Chapter 42

A few months before she died, Tamika was already in a really bad mental state. She was locked up in a mental hospital owned by the Argent family and couldn’t go in or out. She also couldn’t find out what Tamika went through in there.

I only knew that, in the end, Tamika escaped from the mental hospital and ran wildly down the road, her hair and clothes all messy like a ghost, so thin and weak that she couldn’t even fill out the hospital gown, looking all withered.

Tamika was just looking for her and Nina.

It was Roschelle who got someone to run her over and kill her on the road.

Just like Nina, nobody even took care of her body, and she didn’t have a grave either.

A wave of sourness suddenly rushed up to her nose and eyes, and Alarieka immediately lowered her head, clenching her fists tightly.

Tamika was dumb, but I really cared about her. Even when I died, I was still thinking about her and Nina. I couldn’t die in peace.

If she could do it over, she definitely wouldn’t let something like this happen again.

Alaricka and Tamika ate in silence, and when Alarieka was full, she wiped her mouth and stood up.

“I went to study. You pack these up and throw them in the trash can. I’ll throw them away tomorrow morning.”

Tamika nodded like she was chewing wax.

As soon as she got into the room, the teacher from school called her.

“Alaricka, were you studying?”

It was Reyna Wright who taught piano lessons, a woman in her early twenties who just graduated from college, gentle in nature. Alarieka had taken her piano lessons a few times.

She was one of the few teachers Alaricka liked, and also one of the few who didn’t believe the rumors about her.

“No, did you need something?”

Reyna spoke with some difficulty, her voice gentle. “So, our school’s anniversary is coming up in a few days. Do you remember the school invited you to play the piano at the celebration last semester?”

Here I came.

Alarieka lowered her eyelids calmly and said in a low voice, “I remember.”

Reyna said, “The school said you were about to have exam week and should focus on studying, so they canceled your chance to perform so you could concentrate on your studies.”

Alaricka sat on the edge of the bed, understanding in her heart: “The school hired someone else, right?”

Reyna said, "Yeah, I knew you had been preparing for the school anniversary for a long time, and I did try to fight for you, but the school’s requirements were out of my control, so just focus on your studies. There would be plenty of chances to perform in the future. If there was a good one, I would contact you.”

Alaricka said softly. “Ms. Wright, I understand, it’s okay, let’s just leave it at that.”

Reyna obviously didn’t expect her to say that: “Ah… you’re not going to fight for it anymore?”

Alaricka gave a slight smile, “No need.”

She knew the school had invited Roschelle and Kieran for a piano duet.

Kieran donated a library and a teaching building to the school, and also gave scholarships. He was an alumnus the school really valued.

It was Roschelle’s idea to come play at the school anniversary. Kieran couldn’t possibly have disagreed.

She didn’t get it before and just went straight to the principal, asking the school to keep her performance piece. To her surprise, the school agreed to her request really quickly.

Later she found out the school had already asked Roschelle’s opinion, and it was Roschelle who agreed to let her perform at the school anniversary.

Roschelle broke the piano she borrowed from the Argent family, and the piece she played at the school celebration was all out of tune and a mess. Compared to Roschelle and Kieran’s dreamy four-hand duet, it was just lowly and worthless.

Plus, with Roschelle hyping things up online later, she was called a clown jumping between the main characters by netizens, and the school also held her accountable.

This time, she chose to “let Roschelle have it.”

Roschelle and Kieran’s four-hand duet was a new piece by Rosehalt that hadn’t come out yet.

It’s just that this new song wasn’t made by Roschelle herself.

She knew this original piece was written by someone who wasn’t outstanding in the piano world.

That person had passed away a long time ago, and the works hadn’t been widely promoted.

So this time, she just gave Roschelle a huge surprise.

After hanging up the phone, Alarieka took out her exercise book and bent over, writing carefully.