Abrielle's POV

Abrielle's POV:

I woke up at sharp 5.30 Am. I didn't set an alarm, I am just used to getting up at this time thanks to Nancy. Last night, I slept late because my head couldn't stop thinking about my uncle. I was expecting him to at least text me or ask me about my new school but the h didn't.

I couldn't help but feel frustrated and...scared. What if he left me just like that? I am an adult now and he isn't responsible to look after me so what if he told me to never bother him?

Despite my heart aching and my tears forcing me to fall, I forced myself to get up and go for a morning run. I carefully left the room afraid I will wake the girls and started to jog to the running field. Last night on our way to have dinner, I saw the running field, and thanks to my memory, I remember clearly where it is.

Checking my smartwatch, I ran a little over 5 miles and I felt a little better. When I am physically active or busy, I think less and that lifts my mood. That is a habit I got from my uncle although he runs whenever he is angry to cool down.

After extra three miles, I left the field and went back to my room to shower. As soon as I come out of the bathroom I saw Ruth who greeted me, "Good morning."

"Good morning. Did I wake you up?" I asked.

"No, I usually get up early. Morning class?" She asked. Ruth is more like a quiet person but with her friends such as Tina and Vic, she can be more open and expressive. Her question to me was like her treating me as a friend because I can tell she is the type of person who doesn't even bother to talk.

"I went to run." She nodded before she got into the bathroom. I put on my black oversized hoodie, my silver sports shorts, and my white ankle socks with white sneakers before I left with my backpack. Not liking the idea of staying in a locked room until my first class of 8:30 Am, I went to look around to find a place I can work on.

I walked for like ten minutes away from Galaxy to find a fascinating cafe. I don't like coffee but I doubt they only sell coffee so I headed there.

"Welcome to Lily Cafe." I was greeted by a woman in her thirties. She was lively with her warm smile which gave Abri a pleasant feeling.

"Hello, I don't like coffee, do you guys have anything else?" I asked.

"We have desserts like chocolates if you like." The woman responded politely and I had no appetite for morning dessert not to say I don't like chocolate.

"I don't like chocolate neither do I have an appetite for a dessert. I like your cafe and since I have nothing to order, how about I pay to sit here?" I asked which took the woman a couple of seconds to understand.

"Thanks for liking our cafe. Although it isn't on our menu, I can try to make what you like after all charging you to just sit here doesn't seem fair." I thought for a moment before I said, "How about a sandwich and a cup of tea?"

"Sure! Take a seat wherever you want." The woman pointed and I went to the corner chair that took my eyes since I stepped in there. The beautiful light of the sunrise filled the cafe which made the white decoration appetizing.

I opened my twin laptops and started to look at the stock market of today while with the other, I looked at the news. I started investing when I started to take finance because my uncle said theory and experience are two different lessons. Although I didn't intensely invest for the past two yearsall my investments only profited without any loss. I started with half a million and now I have a little above 100 million invested. Of course, my uncle gave me a bank account with half a billion in it for my 18th birthday but I have never used it. It's a gift from him so I would love to just keep it like his many gifts to me.

I want to open an investment company, and for that, I need people, people with knowledge and skills. But I don't know how to find people as I wasn't taught how to. I guess certain things, you just got to discover them yourself.

I spent my time in the cafe planning my upcoming company. The number of employees I need, what I look for in employees,...etc.

My first class was Physics. Thanks to my other majors, I can take fewer classes than other students. For instance calculus, I took it for coding so I don't have to retake it. The class was filled with students and the professor started to teach while I sat in the back alone.

An hour passed and the class is still ongoing. To be honest, it was so boring that I wanted to take a nap. Maybe because of my previous teacher's awareness of my photographic memory, their lessons were interesting and precise compared to this.

"Do you have any questions?" The professor asked and everyone shook their head.

"You guys are half asleep which makes me doubt if you even listened to me. Then I am going to ask you a question and whoever gets it right can request one thing from me." The professor smirked. He doubts anyone will get it but he just wanted to have fun so he wrote a complicated question on the board.

Most of the students were interested but their knowledge was limited so they didn't try while some asked for hints and the type of requests they can make. Three minutes passed.

Abri smiled, such opportunities are rare. Although she didn't feel like going to the front of the class, she has better things to do than this boring class so she wants to use this request...

"Okay, girl with a black hoodie, you can try." As soon as I rose my hand, the professor called me. I walked down the stairs of the class and stood in front of the board despite the student's whispers.

I took the pen from the magnetic side of the screen and started to write down the calculation. I may have a photographic memory, but I am not a genius who just knows how to solve such a complicated physics problem out of my head. For me to hack into a website with a similar question, it took me less than three minutes.

The professor didn't state anything about the methods we should use so what I did isn't wrong.

"H-how...how did you do this?" he asked me in astonishment.

"I looked it up." I wasn't intending to lie since the start.

"Haha... Professor Harris, you didn't prevent us from using the Internet, we were fools to forget that." A guy who was in the front spoke loudly and behind him happened to sit someone I didn't expect to see.

Kira? What a coincidence.

"Indeed. Girl, what is your name?" He asked to which I responded, "Abrielle."

"Okay, Abrielle, what is your request? Let me tell you before hands though, it has to be within my ability and relates to this class." I nodded because my request was just that.

"I don't want to attend lessons and I don't want to have unexcused absences so--" He cut me off by saying, "Wait, wait! You want me to just give you credit for exams you won't take. That is absurd!"

The whole class was silent while Kira looked at me with worry.

"Professor Harris, that's your assumption. I will take all exams and projects that are required like everyone before due dates, but I don't want to come here just for attendance so I request to not be marked absent in my absence." I explained with a little irritation. All I want is to get out of the center of attention because I hate it, but this professor is making it harder.

"Ahm, oh, that's what you mean. Alright, the request is granted. May I ask why though?" Although Professor Harris was ashamed of his outburst, he didn't let that destroy his image.

"Because I learn better alone." I wasn't lying although I wasn't completely honest either.