SALMA: The Billion-dollar Entanglement

n the stall of the girl's bathroom as she held

ing to kill m

y cheeks, a loud bang on the door of the bathroom stall snapped h

flush. But poverty is a disease we don't want

Olivia'

ith a couple of her friends enjoyed their favorite pastim

e I can smell her from out here."

be because we are

." Olivia snaps

me alone." Salma c

a hand holding a water bottle reached over the st

to bathe you with my sparkling water." Olivia, who

nd across her mouth and nose. She opened the stall door and walked slowly to the sink, looked at herself in the mi

ty out a bit before going to class. That was how she could avoid Maximilian Harrington, the schoo

idge whose parents had deep pockets. Her parents were a dysfunctional pair. Her mother worked as a store clerk and her father had been in-between

om and it fell deathly quiet.

" A voice from the back echoed and

ximilian

unny, Max."

arm. Her likeness for the star quarterb

te down" The

ully at Salma an

t, darling.

t to her seat and

came during lunch breaks and free periods where she got picked on by her bullies. But she also looked forward to these

was 17 and pregnant. She had to tell her boyfriend. But their relationship was

al

al

to Sa

r. "The class has been over for

here for a bit but I have to pr

e to go to the Library anyway. Some

as interested in books as y

ors ignoring jeers and insults until she reached the Library. She walked past the shelves

oking for. She pulled off the hand, turned around and kissed he

g back down was Max's. His piercing blue

her to write an essay for their history class. Max had needed to go to Salma's house but she chos

e Library has

o you Salma, I am tired of

ked about this

Max s

anyone thinking I'm going out with you for the mo

eyebrow raised. "The one that get

ttacks from your crushes" Salma said as she giggled. "You'r

ill don't like how we have

, not minding her wet body and messy hair. She was bea

to you about something." Her voice w

kay?" Max was vi

k, the bell rang. "Oh, you have to go." She mu

ether holding hands. But that's not how they had stayed a secret the wh

und to leave, she felt her heart sink. She needed to tell him. Or may

ck into the halls that she had dreaded so much. As she made her way to her locker, the ey

her word her mother was standing in front of her

aid to her with fear in her eyes

oved. Trying to unders

ought of leaving you behind with him. We have to go NOW!"

as for her father to stumble drunk into Crestwood Ridge causing a scene. They rushed out to th

alma asked? Her question wa

leavin

a turned around, looking back as the school re

y class distracted. His attention was fixe