Professor F novel Chapter 49

"Miss Peters, here's your dorm and festival ID." Professor Jones gave her two atm-like cards with August’s name. "Your room is on the fifth floor."

She smiled. "Thanks, Professor."

Professor Jones smiled. "I'll get going then. I'll see you both during the festival."

"I'll go ahead and excuse myself, too. I'll see you around, Flynn and Miss Peters." Dean Anderson said before leaving with Professor Jones.

She looked at Flynn with the cards still in her hand and her mind asking too many questions about what just happened.

Flynn smiled at her. "To answer your obvious questions—they're my friends and batch mates in taking my PhD. We worked together on our case studies and graduated here in the Royal Academy." He sighed. "Dean Anderson is a middle aged married man and struggled with his previous work while studying but he's a really great guy. I offered to help him get a more flexible job. As for Professor Jones—" He paused. "He's a university delinquent but he's a really smart guy. I saw his potential and asked if he could just try being a professor at Pearsons for a month. And guess what? He realized he loves to teach. Although he didn't get a degree, he's one of those who scored highest on SATs and topped Pearsons professor entrance test and interview."

"So—Pearsons don't really require an excellent educational background with outstanding work experience and achievements?"

"Well—in the real world, it is required. That's how the real world works, August." He sighed and smiled. "But there are few things where you have to make exceptions. Especially for people like Eric and Sean."

"I'm not saying they made it to this point in their life because of me. I only gave them the opportunity they needed. But everything else was because of their abilities and personality."

She nodded subconsciously, realizing this side of Flynn now—that he'd help people with potential like what Father Jacobs did to him. She feels glad and happy for him. Every passing day, she's starting to know more about him and it's always amazed her how he maintained to be humble despite him coming from a royal family.

He leaned forward and kissed her forehead when she didn't say a word. Her eyes widened in shock, thinking that students might see them. But then realized that he's not a professor anymore. She took a deep breath and sighed softly.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She said as she waited for Flynn to leave.