TONS AND THORNS OF GOLD

lutching her ba

iously in the Law D

ious

all to hide the fact?' she asked, bring

ee what she was tapping on. It was a sticker with

, isn't it?

ink so?' h

ce because the subjects he had passed in the GCE were not the right combination for his choice of Course. In empathizing with the weeping boy, Fred could not help feeling so relieved that he was not in that other's shoes. It was on that day at the Admissions Office that someone had advertised to him

lacard, announcing to everyone that

king her mind, this one was she. He remembered her calling Mighty Scorpion and c

rd,' he told her.

y. But then law stud

students in other faculties are jealous

n't study law, even if as an incentive the government were to de

I don't be

your

's your D

Engin

e studying to become a farmer? I can't imagine you

n't tell you just how much I'm looking forward to it. I'm a b

e was dressed in tights, the colour of her skin, and a close-fitting black blouse t

aid. 'Is this where

turned, squinting up at the girl as she was standing directly

if she had just noticed him, adjusting her specs

to rise in Fred. He disliked the girl immedi

400 Level,'

400 Level my foot!'

llowed

mbite" written all over you.

ct which flew past his face, in

d I were in the middle of a very important discussion

n the habit of calling people names, am I right? A while ago you were calling Mighty Scorpion "Runt" and

y as he wondered how the girl came to find

he gave him her right hand p

take the hand

man. Shake my ha

e told her in

at him and, without ano

He gazed down at her hand, still wondering how the Mimi girl had got to know about what he had sai

w about Mighty Scorpion

Room at the time. She witnessed

that proved that Mimi was no

friends w

e room-mate

as difficult to even imagine them being friends. It could not hav

,' Fred pursued. 'She's no doubt a cultist herself

d, and he sear

ne of them, too,' he

apular...' and she reached round the neck of her pullover and drew out her own. 'Something about your scapular ma

He asked, digressi

o years. Paul is in Chemical Engi

amily; all three of you are s

ve managed to make it to this point is because they've been holding fast

head even before she

' he said, 'but I'm sincerely not

do you

t that I could not stand.' He tried to smile. 'I must be frank with you, Angel, I love to have fun. For years, I've been looking forward to campus life and I intend to enjoy my stay here t

n on what you call "fun",' she said. 'I've told you that you

who were loitering around the park. None were interested i

ber Rush" is on. Everyone is out on a recruitment drive, including the devil himself. And there's one thing I know:

o you

ts who get expelled every session over

he recalled his exchange with

sures being employed by the VC and her people to curb cultism. So, take it or leave it, group after group will come to try to recruit you into the

ide. This girl was really something, he thought. He liked inte

worry girls, too.

n gi

just like the all-boys groups, and then they have