The Longest Day of Rebecca's Life

By Viola Ramkissoon

Rebecca, an ambitious and stubborn 16-year-old has a stomach flu on the day of her big math exam. Hell-bent on getting a better grade than Susie, her nemesis and bully, she ignores her parents' advice to stay at home. Things are about to get messy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Viola Ramkissoon
• Release date: Jul 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201754709

Viola Ramkissoon

Viola Ramkissoon is a Life, Health, Relationship and Spiritual Coach, visual artist and author of 21 books including "How to Fall in Love & Not Do Stupid Sh*t", "The Formula for True Happiness", and "How to End Suffering so All Will Have Supreme & Eternal Bliss".

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To Radica. If you hadn’t asked me for help with your psychology homework, I wouldn’t have found the inspiration for this story. You and I, we saw good times and hell. We were saints who broke the rules. We played fun games and attacked each other. RIP my friend.

To my father. You were always quite critical of my writings, but I remembered how you laughed your way through this one. RIP too.

A school is not a factory. Its raison d’être is to provide opportunity for experience. ~ James Lloyd Carr

Chapter 1

Rebecca, you can’t be serious! Rebecca’s mother couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the droopy-eyed teenager pick up her book-bag.

Leave me alone, mother, the sixteen-year-old snapped. I know what I’m doing.

"The doctor said you must stay at home for the remainder of the week to rest. And you agreed!"  

Oh please, the teen rolled her eyes. Last month he gave you aspirin for your anxiety.

Becca, your mom is right. It’s not wise that you go to school today, Rebecca’s father came out of the kitchen holding a half-buttered slice of toast. I’ll ask Mr. Edward to prepare a make-up exam for you when you’re better.

"And what if he doesn’t?"

Becca –

Today is my Math exam, people! If I stay at home today, do you know what will happen? My math grade will drop and that smug bastard Susie Mc Pherson will have a better grade than I and I can’t let that happen – I just can’t!

Dear, her mother began gently, "I admire your ambition. Ambition