The day for the scholarship examination that Carlson and his friends had registered for was coming close. Carlson, though very intelligent, began to prepare. He had to stop farm work, just so that he could have maximum time to study for the forthcoming examination. Morris focused on chemistry and Carlson studied more of economics and finance related topics, while Robin pored over law related subjects. After they were done for each day, Rosa would have their meals waiting for them, even though they protested by saying they were not children anymore and tried to get her to rest. She even insisted they each take a glass of milk daily."It helps the brain," she would say, and the boys, wanting to please her, would gulp it all down. The boy's continued in their reading and studying for days until it was time for the examination. On the day of the examination, Carlson and his two friends made their way to the examination centre approved by the Milton College examination board. The location
“So I’ve got good news and bad news, which do you both want to hear first?” Morris asked the two of them.“Definitely good news first, then the bad news after that so it won’t seem so terrible.” Robin said.“Well then, the good news is that we all got scholarships.”Carlson just smiled but Robin was already jumping and celebrating.“But wait! How can there be bad news? Getting the scholarship is all that matteres right?” Robin paused suddenly and asked with a wary expression.It was Carlson that got the nuance on Morris’ statement.“He said we all got scholarships, not that we all got ‘THE SCHOLARSHIP. You didn’t listen properly.” Carlson said.“I still don’t get what that means.” Robin said with a frown and Morris laughed.“It means we all got scholarships but not all of us got the MILTON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP. This is why Carlson is the brain of this group and why he’s the only one who got into Milton.” Morris said and Carlson’s eyes widened.“I got in to Milton College?”Carlson asked
When classes resumed, everyone already knew who Carlson was. He wasn’t used to being so known because in his previous schools, he wasn’t a social person. But here in Milton College, receiving that award made him stand out. So many students approached him to try and become his friend. He was always polite to everyone who tried to talk to him but he didn’t let any of them get too close to him. He wasn’t used to making friends.Carlson did not know it, but his smartness wasn’t the only thing people noticed, his good looks had begun to be something that mostly the girls of the school talked about. He was in no time voted the most handsome guy in school. This he did not know, because Carlson spent most of his time burying his head in his books and he didn’t have a phone so he wasn’t part of the blog created by one of the students. That blog was basically the centre of information for the students of the college even though it wasn’t officially approved by the school authority, every form o
William Milton was threatened by Carlson's presence and even though he did not know when it started, he began to hate Carlson. Carlson, however, did not even know who William was. He did not know that William was the boy they had seen bullying a littler, more timid boy along the hallway to classes on his first day. He hadn’t paid much attention to the scene that day, and he usually avoided associating too much with people in his class. It was even impossible for him to interact with everyone. This wasn’t high school where he had just thirty five classmates, this was college with countless students majoring in Business Administration alone which Milton College was famous for. William, who used to be the school's sweetheart and coolest guy due to his good looks, intelligence and the fact that he was Cade Milton's son, soon lost his touch because of the presence of Carlson in the college. At first, William thought that Carlson's popularity was only a phase that would pass by, but unlik
One day after class, Carlson was walking back to his dorm room alone when he came across William. William had been observing Carlson’s schedule for a few days now and he knew that everyday after normal classes were over, Carlson always went to read at the library. He would revise all he had been taught that day and also read ahead of the next day’s lessons. Only a few students were still around by this time and it was mostly those like Carlson who stayed on campus. William hated Carlson for that too because Carlson’s grades were the best in class so far. William hated not being number one in everything. William walked into Carlson and hit him on the shoulder. He wasn’t alone as well, he had two of his minions with him, Rex and Benson. They always followed William around like lost puppies and did everything he asked them too. They wanted to be associated with William because he was the heir to the Milton fortune."Hey, watch where you’re going!" Carlson said when William hit him, he be
people or any situation where he would be forced to endure being bullied because of Williams. But Williams always sought Carlson out to teach Carlson a lesson. The teachers were aware that Carlson was being bullied but none of them intervened. They chose to remain silent because Williams was a Milton. Carlson didn’t bother trying to report to the school’s director, if the teachers could turn a blind eye then he believed that the director definitely wouldn’t pay attention to his complaint of bullying. He also thought of reporting the incident to Cade himself. He just had a feeling that Cade was nice and would listen to his plight. But the problem was that he had no access to Cade. Not just anyone could just waltz in and see the CEO of a trillion dollar company.At the end of his first year at Milton College, Carlson was of course top of the class and this made Williams hate Carlson more. How dare a lowlife scholarship student outshine him in his family’s school. The bullying got worse
When Jeanne’s birthday was approaching, he began to save up so he could buy her a really expensive gift and make her happy. She no longer caused arguments with him demanding expensive things, but he knew if he didn’t impress her on her birthday, then she would get very angry. He didn’t want her to break up with him, he really loved her and he hoped to marry her one day. Their second year anniversary was coming soon as well, and he was in his third year of study in Milton College now. He didn’t know what to get her for their anniversary, but he would think of that later since her birthday was first.Carlson called her early in the day to sing happy birthday for her and she was giggling on the phone. She was happy to receive the call and he told her that he would take her out to dinner later that evening, but that was just a plan to deceive her. His real plan was to show up at her house with his gift and surprise her. Her father had rented a penthouse close to the school campus and he h
Carlson's days at work were his best days and his life got better. Because of his excellent service, Case doubled his normal Internship wage. Now he was also Cade's most trusted staff, he got various benefits that ordinary staff could not get. He got things like tips from Cade, being allowed to more board meetings and getting first hand information of what was going to happen in the company before it was communicated to other staff. It was during one of these days as Carlson went about his duties that he came across William at the company one day. William still hadn't been promoted in his own internship but he was to attend a board meeting that day with his father which was why he was on the executive floor. The board had requested William's presence to evaluate his working schedule. The two men stopped before each other, William spoke first."Well, if it isn't the ‘most intelligent’ Carlson," William said, coming to a halt in his steps."How is it going, William?" Carlson asked, t