It was finally Monday...Matthias walked out of his cab, paid the driver, and made his way to the school gate. He sighed, feeling like he hadn’t been to school in a month. This time, he was coming as a different person, and it felt like a fresh start. He chuckled at the thought as he stood at the gate.Two girls, Hayley and Lana, who Matthias knew well, happened to pass by and stopped when they saw him chuckling to himself.Hayley, one of the campus’s classy girls, pointed at Matthias and whispered to her best friend, Lana, “Look, the trashy delivery guy has finally gone mad.”Lana agreed, “Yeah, maybe his extreme poverty has finally touched his senses, and now he’s losing his mind." Matthias heard them but just turned to look at them. They both hissed at him and walked past, almost shoving him out of the way. Matthias let them go without saying a word and continued on his way. "Oh my, I wonder what Paula is doing with that thing. He is is useless, not deserving of even the poore
Kimberly bowed her head at what Paula said. Unable to endure the insults any longer.She told Matthias and spoke to him in a whisper, "Maybe we should go back to our seats."Matthias nodded and followed her to their seats. The entire class broke into another round of laughter, seeing them retreat. Paula shouted, "The two rats in the class seem to have run back into their holes." Everyone laughed out loud again, knowing she clearly was referring to Kimberly and Matthias.Matthias ignored them completely and turned his attention to Kimberly, who subtly pinched him. "Is there a problem?" Matthias asked.Kimberly raised her head and said, "They’re still laughing at us."Matthias replied, "So?"She sighed, "Maybe I shouldn’t have invited the class. I should have just gone to the park, blown a candle by myself, even if there was no cake. I could have saved myself this shame."Matthias brought out his phone and started browsing the internet.Kimberly wondered why he wasn’t responding unti
Matthias seemed stunned, but he nodded gratefully at Phillip Bryan.Phillip smiled at him warmly. "You are indeed a good person who cares about the well-being of people, Matthias," Phillip said. "You’ll be the perfect fit for the role. And because you’re from a humble background, you’ll likely pay attention to people from similar backgrounds."Matthias smiled lightly and nodded, amused that Phillip still thought he was poor, while in fact, he was now filthy rich."Thank you, Phillip," Matthias said."I’ll do my best to live up to the expectations."As they spoke, Paula had still not processed what was happening. She turned to Matthias and hurriedly grabbed his collar roughly, gritting her teeth."Why in the world are you trying to push yourself into anything that concerns me?" she yelled in his face."I dumped you, and now you're not strong enough to move on? I know you’ll never find anyone as beautiful as me, so you're frustrated and want to get me back.""But guess what? You're st
Matthias smiled. "It's real, Professor. I just transferred the money. I hope it helps."Professor Donald looked up, his eyes wide with shock and gratitude. "Why... Why would you do this? How could you afford this?"Matthias shrugged. "Let’s just say I’m not as poor as people think. I don’t like to see people suffer, especially when I can help."Tears welled up in Professor Donald's eyes. "Thank you, Matthias. You have no idea how much this means to me and my family."Matthias nodded. "I’m glad I could help. I just need one favor in return.""Anything," Professor Donald replied, his voice was filled with gratitude as he stood up to his feet and bowed lightly."Please don't let anyone bribe you to fail me in those courses. That's all I ask," Matthias said. He was an intelligent student and he knew there was no way he would actually fail the courses, unless Paula succeeded. Professor Donald shook his head vigorously. "Fail you? What are you even talking about? I marked your scripts 3-
Matthias walked into his dorm. He was exhausted after running his last delivery job for the day. Just as he was about to head to his bunk, his roommates, Fred and Garry, burst into the room behind him. Fred shoved Matthias's head forward, causing him to stumble."Look who’s back," Garry sneered through clenched teeth.Matthias turned furiously, about to throw a punch at Fred but controlled himself. Matthias had now turned fully to face them, so Fred and Garry couldn’t dare to go any closer."Where's my money, you thief?!" Fred demanded.Matthias was shocked by the accusations. "What are you talking about?""You know exactly what I mean," Fred hissed in his face. "The money you stole from my bunk this morning to round up your school fees. You thought I wouldn’t find out, right?!"Matthias frowned. He knew what Fred and Garry were trying to do; he didn’t steal any money, and they were trying to extort him for the little money he made from deliveries."I didn't steal any money," Matthia
Paula's eyes widened when she noticed Matthias standing there. She gasped and tried to cover herself, but the damage was done. Rafael turned his head lazily, looking completely unbothered by the intrusion. He glared because Paula pushed him off."What Paula? You stopped because of the dumb delivery guy from school?" Rafael Vicenzo scoffed. He was wondering why Paula acted the way she just did."Don't tell me you don't know this pauper who delivers news papers and stuff around the school for 1 dollar," Rafael said, sincerely trying to describe Matthias to Paula, not knowing she was his girlfriend and knew Matthias better than he did."Well, my girlfriend is the shy type, so if you don't mind, take this and get your stinking self out of my mansion," Rafael said. All the while, Matthias was still standing there staring at his girlfriend in disbelief. Paula was embarrassed and couldn't stare back."At least you delivered the condoms right on time," Rafael said with a smirk, reaching int
Matthias sat on the floor in one of the quietest corners of the street. His bicycle was parked beside him, and his head was bowed, drenched in shame and humiliation. It was getting dark, already past 7 pm, but he was too broken to ride back to the dorm. The pain of finding his girlfriend Paula moaning under another man tore at him, especially when he realized it was all because he had no money. As he sat there, he replayed her words in his head: "How could you ever, in your wildest dreams, think a girl as beautiful and expensive as me would be with a miserable beggar from the slums like you?" He raised his head in anger and sorrow, his heart bitter to know that someone he loved with everything had called him a beggar."I'm not a beggar, have never been, and I'm not a nobody," Matthias murmured to himself, trying to believe in himself despite being talked down by Paula a few hours ago.He picked a stone and cast it in the distance..."I never knew she was deceiving me all this tim
"Come home?" Matthias asked in shock. He had no idea what the man standing in front of him, who had identified himself as Ernest Darwin, was talking about.Ernest nodded, bowing slowly again in absolute humility. "Yes, young Master."Matthias' eyes widened in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening around him."This must be a mistaken identity. I'm just an orphan who’s struggling. I don’t deserve this treatment. My name is indeed Matthias Kane, and as far as I know, I’m the only Matthias Kane in my school. But I’m sure I’m not who you’re looking for."Mr. Darwin chuckled lightly. "We made no mistake, Young master. You are the young man we’ve been searching for all these years."Matthias' mouth dropped open in shock. He could hear everything but nothing was making sense."How? Nobody knows me to be looking for me in the first place. I have no family, no home. I grew up in an orphanage, and when I was old enough, I left to start struggling through school. I have no family," he e