The Queen Back From Hell - Chapter 62: Chapter 62

After Vanna dropped Arielle off at the Bradford family, she drove away without another word.
Arielle glanced at the Bradford family mansion, her eyes cold and resolute. She gave herself two years. Before she turned twenty, she would make every one of her enemies pay dearly.
Every debt they owed her, she would collect, down to the last cent, with interest.
The next day, as the bell rang, their Sandolorian teacher, Luna Foster, stepped into the classroom, her high heels clicking on the floor.
The students showed no signs of settling down despite Luna's arrival, continuing their activities amidst the chaotic din.
"Quiet!" Luna said sharply, slamming her book on the lectern with a thud.
Only then did the students reluctantly end their conversations, slouching lazily in their chairs.
Luna had grown accustomed to this bunch of students' attitude.
Teaching Class 1 meant turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to everything that went on.
Her eyes instantly found the new face in the back row.
She knew right away who it must be.
She thought, 'So this is the transfer student who has made the school bullies apologize.
'She is stunning,
'This is proof that you really can't judge a book by its cover.'
All the teachers were well aware of what had happened at school over the past few days. Word spread fast. Everyone was talking about her.
Arielle's name was on everyone's lips. She'd become infamous across campus.
On her very first day, she took on the four bullies of Peterborough High School, plus a few other boys.
With so many parents present, none dared protest. They all made their kids apologize.
Just yesterday, she even wrapped a large snake around two classmates' necks.
Those two were still lying in hospital beds.
Then came the rat incident. This time, instead of fighting, she reported the boy who released the rats straight to the principal's office.
She declared, "Students as troublesome as Celeste should be expelled."
She left the principal speechless.
In the end, Celeste was punished to copy the school rules fifty times and apologize.
Beneath that delicate exterior lay a steel core.
Luna collected her thoughts and opened her textbook. "All right, class, let's begin our first lesson today..."
As soon as Arielle saw the textbook, those distant memories came flooding back.
She worked so hard just to please her parents, studying into the wee hours every night.
She'd never been to school before, and suddenly she was thrown straight into her sophomore year. Arielle was terrified she wouldn't be able to keep up.
All she wanted was for her parents to be proud of her.
She really poured her soul into studying.
Every day, she barely slept three hours, cramming years of missed knowledge.
She started all the way from elementary school.
Whenever she didn't understand something, she'd look it up online.
Maybe she was gifted. Within a month, she'd mastered all the elementary school material.
In just half a year, she taught herself everything from three years of middle school.
On her very first monthly exam, she aced it.
When she handed them her report card, she thought my parents would finally praise her.
She pictured them smiling, ruffling her hair, and telling her how proud they were.
But none of that happened.
Sharon just tossed Arielle's report card on the floor.
Henry didn't even look at it.
Back then, Sharon glared at her, grabbed hermy hair, and slammed her head against the ground.
She shrieked that Arielle was a filthy little cheat, accusing her of copying someone else's answers.
She called her a thief.
She spat that Arielle'd brought her bad habits from outside into the Bradford family.
She said Arielle was wild, and after hanging around with those lowlifes, she'd become one herself.
Arielle tried desperately to explain myself.
But no one believed her.
They all thought Arielle was just making excuses.
For the second time, she scored even better, ranking fifth in the whole school.
But she didn't dare show her report card, terrified they'd accuse her of cheating again.
Meredith ranked 200th in the school, yet her family showered her with praise for moving up ten spots.
Then came a parade of designer handbags and couture outfits, all delivered straight to her room.
Later on, Arielle ranked first in the entire school.
At the parent-teacher conference, the teacher praised her in front of everyone.
Arielle still remember the look on Sharon's face, it was absolutely awful.
It felt like Sharon didn't want her to do well at all.
Arielle realized bitterly that they were only happy when she did worse than Meredith.