Chapter 2

"Mr. Adams, we are sorry but we have no choice but to put your son on probation for the next two weeks to caution his behavior,"

"Thank you, we will be taking our leave now," Dragging James from the corner, Eric walked out with his son.

He had been in his office celebrating his recent contract when he received a call from his son's school that his presence was needed.

It has now become a frequent occurrence where he will be summoned to his son's school, James, for misbehaving.

On reaching the school, he was ushered to the headteacher's office where he met his son standing quietly by the wall. If you don't look closely, you won't notice the figure standing there, he had a little bandage on his nose.

He could only glare hard at the young lad, who equally glared back at him though not menacing as his father's,

"Welcome, Mr. Adams," the principal greeted, gesturing for him to have a seat.

"What's the problem?" Eric asked straight to the point not wanting to waste too much time.

"Your son here was involved in a fight again, where he beat up his classmate real bad," the principal explained briefly.

Before Eric could say anything a chubby-looking woman barged into the office, her face filled with rage, and beside her was a fat kid whose whole face was wrapped up in gauze.

"Welcome, Mrs. Williams, please have a seat," the headteacher said to the woman, ignoring her rude entrance.

"Who's the one responsible for this?" Mrs. Williams asked, shouting agitated while pointing at her son's face.

"Please, calm down, Mrs. Williams, let's talk this out with a cool head," the principal requested, trying to calm her down.

"What are you insinuating?" She shouted,

"Are you calling me hotheaded?" She continued shouting more.

"Send the medical bill to me and if there is anything else you need please let me know," Eric said, fed up with the useless ranting.

"Are you the parent of the kid that hurt my child?" Mrs. Williams inquired looking at Eric, who was already standing, ready to take his leave.

"Yes."

"How do you train him? Or do you also like him hitting people around?" Mrs. Williams asked shamelessly.

"If there's nothing else, I will be taking my leave," Eric said to the headteacher, paying no heed to Mrs. William's words.

"Do you think money can solve everything because you have the money to allow your kids to do whatever they want," Mrs. Williams shouted at Eric when he ignored her.

"Please, Mrs. Williams, mind your words, there are children in this room," the headteacher appealed to her

"What did I say wrong?" Mrs. Williams asked, getting more agitated.

"Mr. Adams, as I was saying your son had hit her son, and when asked the reason he refused to say," The principal said to Eric ignoring Mrs. Williams

"He has violated the school rules for the 5th time now, and per the school rules, he will have to be on probation.

"After this, I am sorry Mr. Adam, James will have to withdraw from our school if he engaged in any misconduct after resuming probation" The principal explained.

*****

Deciding to go home earlier after receiving the news that was the least she expected today, Amanda couldn't stop thinking of all the difficulties she had faced when she lost her mum at age 12. The doctor couldn't give her a proper explanation of what caused her mother's death.

" Hmmm," Amanda breathed as she brought her key out from her bag to open the door.

But to her surprise, the door was already open.

"Is Juliet back?" She wondered.

She normally closes first from work before her best friend Juliet, whom she was sharing the apartment with.

Walking into the house, Amanda called out her friend's name, "Juliet... Juliet?" But she got no response.

Feeling thirsty and drained, she gets a glass of water for herself before looking for her friend.

On entering the kitchen Amanda was stunned by the sight of the kitchen, everywhere on the floor was a mess.

But what caught Amanda's attention were the pieces of clothes scattered on the floor, some of which she knew belonged to her friend, and the others were somehow known to her.

" This looks like Kelvin's clothes, what are they doing on the floor? " Bridget thought to herself.

'What the hell happened here?' Amanda thought out loud.

Taking careful steps, she moved out of the kitchen, her thirst for water already gone but not after picking a butcher knife from the kitchen counter.

Walking to the living room she saw shoes on the floor which she had missed when she came inside.

Her mind flowing with wild thoughts about what could have happened she walked slowly up the stairs, moving toward their rooms.

'Did Juliet hook up with some guy, or has she been attacked by some pervert or Butler?' With this thought she hastened her steps, afraid that something bad will happen.

Reaching her room, she began hearing noises, listening closer she discovered they were sounds of pleasure.

Without thinking twice, she ran into the room afraid her friend was being taken advantage of.

What she saw had her standing transfixed on her spot.

This was beyond imagination. How could they?

Laying on the bed was no bugler or hookup guy, it was her best friend and fiance, Kevin, in the middle of a hot sex session.

They kept on going at it not noticing the presence in the room.

Glued to her spot, Amanda didn't know what to do, this was not something she ever dreamed of.

"I'm Cumming," Juliet screamed out, throwing her head back and clutching the mattress hard, as Kevin increased his pace.

They went hard at it till they both reached orgasms and collapsed on the bed.

"Holy...shit," Kevin jumped out of the bed after noticing another presence in the room.

Picking his boxers from the floor which was the only clothing he had there, he put them on to cover himself.

"Wh...at… are… yo...u… doing here?" Juliet shuttered clutching the duvet closer to herself.

Hearing this, Amanda regained her senses, looking at the two traitors with eyes full of pain and hate.

"What am I doing here?" Amanda asked, looking at her friend with raised eyebrows while unconsciously wiggling the knife in her hand.

Seeing this Juliet couldn't help shifting back into the, "Drop the knife, Amanda," Kevin spoke.

Hearing this, Amanda finally remembered she was holding a knife.

"When did all this start?" She asked, looking at the knife menacingly while moving towards them.

Looking at the duo, undeniable pain, and betrayal was the only thing that engulfed Amanda.

Dropping the knife to the ground, Amanda clutched her chest, unable to bear it.

Looking at Amanda with the knife Juliet couldn't help but shiver in fear.

They never knew she was going to come back this early, or they could have found a hotel or something.

"When did all this start and why didn't you just break up with me if you both loved each other?"

"Amanda, I care about you, but I really love Kevin, and he also loves me too so can you please break the engagement?" Juliet said, turning her face away from Amanda.

"What?" Amanda asked, not believing her ears.

"Amanda, let's break up the engagement; I don't love you anymore, the one I love is Juliet," Kevin said, bracing himself.

"So why are you all telling me this now? if I hadn't caught you guys together, would you still be cheating on me?" Amanda asked, looking at them disgusted.

"Stop behaving like a fucking saint just suck it up, rather than making a big deal out of it," Kevin shouted.

" Amanda, you are too innocent for me, I can't even touch you the way I like, I can't have intimate time with you. " Kelvin said, maintaining eye contact with Amanda.

"Are you fucking kidding me? I should freaking suck it up? "

" Why do you engage me when you know you don't love me? You shouldn't have proposed to me!" Amanda asked, running her hands through her hair frustrated.

" I thought you will give me what I want, I want sex..sex…Amanda."

"I need to get back to the office now," Kevin said, he kissed Juliet while completely ignoring Amanda.

Seeing this, Amanda was left flabbergasted.

"Am I not worth even an apology?"

"Why should we apologize? We did nothing wrong that's worth apologizing for," Kevin retorted, looking at her with furrowed eyebrows.

"You cheated on me and you're saying it's not worth apologizing for, so what do you expect me to do except your betrayal?"

" I was planning to tell you before, " Kelvin mocked.

She walked out of the room immediately holding her tears.