The moment the word "Alumni" left my mouth, there was complete silence for a straight minute. Everyone else couldn't believe their ears and if I mentioned that I also graduated with honors—fuck it, Valedictorian with several awards, they would've bled from all of their orifices.
However, what I wouldn't mention to them was that Jared used to be a 3rd-year student at PMA or the Philippine Military Academy and he would've graduated this year if some things didn't prevent him from doing so.
Telling them that I went to that school was already too much information about myself, telling them that they might also have an "in" into the largest DDR Camp in the area could spell a lot of trouble for me and my group. It would've been a different case if we're working together but that term was still completely fuzzy at this point.
Mr. Alvarez stood up from his seat and pointed at me, "Wait a fucking second… You… You went there?"
"Yeah."