Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 14 A Great Photo With Depth

Each class lasted forty five minutes. When the bell for break rang, Eileen walked to the back row and picked up Elm’s desk from the floor. She even arranged the scattered books and papers neatly into the

drawer.

Many people were shocked at the gesture.

“Are you kidding me? Someone like Eileen, picking up after Elm like a maid? Did she lose her mind?”

“I can’t believe she’s doing that for her mortal enemy. Oh my god, I’m seeing things!”

Someone took out their phone, sneakily taking a photo Eileen and posting it on the school forum. Eileen did not pay any mind to the murmurs around her. She returned to her seat after she was done, having decided that she was just going to bear with Elm’s temper.

Just then, Charlie was talking about which bar they should go to at night.

Albert was on his phone, when a notification popped out of nowhere: I’m in shock! Eileen Swan actually…

He clicked in at the mention of Eileen’s name at once and a photo came up. It showed Eileen bent. over, a stack of books and papers in her hand. She seemed to be standing where…

“What the f*ck? Oh my f*cking god, take a look at this! Elm, look, Eileen’s picking up your books for you!”

thought he was

raised his eyebrows, glancing at the screen Albert had thrusted

the floor, her skirt draped around her. Eileen’s side profile was illuminated by the sunlight coming in from the window. Her back was bent as she had a stack of books and papers in her hands, another hand reaching for the other

a pretty

the canteen during the afternoon. She usually brought her own food to class, as she was a picky eater and did not really like the food at school.

the only person in class now. Everyone else had gone outside with

aglio olio pasta that Sharon had made, still focused

later, the other students started filing into the room. Eileen still had one question left.

sounded from the corridor. “Oh my god, it’s Elm Smith! Is he

her dodgy family, I don’t

Swans run the underground scene

yourself into

that no one dared to say any of this to Eileen’s face. Many of the students came from families who owned companies that had been screwed over by the

math problem, when a figure appeared in front of her. The next second, the contents of her desk were

glowering murderously at her. “What was that for?”

get beaten up?” He stared daggers at Eileen, as if he was about to eat her alive.

because Eileen had picked up his

she thought that she had angered him by sitting in his spot, and had picked up his things

for Elm to react