Chapter 350

Perhaps out of embarrassment, Tom avoided interacting with me. But in all other matters, he treated me the same as everyone else. He no longer singled me out or made things difficult for me. However, Roger still treated me much more harshly and coldly than the others. For example, leaving class to take a phone call—who in the class hadn't done that? Yet, whenever I did it, even though it was only a couple of times, I always got scolded precisely for it, while no one else seemed to face any consequences. Once outside, I picked up the phone, and Mason's excited voice came through. "Mr. White, good news! After I left that real estate agent hanging all night, he couldn't take it anymore and called this morning, agreeing to drop the price to 300 thousand dollars." "Good. Let's go ahead and sign the deal." "Mr. White, can't we wait a bit longer? If you give me one more week, I can get him to reduce the price to 200 thousand dollars." I shook my head. "There's no need. Wasting another w