Dean liked to use the underdog theory to manipulate public opinion. He thought the weak were always right.
I could use the theory, too.
And I could use it in an even nastier way.
In a short while, "Abby is the other woman" became the trending topic on the campus forum.
The picture of me crying quietly in the office was also secretly taken and posted.
[Is this Janice? Why is she crying so miserably?]
[What do you think? Because of that jerk Dean.]
[I saw the whole thing. Dean is a monster. He actually grabbed Janice by the neck. Don't they have an engagement?]
[Dean is a scumbag.]
I wiped away my "tears" and tried to stay calm, but my voice still sounded choked up. "I want to call my dad. I want to cancel the engagement."
Dean stood by, looking like he really wanted me to shut up.
The teacher in the office was even more furious when he saw Dean like this.
He was really a scumbag.
"Janice, don't be unreasonable. Abby and I are not what you think.
"Our engagement is a business alliance, involving some matters of the two families' businesses. It can't be dissolved just because you want to."
I continued to cry. "Then I'll ask my dad to get me a new fiancé."
I was locked up in the mental hospital.