Chapter 133: Joshua
"I have secured a chance," Amelia excitedly said as she walked into Daniella’s office. "I spoke with Matteo and my grandfather about this, and they’ve agreed to sponsor the kids’ college education if they’re able to meet a certain set of standards."
It had been longer than Amelia had planned before she next stepped into the orphanage. Originally, she had planned on working for the Hope for Scholars Foundation right after she had returned. However, Matteo had insisted she stay home and rest before jumping in to do work.
Since then, she had been rotting at home all day. A week was more than enough for most of her already-fading bruises to disappear, and by the time that week ended, Amelia wasn’t willing to stay home and do nothing any longer.
"College education?" Daniella repeated as she looked up from her laptop screen. Then, her eyes lit up. "That’s wonderful!"
"Isn’t it?" Amelia grinned.
It wasn’t hard work― those two people were very easy to convince and were more than eager to help. She just had to beg her grandfather not to let Emmeline and her parents know about this, lest they try to sabotage things again.
"They will be sending people to their high schools sometime next month," Amelia said. "There’s a soccer competition happening, isn’t there?"
Daniella nodded. "Jason will be participating," she said. "To be frank, there will be coaches there from various leading colleges as well. They’re scouting for fresh blood, and if he performs well, he could get chosen by them."
Then, her face fell.