing my head, I remained silent.

Max didn't press further.

"Just drop me off nearby, I can walk to school from there," I suggested, thinking it would be a good opportunity to ask my advisor about an internship. Without much ado, Max actually pulled over and let me out.

Watching his car drive away without hesitation, I breathed a sigh of relief, wondering how I was going to explain knowing his name.

Lost in thought, I approached the school gates.

There was Claude, standing at the entrance once again, but this time, Kate wasn't by his side.

I couldn't believe how often he'd appeared in my life just from last night to now, seeking me out personally for the third time.

He spotted me, his long legs carrying him quickly in my direction, and without a word, he pulled me into his car.

"Claude, what are you doing?"

nerve in my body was

home. My mom

snapped the seatbelt over me as I instinctively resisted. But a stern look from him silenced me, "You want your

at him, disgusted by this low blow from Claude, using what I cared about most to threaten

my parents' ashes? I

Floyd, since when did you start making demands? Because of that

was referring to

anger over me riding with

my parents' ashes by right. I don't owe you; if

spoken to him

slammed on the brakes and pulled

"Get out."

the moment he demanded I leave, I

"Find

he

be unrelated to me since he's a lawyer,

But what spot?

he regretfully informed me, "You've been absent a lot recently, so the scholarship spot has been given

was to make sure

my fists

seemed apologetic as he handed me