The Final Escape in The City

3. School fees

School fees

The sun is rising, the cars are moving as it is a brand new day at Magdalena’s high school. The students are in a rush running towards their classes with their bags on their back after being late for class time. The teachers are on the stairs walking heading to their offices after arriving at school while talking to each other on their way as they steps upward the stairs.

Eden slows down his car after arriving at school parking lot, parking his car to the right position and kills off his car engine as soon as his parks his car.

Eden and his sisters opens the car doors and drops off from the car while Isabella and Rachel wears their bags properly on their back, preparing to go to classes.

“This headmaster of this school is going to kill me with a lot of stress today!. Now what is the point of this changes that they are making at this school, huh?. I better find a better school for my daughter soon” A man on his phone speaks besides the parking lot with a frowned look on his face.    

Eden looks at the man with curiosity on his face while wondering on what is going on with him as he speaks with the person on the phone with an anger tone.

“I will tell you the details when I arrive home. I got go right now I’m late for work.” The man hangs up his phone and puts it inside his trouser pocket, climbing inside his car leaving Eden wondering on what is going on at school.

Eden then looks at his young sisters and pats both of their shoulders with his hand. “Listen my little sis; you have to hurry up to your classes right now. I will come and pick you later after school, okay?” Eden says.

Isabella and Rachel nods with a smile. “Okay”

“Take care.” Rachael says.

Rachel and Isabella rushes straight to their classes, leaving Eden looking at them from behind as they run towards the stairs heading to the school’s door entrance on their way to their classes.

 At the time Eden looks at his sisters from behind, making sure that they arrives at their classes  safely, shortly the school headmaster opens the school’s door entrance and starts scanning around the school compound as he  walks slowly heading to the stairs.  

When the school headmaster sees Eden standing at the stairs while looking at his young sisters as they go to their classroom, he then calls him immediately.

“Eden!, Eden!.” The headmaster calls Eden, waving his hand towards his direction to capture his attention.

When Eden sees the headmaster at the stairs standing, waving his hand on him towards his direction, he then decides to go to the headmaster in order to listen to what he is going to say.

At the time Eden arrives at the stairs and approaches the headmaster, he then greets him.         

 “Good morning sir” Eden greets.

The headmaster scoffs “Don’t call me Sir Eden, Just call me Anderson, okay?” Anderson says.

“Okay.” Eden says.

“Eden I really need to speak with you. Would you mind coming with me inside my office so that we can talk?”

Eden furrows his brows and nods. “Okay.”

Eden and the headmaster walks straight to the school’s door entrance, heading to the office in order to discuss about their things in private while the movement of the students rushing into their classes goes on around the school compound.

At the time Eden and the headmaster arrives inside the office. Eden pulls off the headmaster’s chair from the table and sits down immediately, waiting to hear what the headmaster is going to say as the headmaster sits down too on his chair.  

"Listen Eden, there is something very important that I want to inform you about the changes of our school fees starting next month." The headmaster says.

Eden furrows his brows. "What changes are you talking about here?, don't tell me that you are going to double the amount again this time?"

The headmaster sighs "I'm sorry Eden but the owner of this school has decided to make some changes on the school fees and there is nothing that we can do about that.”

Eden sighs “Okay. What is the total amount that has increased on my sister’s fees?”

“From now they will an addition of a hundred dollars on every student’s school fees in this school."

Eden stands up from his chair abruptly, “What?!” Eden exclaims with a grimace look on his face.  "Does your owner thinks getting money it's easy huh?, tell me?"

The headmaster sighs. “I’m sorry if i have offended you but the decisions about the changes of the school fees in this school usually comes at the board of school and it’s not on me”

 "This year haven't passed yet and your school owner wants to double the amount of the school fees?, Seriously?!. Who the hell does he thinks he is?." Eden asks.

The headmaster nods with affirmation. "I understand you Eden. But i have no say on this. I'm just simply doing my job of informing all of the parents about the changes of the fees and that all."

Eden decides to leave the headmaster’s office, slamming the door from behind, leaving the headmaster shocked at what Eden has done since it’s unusually of him to react like that when receiving the news concerning the school fees changes. 

Eden walks down on the stairs in a rush while his face is red fumed with anger as he goes straight to the parking lot in order to climb inside his car.

“Dear lord. Why are doing this to me. Do I really deserve all of this hardship?” Eden speaks to his inner thoughts.  

When Eden arrives at the school parking lot, he then takes his phone inside the pocket and scrolls down around the contact list, looking for the contact number in order to reach Andrew.

 At the time the phone call is connected on the line, Eden then speaks.

"What's up brother?."

"What's up bro! How are you doing?." Andrew replies.

"Not so good."

"What's wrong Eden?. What is bothering you?.".

"There is something that I want to discuss with you,” Eden sighs. “We will talk about it when i arrive at your restaurant today."

“Okay just inform me when you arrive at the restaurant.”

“Okay.” Eden says.