Chapter 12

After sticking around to have a few drinks with Joyce, her friends slowly started leaving. In the end, Joyce was alone in the room, still drowning her sorrows with booze. She rarely allowed herself to indulge in this manner. While studying, she had always been the model student that other parents used to motivate their children. Due to the image she had, she dared not do anything that might affect it. The first time she ever allowed herself to act upon her whims was when she met Corey. Corey had been a poor student who often got bullied in class. Everyone else ostracized him. He had left a strong impression on Joyce because whenever she ran into him, he was always getting bullied. Joyce helped him out a few times, and just like that, he latched onto her. Later on, Joyce realized that Corey got along very well with the opposite gender. All of her friends liked him, and she was no exception. After hanging out with him, she fell in love with him too. They dated for three years, and