It was not about whether Alyssa was guilty or innocent. It was about whether she can prove that she is innocent or not. If not then she was considered guilty.Alyssa knew she couldn"t argue with her any further so she said, "You can call any doctor for the checkup. They can tell whether I have applied any medicine on it or not. If he says I didn"t apply it, I will sue you for slander."
Hearing this, the attendant scoffed. She believed that all Alyssa was saying were lies just to frighten her.
Mr. Linton pondered for a while. For him suspending Alyssa with proof was better than suspending her by just accusing her. He thought that if he did get the proof, he will also be safe from the media"s backlash. He knew his staff will follow his instructions and will do what he says. He was confident enough to rusticate or even suspend her. His eyes gleamed thinking about the heavy reward he will get from the board"s director or from Violet.
For the first time since Alyssa entered his office, his expression eased a bit. Excitement could be seen in his eyes. He actively said, "Of course we will get a doctor to check whether you are speaking the truth or not." Then he maliciously looked towards Alyssa.
Alyssa very well knew what was going in his mind. She didn"t bother to show it on her face or to even give it a thought. Her mind was working rapidly.
She knew she was in trouble and she had to use her strongest point to defend herself. But all she could think is about her weaknesses.
"What is my strong point?" Alyssa thought hard.
It was then her gaze landed on the computer placed on the Princ.i.p.al"s desk. Her eyes brightened.
"Yes! Hacking was her forte. But there was one problem with it, she didn"t know whether the infirmary had any CCTV camera installed in it or not.
Alyssa had never been to the infirmary before.
She had to think of something to get to know whether there is any CCTV present in the infirmary or not.
When she was thinking about the escape route, Mr. Linton had already called for a doctor through his office telephone.
After getting this idea, Alyssa looked towards the attendant, Mrs. Silver. According to Alyssa, she was dumbest like a Slots or the male cane toads. The toads hump on anything. They"re well known for humping dead animals, even trying for hours to hump a female that has been run over by a car, but they don"t limit themselves to just dead frogs, they"ll even hump dead salamanders, snakes, lizards, mice, anything.
For Alyssa, she was like that only. But she was now portraying herself like a proud peac.o.c.k. If, only if the Princ.i.p.al was wise enough and not with a malicious intent, Alyssa could have knocked her off her high and mighty pedestal.
She sighed. For her information, she had to speak to this dumb person. She looked towards the attendant.
Mrs. Silver felt uncomfortable under her stares and barked, "What?"
Alyssa shrugged her shoulders and said, "Nothing, I was just wondering how you manage the infirmary. I mean if someone is in drip and you have to go outside how will you observe your patient?"
Mrs. Silver was dumbfounded by her question, so was the princ.i.p.al. Was it right for a student who was getting suspended in a matter of second to ask THIS question that too so casually?
Mrs. Silvers blinked her eyes and laughed. She said, "Shouldn"t you be bothering about whether you will get suspended or not?"
To her question, Alyssa shrugged her shoulders once again and said, "Just asking."
The attendant scoffed and took out her mobile phone from her pockets and showed it to Alyssa. She continued to open some app while saying, "We staff members of this school are very serious regarding our job. We are very efficient in our work and prioritize our student"s needs even if we are in our death beds."
Alyssa scoffed while listening to her rambling. Which of her actions showed her priority towards student? She was a student too and she couldn"t find any concern in her eyes towards her wounded hands. Instead, she is accusing her of theft that she hadn"t even committed.
Alyssa concentrated on her phone and her eyes sparkled. She couldn"t help the smile that threatened to form on her lips. Seeing her smiling, the attendant thought she was mocking her so she once again turned to her bitter self and berated her, "But we don"t want any bad seed like you in our inst.i.tute. You are that stinking fish in the pond that makes every fish foul-smelling."
Alyssa didn"t mind her words for she had achieved what she wanted.
She knew that there was a CCTV camera inside the infirmary. And by luck, she could see that the camera must have captured her very well too.
All she had to do was act fast. She had to act before the arrival of the doctor. For her, the doctor"s words were like that of the judge"s statement. He can even say that she had applied a medicinal cream on her hands and after that, she will got get any chance to prove herself. It was also because of the reason that she had suggested a doctor"s checkup, she knew that she will not get any further chances.
She calmed herself down then she looked towards the princ.i.p.al who was busy doing her job and said, "Sir, can I use your computer."
It was a big shot for Alyssa. First, the princ.i.p.al hated her. Second, the princ.i.p.al under any condition wanted to suspend her, and third, this was The Princ.i.p.al"s computer containing many office-related doc.u.ments. Never in her wild guesses she could think of a princ.i.p.al handling his office computer to a person like her.
Mr. Linton frowned on hearing her question. He bitterly looked towards her and asked, "Why do you need it?"
Alyssa couldn"t tell her plans to a person who was so h.e.l.l-bent into punis.h.i.+ng her so she said, "Please sir, I just wanted to look into something. I mean my report cards."
The princ.i.p.al nodded and motioned her to use her computer. Alyssa was shocked and excited at the same time. "Did the sunrise from the west." She thought in her heart. Mrs. Silver wanted to object the decision but one look from the princ.i.p.al made her stop.
Alyssa pulled the keyboards towards her and proceeded to type something. She felt very painful. she girted her teeth and her fingers started dancing on the keyboard. Soon an image of her in the infirmary started playing out. Alyssa was clearly captured and each and every move can be seen in the camera. It could be seen that she hasn"t applied any medicine on her hands.