“Burn those who burned me!” Chapter 55

***Clara’s POV:***

Summer break went by fast, before they knew it, the trio was getting ready for their first day of school. Clara was extremely excited, she couldn’t wait to see what the labs were like at Osha. Reading her syllabus as she walked to her first class, Clara accidentally bumped into someone.

*“Oh, my gosh! I’m so sorry! I should have been paying attention!”*

*“No worries.”*

Clara froze. Although she’d only heard that voice a few times, Clara instantly recognized it.

**Ethan Taylor.**

As Ethan picked up the remaining papers, his eyes locked with Clara. He could feel his heart tighten as he stared at her, finally, he got to see her face to face. She was beautiful. Her thick long hair was tied into a neat ponytail revealing all of her face.

Ethan was speechless. So, this was the face of the little genius that could save many lives including his sister. Handing Clara her papers, Ethan cleared his throat.

*“My apologies. Allow me to introduce myself, I-”*

*“Ethan Taylor.”*

Clara cut him off. Ethan’s brows furrowed at the sound of her saying his name.

*“So, you know who I am?”*

Feeling slightly shy, Clara turned her head.

*“I do. I saw a video of the gala.”*

Ah.

That made sense. He knew it was only a matter of time before what happened that night got back to Clara. Ethan smiled sheepishly, placing his hand behind his neck.

*“I’m sorry about that. I hope you can forgive me for interfering with your personal business.”*

Clara’s eyes popped out!

*“Oh, no! Please don’t apologize! I…Well you see, not too many people have ever spoke up for me like that before so thank you.”*

Ethan could feel his heart pounding loudly, why did she have this type of effect on him.

Strange.

*“Well, you most certainly deserve it and much more.”*

Clara could feel her ears reddening. Nervously, she gathered her papers and turned around.

*“Well, it was really nice meeting you Chairman Taylor. I have to get to class now.”*

*“Oh, yes of course. I’ll see you soon.”*

Clara bowed her head and turned to leave. As if she forgot something, Clara turned back around.

*“Oh, Chairman Taylor…Thank you! That jet…it was my first time flying in one!”*

Her face beamed displaying her dimples and bright teeth. After thanking Ethan, she turned and rushed to class leaving Ethan Speechless.

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***Ethan’s POV:***

Ethan made his way to the east wing lab office. Pulling out his phone, he hurriedly called Owen.

*“Boss.”*

*“She’s here!”*

*“Huh? Who’s where?”*

*“Clara Rouleau! I just met her!”*

Owen was in shock. He’d never seen Ethan act like this over a woman before. Owen had known Ethan since middle school, and they had been friends ever since. Although many girls and young woman often liked him, because he was so fixated on his work, he never made time to focus on things like dating. It was interesting hearing him get so excited about someone.

*“Oh yeah, did she recognize you?”*

*“As a matter of fact, she did.”*

Owen sat completely up in his chair. He hadn’t expected that response.

*“How?”*

Ethan let out a light chuckle.

*“Apparently there was video of the gala.”*

*“Huh. I guess that makes sense. So, I take it she figured out you were the one that put her on the jet?”*

*“Yup. She even thanked me for it.”*

Owen let out a nervous laugh.

*“Well, that’s a first.”*

Pause.

*“Yeah, it is.”*

*“So, when are you going to tell her about why you want to work with her?”*

*“In due time. I’d like to at least get acclimated in Osha first.”*

Owen paused for a moment.

*“I can understand that, but remember Ethan, we don’t have a lot of time.”*

Ethan’s face frowned. He knew what Owen meant, as the days went on, Maria’s cancer was progressing.

*“I know. I’ll talk with you later.”*

Click.

After Ethan hung up with Owen his mind began to wonder. How would he approach Clara and ask her for her help in order to save his little sister. Ethan’s heart began to feel heavy, he knew he would have to act fast.

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***Clara’s POV:***

*The rest of the day went by like a breeze. After her classes ended, Clara decided to tour some of the labs. In her previous life, Clara had only heard of how much more advanced Osha was in pharmaceutical and biochemical labs but seeing them with her own eyes, it was almost magical. As she made her way to the east wing of the school, her phone began to ring. It was Gloria.*

*“Hey Gloria, what’s up?”*

*“Clare-bear! Where are you? How your first day of class?”*

*“It was great! I can honestly say biochemical engineering my hands down be one of my favorite classes.”*

*Gloria let out a loud laugh.*

*“Clara, you might be the only person I have ever met that would say something like that.”*

*Clara let out a low chuckle, Gloria may have a point.*

*“Anyway! Where are you?”*

**“On my way to east wing lab.”*

“That makes sense. Hey, I wanted to know if you wanted to drive me car home. Casey asked me out on a date for tonight.”

*Clara smiled, she knew Casey wanted to take Gloria out to this new Steakhouse downtown.*

“Absolutely, I’m going to text you my key code, can you put them in my locker?”

*Gloria beamed with joy. It had been weeks since she and Casey went on a date.*

“I sure can! I love you Clara!! I’m going bring you back some cheesecake!”

*Clara laughed out loud, Gloria knew that was her favorite dessert.*

“Thanks lady. Have fun on your date night, I’ll text you once I’m home.”

“Okay! Love you! See you later!”

*After Clara hung up with Gloria. She made her way to the east wing lab. Per her school map, this was the largest and most advanced lad in the entire school. Only a select few students studied in this lab as the tech ware was so advanced due to the advancements from NovaTech. One of the main purposes of this lab was the expansion and growth of learning nano and medicinal technology.*

*Clara was extremely interested in this new form of medicine. Her goal was to figure out how to infuse nano technology with her cancer treatments to help dissolve the dead and infected cells. For cancers like leukemia or advance brain cancer, that type of medicinal treatment would work wonders.*

*As she made her way to entrance of the lab, she could hear what sounded like someone mumbling to themselves.*

‘Was someone in the lab?’*

Curiously, Clara carefully opened the door so as not to make too much noise so that she wouldn’t disturb whoever was in the lab. As she made her way further into the lab, Clara was amazed. The east wing lab was nothing short of miraculous. This type of tech ware was light years ahead of LexU. The pristine white walls and silver machinery was almost blinding. As the shock wore off, Clara could hear voices again. Scanning the lab to see where it was coming from, she made her way to one of the glass door study rooms. There, she saw a man writing equations on a white board. They were biochemical equations for medicinal practice.