"Welcome back to the country, Bella!" Sandra Woods also raised her glass.
Julian Jennings raised his glass too, but it was a cup of tea.
He really sticks to his principle of not drinking alcohol.
"Thank you." Bella Acker raised her glass and smiled in thanks.
The three of them downed their drinks in one go, even the one with the tea.
"Bella, I heard from Senior Quinn that you attended film school abroad and got a scholarship every year?" Sandra asked.
"Not every year. The first year was tough because of the language barrier, but things got better later on," Bella smiled.
"How did you get through classes when the language was a barrier?" Sandra knew Bella's English wasn't great before, making even basic communication challenging.
"At first, attending class felt like listening to a foreign language. I could only borrow notes from classmates to copy after class and then hit the library with a dictionary to translate word by word."
