"How would you say that you want me fired?" Ryder demanded from his stepbrother. This was ridiculous. He scoffed at the way Archie was giving instructions to him. "I don't know who you think you are but I'll have you know that you are nothing but a ..." Archie raised his finger at Ryder, silencing him immediately. "You have refused to accept defeat. I am not in competition with anyone, especially you, but if you listen to me, you'd also know that there is a thin line between having an ego and just being plain blind to your faults. I have tolerated you enough. You should consider yourself lucky that I allowed you to work here in the first place. In case, you suddenly forgot, you aren't licensed to be here. Pray tell, what are your qualifications? Aren't you a bloody dropout?" He fired at him."No, not really. I'm not a dropout. It's your father that tried to make me one. Look who's talking... You're just a bloody high school student likewise, this is just so ridiculous! How the hell w
Archie's resumption to school was more of him being forced to do this rather than loving to go to school. He was cranky because as much as he would like to say that he wasn't bothered by his step-siblings' antics that would be a total lie. He had a lot of things to do which didn't include only having a spat with them. Miss Rose walked into the class and was surprised to see Archie frowning. Not only that, he was without his usual seat partner, Bailey. She cast a glance around the class as she tried to understand what was happening. "Good morning everyone." she greeted.There were a few grunts from the class. "Good morning Miss Rose." Few people chorused. "Did something happen over the weekend? "Miss Rose inquired from the students when she saw their solid looks. They didn't look like they were happy to be in school which was quite strange considering that a lot of people found school as their means of escape. Now seeing them acting this way was quite unsettling. "All right, if yo
Chef Hansen stared at the woman before him, not knowing how to begin his sentence. He had a few suspicions, but that wasn't his jurisdiction. There was no way that he would have been involved in dishing out information to her. Miss Rose noticed his hesitancy and smiled at him. "I know that you're a bit reticent to tell me what exactly has been going on, and that's great. I wouldn't dispute that. However, you wouldn't blame me for thinking that you are just trying to cover up some of their evil deeds. "Why don't you just tell me what you know about them? I know that there's been a lot of friction but the cafeteria is a place where children always discuss. If I need any information, I think I should come here, and I know that you would want to tell me exactly what has happened." Chef Hansen shook his head. "All right, I'm only telling you this because I believe that you would know how to handle this. A few days ago, a group of students came to eat, and I overheard them discussing. So
Bailey proceeded out of the school premises as soon as school was over as though the hounds of hell were after her. "Bailey, wait up!" He called and she came to a halt. "Are you going somewhere?" He inquired from her when he saw her bolting down and rushing toward her car that was already waiting for her. "I want to have a word with you." Bailey chuckled, "You want to have a word with me? That sounds like something that the principal would say. Is everything fine?" She answered and he looked around."Are you sure that you're fine? I've been trying to reach you all these while but it hasn't been going through. What happened to your phone?" Archie expressed his concern.Bailey looked down at her phone, "Oh, I changed it, all on my mom's orders. I didn't want to create suspicion. I wasn't able to reach you too because my mother has been watching me like a hawk." She explained too. "I don't know what you mean." He answered."What I mean is, my father has assigned guards to me. The mom
Bailey was perplexed to see a fleet of cars lined up in her father's compound as the gates opened automatically. Confused as to why there were strange cars, it hastened her process to find out. She pulled the door open and suddenly the room was plunged into silence. Her mother recovered faster than everyone. "Hello, darling. I didn't think that you'd return so soon." "Are you kidding me right now?" She thought but smiled at her mom. "I'm back, Mom, Dad, it's nice to see you all. We closed early today." She responded softly while also staring at the men in the living room who were acting all strange toward her. "Kindly have your seat, daughter." Her father interrupted her quietly, making her a bit also worried about his tone. He was hardly interested in talking to her except it was to instruct her of course. "You might be wondering what's happening here." He began.Bailey nodded vaguely as she tried to understand what exactly was happening. "I'm sure that you've been waiting for m
The house telephone rang loudly, interrupting the serene environment and alerting Archie's mother. 'Why hadn't he gone with his phone?' she thought. She didn't feel like picking it up because she thought that it was one of his business partners or so. However, at the persistent ringing, she groaned, walking towards the table and picked it up without looking at the screen. "Hi, who is speaking?" "Oh, hi... Good evening, ma'am. I need to speak to Archie." Bailey's voice filtered through the other side of the phone. Archie's mother blinked when she heard the words. This was a strange occurrence so she was a bit perplexed by the confidence of the person. "May I know why you want to speak to him?" "Uh... I'm his girlfriend," Bailey responded. It was getting cold on the streets and people were beginning to stare at her like a loose lady. She knew that out of three people, two might know her and report to her father which would make her be carried to his house like a thief. This was abs
Bailey was shivering when Archie saw her, he was pissed that she was undergoing such a stupid condition. There was only one thing that could make her remain that way. It was either there was no one to help her or her father had rejected her. "Babe, let's go!" He called when the cab stopped right in front of her. It was snowing. His mother had said that it was gonna rain not knowing that it was going to snow badly. The issue now was, Simon had refused to get back to him and he didn't want Bailey to come to his house. It wasn't what she was used to. He wanted something with the semblance of the luxury that she was enjoying in her father's house. That would make him a proud boyfriend but right now, it was almost as though he was just taking her through a lot of suffering. Something that she would never experience on a normal day, she was now going to live in a small house. "Hey, thank you for coming!" She called back in the same tone. She didn't doubt her arrival to rescue her but she
Archie tapped his foot impatiently on the ground when his mother didn't return quite early. He knew that Bailey's father couldn't hurt her but his mind still ran wild with thoughts that could cause anyone to collapse.He was impatient after two minutes and decided to go ahead to check on his mother. He wasn't a criminal so he saw no reason for him to be stopped. If there was a change in plans she would have called him or sent him a text. The security guard stopped him the moment he got to the gate. "Who are you?" "I'm here to see my Mom. She just walked in with Bailey but hasn't come out since. I'm worried about her, so if you don't mind, sir. I need to go in right now to talk to her." "That's impossible. We don't allow people to go into the house if they don't have an appointment with either of the residents. Sorry, son. You will have to wait outside." The guard told him, while staring at the young man. He resembled the man that his colleague had spoken about–the one which their b