All of them left now that the main guy, Jason, had left in a hurry after doing something so shocking, and one could only imagine how the gossip would travel from now onwards.
It was sure that it would be hard for Jason to show his face in public for a while till his people suppressed things down.
Meanwhile, Tiana had reached back to her hostel, and the first thing she did was call up her mother again, "What?! It's impossible to get that girl out of my room? But why??"
"It's because the college authorities say that they can't do anything about it. There is just no other room available for her, and they can't put her in a senior hostel as well since it's against the rules. Listen, Tia, sometimes you have to adjust and adapt to things in life, and that includes things like these in college. Who knows, you could gain a new friend this way. It's better than being alone."
"Come on, mom…she is very rude and annoying, like I told you. She doesn't even look at me when I am talking. I don't want to be her friend or anything. I already got friends here, hmph," Tiana petulantly said, remembering Vanessa's look of contempt in her eyes. She never met a girl who dared to look at her with such contempt.
"And tell me if you talked to her nicely at first or rudely?" Taya asked from the other end.
"That I…" Tiana felt tongue-tied but still said, "But does it really matter? Shouldn't she at least show some respect after knowing where I am coming from?"
Taya sighed and said, "Tia…things don't always work like that. If you use your family name to get things done, then even if people might seem as if they listen to you, they wouldn't respect you knowing that you are only good enough when you use your family's name but nothing when you are alone. But if you are able to get things done yourself, then only will people understand that you are capable enough and respect you without even knowing where you are coming from. We are not the only powerful family in the world, there are many others like us, some even bigger than ours. So if you are up against people from those families, can you use our family name to get things done like always? Among people like that, your abilities matter the most."
Tiana slowly sat down on her chair, feeling as if this time she was able to make sense of her mother's words.
Taya had told her these things before, but they never really went through her head since she never experienced a situation where her family's name wasn't helping her.
And only this time, she realized that her family's name wasn't omnipotent despite how frustrating it was.
"Fine, mom…I will just handle this on my own…" Tiana said with a defeated sigh.
"That's my good girl. Listen, I have met my fair share of bullies and annoying people during college, too, and somebody told me to learn to deal with them on my own instead of relying on others. Otherwise, I might not have become independent like this. Anyway, don't worry about things. Ignore your roommate if you want to and do your own thing but if she's a good person, then getting to know her wouldn't hurt you. Bye, dear. I really have to go now."
"Okay, mom. Bye…" Tiana hung up the call as she processed her mother's words in her head, though she had no plans of talking to her rude roommate again. She decided to ignore her as long as she didn't annoy her.
Vanessa was still not in the room, and she felt that she should enjoy her lone peaceful time till she came back.
"Hey! Open up!" Suddenly someone started to bang Tiana's door who was startled and annoyed, wondering which stupid girl was shouting and banging her door like a mad person.
She opened the door only to see four girls with unfriendly expressions standing in front of her. Based on their demeanor, it seemed as if they were seniors.
"What do you people want? Who banged on my door like a crazy woman?" Tiana asked in an annoyed tone.
"That's me, bitch!" The girl in the front, who had half purple-colored hair with thick mascara around her eyes, shouted as she pushed Tiana into the room in a rough manner and entered the room along with her friends, closing the door behind them.
"Hey, get out of my room! You people are not even allowed to enter our dorm," Tiana was angry to see them all barge in and even push her inside.
"Heh, we make the rules around here. We come in and out as we please, and no one is going to do a fuck about it. Not even the little bitch from the Snow Family, hahaha!" The girl with the half-colored hair laughed like a maniac along with her friends.
"You…who are you?" Tiana recognized the three girls standing behind her since she saw them coming along with Jason but not this girl who even had no qualms about ridiculing her family name.
"Aww, little birdy doesn't know who's the boss in these areas," One of the girls behind her giggled.
"Isn't that natural. All she has is those slutty looks but no brain. How could she know what the daughter of the president of our country looks like? Heh," Another girl scoffed.
"You are Priscila?" Tiana asked with raised brows, not expecting the daughter of the president to be a senior here.
Priscila smirked as she said in a tone of ridicule, "It's too late to beg for forgiveness now.
"No wonder you look like a mess. Gee, I never thought the daughter of the president would look as if a dog took a dump on your face," Tiana said with a cold sneer, making Priscila's eyes widen, and hearing a suppressed chuckle from one of her lackeys behind, she turned around to look at them with glowering eyes, only to see that girl coughing and clearing her throat, pretending that she wasn't trying to laugh or anything.
Priscila stormed forward and grabbed Tiana by her t-shirt, "Bitch, you think you are too hot for our Jason to even give him a trifling kiss? Now you are not only going to pay for that but also for making fun of a person you shouldn't. I can't wait to see you go and cry to your momma after this, hehe. Girls, let's give this bitch a good bath and post some nude pics online to let the world see how slutty the young miss of the Snow Family is, hehe."
"As if I would let you!" Tiana elbowed Priscila's chin as she tried to push away the girls and run for the door since she wasn't an expert at fighting like Sayana. All she knew were some basic moves that Taya made her learn, and she decided to use that to run and get help.
She wasn't stupid to take them all on and let them gang up on her.
But her door wouldn't easily open since there was a brief time period for the door to recognize her fingerprint, and by that time, Priscila ran forward to grab her hair and throw her on the floor.
"You dare hit your senior, bitch?! Girls, grab her arms and legs and bring her to the bathroom. We are going to show her who's the boss around here and make her lick my feet, hmph!"
Before Tiana could even resist, each of the girls grabbed her arms and legs and lifted her up while taking her away into the bathroom as Priscila followed with a sneer on her lips.
"Fuck! Get off me, you assholes. I will report this, and you will all pay!" Tiana tried to jerk her body to free herself from these bitches, but she just couldn't gather enough momentum since each of them was holding her limbs tightly.
"Report me? The warden is my relative. Hahaha, what a joke! Take this!" Priscila mocked as she punched Tiana's stomach quite hard, making her groan as she kneeled on the bathroom floor, unable to gather the strength to resist anymore. It was as if all the air inside her lungs was punched out, and the pain just felt too much.
"Now she is in the right position. Come on, girls. Give me that hand faucet. Let me wash this bitch before getting her naked and show the world what a slut she is, hehe," Priscila said as her lips curved into a sinister smile.
However, outside Tiana's door, a dainty finger was pressing onto the fingerprint scanner as it unlocked.