Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 450

After the freshman orientation, the students of The Cabinda School threw themselves completely into their grueling academic schedules.

Bonnie sat in the fourth row by the window. Since everyone in her class had single desks, and the school year had just begun, the students weren't very close yet, leading to minimal interaction.

The girl sitting directly behind her was a round-faced student with a short bob named Zoey Hudson. They had stood next to each other during the military training week, and since both were day students, they naturally started grabbing lunch, going to gym class, and walking out of the school gates together.

Bonnie lived in the staff housing right on the campus of The Cabinda School, so her commute was incredibly short. Zoey typically took the bus from a station just down the street from the staff housing complex.

The academic pressure of high school was far heavier than middle school. While day students weren't strictly required to attend early morning or late-night study halls, Shirley, as a senior homeroom teacher, had to constantly keep an eye on her class. Because of this, she dragged Bonnie out the door early every morning.

If Bonnie stayed for the late-night study hall, she would wait in Shirley's office so they could walk home together.

If she didn't stay late, she walked with Zoey.

It only took a few days to fall into this new routine. The only thing genuinely stressing Bonnie out was the fact that everyone in her class was an aggressively competitive overachiever.

Every night, when her mother asked if she was keeping up with her studies, Bonnie struggled to find an answer.

In middle school, she could confidently say 'no problem,' but now, the best she could offer was 'it's fine.'

Shirley would give her a sharp look and warn her that the first monthly exam was coming up. If she didn't rank in the top five of her grade, it meant she wasn't trying hard enough.

Terrified of slacking off, Bonnie stayed up studying until midnight almost every night.

She brought vocabulary flashcards to morning exercises, read textbooks during her breaks in P.E., and sometimes walked across campus with her head down, mentally solving math problems.

Aside from the crushing academic pressure, Bonnie really had nothing else to worry about.

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