Chapter 8- insurMountable

Mayor Mount stood there in front of his closet with his arms akimbo. He was clueless about what to wear.

There were aides who used to dress him up for official outings but this was a personal mission. He had to choose on his own and his wouldn’t help.

Finally, he chose a suit randomly and was in another situation of selecting the right tie.

He heard footsteps as someone walked in behind him. 

“If you have come to warn me about time then I am extraordinarily late” he spoke without looking back. He was very sure of who had entered. It was Brittany, his wife. There was no one who could have come in like that.

“And why is that?” Brittany replied him with a question.

“Because you are more of a  late comer than I am” he turned around and pulled her close. He rained her face with kisses.

“I am not here to make out, please” she pulled away from him. She looked unhappy. There seemed to be something bothering her.

“You know what I found very  painful. I don’t have enough time to spend with you” Mayor Mount tried to lighten her heavy heart.

“Like you really wanted to spend more time with us?” she asked sarcastically. She was definitely calling her husband a liar.

“There is nothing more desirable for a man than to spend time with his beautiful wife and his lovely daughter but duty calls and the man must obey” he bowed slightly like he was trying to show respect to her but it was done to amuse her.

“And before the first term finish, the man was already running for another term in the duty deterring him from having his most desirable moment” she ignored his funny act and spoke what seemed to be bothering her.

Mayor Mount had his mouth agape. He wanted to say something but he couldn’t say anything. He stared at his wife while meditating on what to say.

“Doing what the people want. The people which you are also one of them” he finally found his tongue.

“Anyway,the principal is here” she narrated her main reason for coming into the room.

“The principal?” Mayor Mount asked with surprise. He was not expecting any principal.

“The principal of Tracy's school”

“Did you ask him to come?” Mayor Mount still didn’t understand why the principal should visit.

“He found a specialist and the specialist said he needs to see you” Brittany explained patiently. It seemed she was expecting a denial from her husband and was ready for it.

“Everybody need to see the mayor?” he muttered to himself. “Brit, you can just attend to them. You know very much that I have no time for unscheduled meetings. I should be in the community center within an hour”

“He requested to see you. And this is a matter of choosing between your daughter and a day of your campaign” Brittany walked out without listening to what he had to say.

Mayor Mount knew his wife so well. Not succumbing right now would only lead to lots of disagreements. He decided to meet this annoying specialist.

He joined them in the living room. The principal sat beside a man apparently younger than him. That must be the specialist. The principal and the specialist stood up as they saw him coming.

“Sit down, please” he said politely with a rude voice. He was obviously angry. He wouldn’t be here if not for his wife.

“This is the….” The principal was trying to introduce the specialist before being cut short.

“I am the therapist working with your daughter” the specialist interrupted the principal.

“I thought you are a therapist” Mayor Mount asked angrily. He was building up anger to vent on the specialist.

“I am a specialist therapist, sir” the specialist quickly replied nervously. He must have noticed Mayor Mount’s impatience.

“Why did you want to see me?” Mayor Mount asked impatiently again.

“I…” 

“It must be something reasonable” Mayor Mount interrupted him before he could say a word. Brittany rubbed his hand on his husband's back. It seemed she was trying to calm him.

“Since I have been working on your,I’m sorry, attending to your daughter. I noticed something” the specialist shook as he was speaking. He paused for a while before continuing.

“She was so unintelligent beyond imagination. Very dumb to be your daughter with the position you are holding” the specialist seemed to have lost control. He was freely and wildly.

The principal scoffed to keep him in check but he didn’t realize that. He went on and on.

“She has dyscaculia, dyslexia, dyschemistry, dys-scientia…..” he counted on his finger to list.

“I’m sorry, Mayor. I don’t think I’ve ever heard those words before and I have never seen him like this. I’m sorry, once again” the principal interrupted to apologize on his behalf.

The specialist who had not seen anything wrong with the situation turned to the principal.

“If you spend much time with her and realize the level of her dumbness. You will need to invent word to describe her” the specialist struggled to free his mouth from the principal hand holding it tightly together.

“Just tell him why we are here, the solution please. Will you do that?” the principal begged him. He released him after he had nodded in agreement.

“You see what you dragged me into” Mayor Mount blamed her wife.

“I’m sorry he spoke a little too much, sir” the principal apologized again.

“So when I realized it wasn’t natural. The only solution will be using the cause to proffer a solution. She became that due to external influence likely from a best friend who could influence others. So we have to find her a best friend that can influence her in a way that we want” the specialist made his point. He looked around at everyone one after the other.

“It’s not necessary though. I am talking about an applause” he whispered to the principal. The principal ogled him and sighed.

“She have friends that are very brilliant. How come she had not been influenced all this days” Mayor Mount doubted his theory. The only way he saw the specialist was just someone that got lucky to be a therapist selected for his daughter.

“Not just any friend. A friend that can influence” the specialist defended himself. 

“So how do we find that?” Brittany spoke for the first time. She seemed to like what the specialist had said.

“I have researched and found one living here in Newland. She is very suitable. No crime record. No unwanted pregnancies. What I liked most about her is no disturbance recorded during high school. Her name is Grace Brunt which rhymes with your daughter who is Trace Mount. Don’t worry I know it is Tracy. But there is something you might not like about her” he spoke without caring if they listen or not.

“And what’s that?” Brittany asked impatiently. She was very much interested to know about it.