Connor didn't expect the torrent of blows that came down on him when he was speaking to Archie. Little did he know that Archie had studied him very well to know that he was better at shoving people, which caused them to fall and emerge as the winner. But this time around, Archie was ready for whatever it would take to make sure that he got to the bottom of the issue. Getting to the bottom of the issue meant that he was going to iron everything out before they could even say Jack. As they were even trying to understand what was happening, Archie jumped on Connor and began to slap him very hard. "You will not speak to people in this manner. Learn to accord people respect." Each statement was accompanied by a slap that made the whole room keep quiet.Connor's arms flailed as he tried to defend himself to no avail but no one was even acting like they saw him in pain. They were also feeling very annoyed at the way that Connor acted but they didn't have any choice at that."Is there anyt
When Archie walked into school the next day, he was accosted by stares. If stares could kill then he would have been the feet under the ground. It was very embarrassing but he had learned to roll with the fame. They weren't going to do anything to him now that they knew that he wasn't to be messed with. Gone were the days when certain people would try to mess with him but now he was going to make sure that there was something up his sleeves that no one had the privilege of seeing."You know that you're not feeling this school, why don't you leave?" "Wasn't he the one who beat Connor to a pulp last night?" Another student whispered quite loudly for him to hear but he wasn't interested in whatever they had to say because as usual there was a mistake in the way they acted which was the fact that they thought he was nobody."I wonder what the Mayor would say today when he comes to school to see the student that beat his son." The subject of the discussion walked into the hallway and a
Archie's brows were raised to a good measure. "I don't think that's a good idea. How would they receive my presence? I mean, this is not who they would expect to be their daughter's friend?" He replied warily. Bae rolled her eyes at him. He was very fond of downgrading himself and trying to act like he was nothing when in reality, she saw beyond that and was finally going about to make sure that she drew him out of his shell. "But does it really matter? You're just my friend, we are having dinner, what's wrong if you just show up? It's not like you're disabled, even if you were that doesn't mean a thing to me." She replied and he rolled his eyes. She didn't understand what he was saying. He had seen this pattern a lot of times to understand that the rich didn't like their kids mingling with the less privileged.He wasn't also ready to reveal his identity yet. "I know that and I don't doubt your friendship neither do I think that your parents think that way but it's the truth, so wh
Archie wasn't really in the right mood for all this nonsense. Bailey clearly wasn't in that mood too. So they ignored it and walked away. Sierra didn't take it in good stride because although she didn't want to admit it, she was jealous. "I don't see any reason you should stoop so low to date a boy who has no future, you can see this clearly but remain adamant who made you this way?"Archie grabbed Bailey's hand because he didn't know how she would react to the stupid way that his ex-girlfriend was behaving. "I don't think that there is something there in the first place. If you have a spark with your new man, why don't you concentrate on him and leave us the hell alone?""I know right? This is what a broke guy would say. You want someone who will stay with you and say that she suffered right? But you're mistaken my dear, that can't happen at least not on my watch. I won't allow another lady to fall victim to something that I know won't help you in the future. You feel me right?" "
Archie picked up his phone and decided to call his bosses. He didn't know how to tell them that he wouldn't be resuming for two days. He was having a meeting that would span till the next day. It didn't help that one of his bosses, Mr. Trent knew his mother and even had a crush on her despite being married and he feared that he would call his mother and report her. "Why are you calling when you should be at work? ""I don't think it's my fault. I was held up in school, we had this very important assignment to submit that we had to wait to do it after school. We also had practical classes that would help us with our grades." Archie lied, feeling very guilty for doing so because it wasn't what his mother taught him.She had advised that he be as transparent as possible but this needed to be done because it was obviously not going to be easy to explain why he wasn't at work."You can take the week off but don't resume anymore."Archie felt stumped. Apart from the fact that he was workin
"You'd have to come with me my dear so that we can start the meeting. Ignore them. They won't like you no matter what you do." Marshall told his son so that he didn't panic.Now, this was what the poor boy was avoiding, he didn't want to struggle for anything. It didn't usually end well. He had been around long enough to know that this wasn't the best way to work."Tell me what are the things that you want me to do for you so that I don't have to skip school or my work and start arguing with your kids," Archie replied, shoving his hands into his pockets as he stared on. It was obvious that there was something else that this man wasn't telling him and that pissed him off greatly. Why was he trying to make him look like he didn't know what he was doing?"I see that you have formed a certain perception but I can tell you categorically that it ain't true. You don't know me well enough to start judging me but I understand you when you say that you want to know the main reason I brought you
Archie snuck into the house at exactly ten thirty p.m., shutting the sliding door gently so that it wouldn't give that satisfying creak that it usually had. He was trying to protect himself from being scolded. "Where the hell do you think you're coming from, young man?" His mother queried and he almost jumped out of his skin in fear. That was all the proof that she needed to know that he was doing something that she wasn't going to be proud of. "Well, Trent called me today to inform me that you have been skipping work. Not only that, your second boss also told me that you take excuses at whim. Imagine my shock when I'm being told all of these?" Archie stared at his mom, gauging her expression. She wasn't mad, only inquisitive. She was the only one who could bring him to his knees. He didn't joke with her. "Mom, I promise you it's not what you're thinking at all. I just,..." He shrugged, not knowing whether to tell her what he had been experiencing the last few weeks. "I don't know
Bailey walked out of class when she received a text message from Archie that he was stuck in the locker room. 'Poor Archie.' She thought as she snuck out through the corridor. She didn't want Mrs. Ava to see her because she would query the life out of her."Is that Bailey?" Mrs Ava called as she saw a figure walking past with a familiar hoodie. It was her signature cloth. Bailey ducked and ran past slowly. "I see what you did there but don't think that I don't know!" Mrs. Ava yelled and returned her focus to her book which she was marking. Bailey ran straight ahead to the locker room. It wasn't news that Archie didn't have friends or people who liked him and would want to help him so she was the only one who could make him see the way out of this mess. "Tell me where you are." She texted him but didn't receive any response. "I don't know what is happening." She muttered.Archie knew that he was probably making her very nervous but he liked it. He couldn't resist it. He wanted it