Play Of Fate

Chapter Eleven

Gulf was in a hurry. He slept late last night after his call with Kao. He looked at his phone. 7:45 AM. He's running late for his class. He still has to travel for at least 30 minutes from their house. After ensuring all his things were in his backpack, he immediately went downstairs.

Toptap is the only one left since Win already went to school. Gulf grabbed a sandwich and was about to leave when Toptap called him. Gulf stopped in his tracks, and his Phi handed him a tumbler and a bag of another sandwich.

"Take this. Have a coffee on your way. Don't skip breakfast."

"Thank you, P'," Gulf said as he walked out the door.

After several minutes, the honk of a car was heard as his car went out of their gate.

When Gulf was already in his university's parking lot, he immediately looked for an available parking space. Once he was done parking his car, he went out and made his way into the school auditorium, where his first class was scheduled.

Once he arrived at the auditorium, he panted so hard. He's scared to be late for this class since his professor is a grumpy elderly. Gulf looked at his watch: 8:20 AM. He closed his eyes. For sure, he'll get an earful once he enters the room.

To his surprise, his classmates are still in chaos. The professor is not yet here. He smiled a bit before sitting down on his usual seat.

"You're late again. Is this becoming your habit?" His classmate/seatmate/ friend mocked him.

"Shut up. It's too early for me to be arguing with you." Gulf said as he laughed at his friend's remark.

"They mentioned that we have a new professor for this subject." Santa, Gulf's friend, said. This made Gulf face him.

"You mean we won't get to see that grumpy prof again?" Gulf said with a smile on his face. Finally! After years of torture with that grumpy professor, he will have a new teacher for accounting.

The class fell silent when their 'former' professor entered the room.

"Good morning, everyone. Most of you are wondering why I'm late for today's class. Starting today, I will not be your professor anymore. My family and I decided to live abroad, which means I have to give up my career as a professor here."

Sighs of sadness can be heard after the professor said that. "These bitches. Are you that sad, or you're making that sound out of happiness?" Gulf thought to himself.

"We will miss you, sir." Said Fluke, who was seated not far from Gulf.

"Yeah, sir. We will keep it in our hearts and minds all the learnings you taught us." Said Earth, who even pretended to cry.

The class then started to say their 'message' to their former professor.

"Wtf are these two doing?" Gulf then furrowed his eyebrows. Earth looked back at him and gagged.

"This bitch can bag an award in Cannes," Gulf muttered as he shook his head.

"Enough with that, everyone. In the last three years, I imparted my knowledge to you. I hope you'll remember those and use them in the future."

The professor took a deep breath and looked at the door leading to the auditorium's entrance.

"Alright. Before I leave, let me introduce to you your new teacher for this subject. Other than accounting, he'll also handle your international business and corporate finance and accounting subjects."

"Wow. This guy must be a genius." Gulf thought to himself.

"He's also a good family friend." The professor added.