“That is no problem. How can I help you?” The bald man before them asked, looking directly at Rick, and it was like he knew exactly why they were there.
His eyes moved to Jim, and he closed his eyes, waiting for the bomb to explode.
Katherine explained the case to him, and the principal excused her, saying he would deal with the two.
“You just can’t hold it together for a day, can you?” Mr. Goldenberg asked Rick.
“It’s not my fault that he was looking for trouble with me. Everyone in this school knows that I park my car there, and they are okay with it, so why isn’t he?” Rick asked.
He had just said that when another realization dawned on him. Katherine also didn’t know him.
“Where did you park your car today?” the principal asked, and Rick almost laughed at the question.
“I didn’t drive to school today,” Rick explained while trying to be a
“I received a call from the principal complaining about Rick’s behavior in school today. I am tired of receiving such calls. Every time I see the old man call, I hold my heart in my hands because I know it has to be something bad,” Mr. Justin said.His phone was on speaker because Jenifer heard Stacy’s voice. They were together. That made her already sour mood worse, and she felt she needed someone to vent out to.“Are you even listening? Instill discipline in him, or I will fight for custody over him. It’s like I am the only parent he has anyway,” he said, and Jenifer disconnected the call. She had heard enough for the day.“Why are you guys quick to point the finger at me. I didn’t fight myself,’ Rick said. He was sitting luxuriously on the couch, going through the TV channels.“Our responsibility is towards you,” Jenifer almost screamed. She was losing it.Everything.
“Okay. I will do it,” he relented. She had done it.They worked on a plan that would ensure Katherine never found out that they were working together.“Excuse me. Are you blind or something?” Rick asked while looking at Katherine with clear annoyance.They were in the school corridors, and Rick had intentionally knocked her to get her attention.All his books fell, and Katherine had been about to pick them up when she saw the name on them.“You! Again! Aaargh,” Kathy could not help but spat out in disgust. The guy had intentionally knocked her and was still confident enough to play ignorant.“It’s me. Do you remember me?” he asked innocently with a raised brow.Katherine had wanted to spit on him, but that would have been an indiscipline case.“How dare you talk to me after what you did to that poor boy? Do you even understand the value of money? For once, don’t
She used her other hand to hold her heavy head. She saw everything in blurry form. It couldn’t be… Rick was okay.“He needs a bone marrow transplant. He has cancer,” he said and suddenly stopped crying.Son. Cancer. Bone marrow transplant. The words auto-played in Jenifer’s head as though she had set them to do so. She didn’t know if she had heard him right until he dropped the next bombshell.“Rick will have to help me save my son,” He begged, in a hoarse voice as if he was restraining his crying.Wait! Was that a demand or a request for a favor? Jenifer could not help but question herself. At this point, she couldn’t control her emotions.“How old is your son?” she numbly asked as she held tightly on the chair she sat on.“How does that matter at this point?” Came the answer, voice laced with annoyance.He must have seen through her a
She had a lot of questions, and she couldn’t find the right answers to them.Things were made worse by the fact that Rick was standing closer to her than she had imagined.“What have you wanted to do?” She asked, kind of daring him.He looked at her hard in the eyes, and his eyes moved to her lips. He then tilted his head a little bit and moved his mouth closer to hers.“This...” he mumbled, and suddenly, without warning, his lips were on hers.The touch between them was electrifying, and Katherine felt Rick get hard.She didn’t respond to the kiss at first, but he didn’t stop. He kept on kissing every inch of her lips until her mouth parted, and he tasted her tongue.Her lips were soft, and so was her tongue. She returned his kiss, and it grew more passionate.Their hands were all over each other, and soon enough, Rick was trying to remove Katherine’s top.She stopped the
She placed them in the dishwasher and hoped that Katherine would play her part well.“Hold on,” Melanie told Rick, who was almost climbing out of the room.“What is it? Now is not the time,” Rick answered impatiently.He knew Melanie could be a distraction, and he didn’t want to risk Katherine being found out.“Are you serious with her, or is it still part of our deal? I can’t tell because you are acting so well,” Melanie said.That night, Rick got home to find his mom sleeping on the couch. She hadn’t covered herself, and she looked tired.He walked past her quietly, took a duvet, and covered her, and just when he was about to walk out, she woke up.“I fell asleep waiting for you. Have you spoken to your father?” Jenifer asked.That was a bad introduction, and Rick hoped against hope that nothing bad had happened, but it had to be bad news.The last time
Coincidentally, they both settled on the same thing. There were pieces of chicken, salad, fried rice, and a sandwich.“You look troubled,” Katherine said, taking a bite of her chicken. She sometimes sends him a look of concern. In fact, Kathy did not want to be asked just to not appear as being nosy.“Do I?” he asked with a bitter smile. Rick looked at her intently but remained silent.“Yes, or am I reading it wrong?” She questioned, feeling embarrassed with the way he was looking at her. She then hurriedly added, “Ah… You really don’t need to tell me. I… I’m sorry for asking.” Katherine was feeling apologetic.But since earlier, she had noticed that he seemed to frequently look by the window as if he was expecting someone to storm in anytime and confront him, or was it them.Rick looked at her, wondering whether or not it was right for him to tell her what was bothering him.
But why would Melanie be sitting outside the house at that time of the night? She felt her heartbeat increase and was afraid of moving towards the house.She cautiously approached the person who revealed her face after removing the hoodie she was wearing. Penelope.“You! What are you doing by my house?” Katherine asked while glaring at the woman.“I came to see you about something that might interest you,” Penelope answered with a knowing smile. She then asked, “Won’t you at least welcome me in?”“Welcome you in! Are you nuts?”Katherine couldn’t understand it. What was it with Penelope? Katherine had tried as much as she could to avoid her, and there she was.She was standing by her doorstep, asking to be let in. Claiming she had something important to tell her.Katherine really thought that the lady was blubbing and that ignoring her would do her good, but Penelope wasn&rsq
Rick was surprised. He did not know what to do. But most of his thought was about wondering where she had gotten the information about him and Melanie.He thought of how awful she must be feeling and wondered why he had agreed to Melanie’s plan in the first place.Rick also realized that had he not agreed to it, he would have never gotten close to Katherine.He had grown to love her immensely and was glad that she seemed so understanding than he had previously assumed.He thought of how she had turned his life around and how he had repaid her by being so disloyal.Rick hoped he would make it up to her, and he hoped she would understand and forgive him.One thing that Rick wasn’t ready for was how fast everything crumbled down. Jenifer kept on bothering him, asking him not to even get in touch with his father, and he wanted to so much.He wanted someone to talk to, and Katherine had made it clear that she wanted nothi