TWENTY- EIGHT

The man was taken down to the police cab and sent to jail for trial.

Mark came to the station relieved and took me home, after kissing Ms. Gonzalez goodbye.

When the trial was on, Ms. Gonzalez, Lucy and I were in the audience. Lucy only came because I begged her to.

The case started and the lawyers debated, argued and received permission from the judge, in the end, Mr. Nelson won.

I was devastated, so was Mark, he wasn't scared of Mr. Nelson but rather of what he could do to his loved ones.

The man went home free after spitting on Mark's face. Mark cleaned the saliva as Mr. Nelson hurled insults, curses and threats at him...in front of the jury.

Mark just drove Ms. Gonzalez home and took me back to the mansion.

At the same time in Lightning flash...

Mr. Nelson was analyzing some paperwork when someone entered the room, since the door was gone.

He looked up angrily then widened his eyes and said,"Who is this handsome devil?"

The stranger remained silent.

He offered the person a seat and said,"So you're the one who has been impersonating me and causing trouble for me right?"

The person nodded.

"Are you dumb? Speak to me when I speak to you!"

"So what do you want me to say?"

"The spitting image of myself must have a brain similar to mine, so think."

The person sighed.

"But because you look like me, I'll let it slide, now what do you want?"

"...I need your help."

"...how?"

"You want the deed to Aqua, don't you?"

"Yes I do."

"I also want Marcus to myself and to get rid of that new girlfriend of his and that pesky, spoiled brat he calls a brother. We could help each other."

"One more question...why do you want Mark? Revenge?"

"To date him."

"What?! You're a guy!"

"No I'm not."

The person removed their mask to show...

Oleh.

"Woah, from pretty man to pretty girl, I like that."

"So do we have a deal or not?"

"We have a deal..."

------------------------------------------------------------------------

I went to school the next day, opened my locker and took out my Geography books.

I was going to the class when I bumped into a janitor, he was new and really grumpy.

After he had finished insulting me, we parted ways.

Then it hit me...

Wasn't that one of the guys that kidnapped me?

I felt fear grip my heart and looked back at him, I yelled as loudly as I could for help and a teacher told me to keep quiet but I couldn't so she sent me to the Principal's office.

The Principal asked,"Why were you screaming Tommy?"

"I think I saw one of the kidnappers! He was the new janitor!"

"Which one? We have three."

"The one with red hair and green eyes."

"But we don't have any with red a

hair and green eyes."

"Yes you do, he's wearing a black wig, but I bumped into him and it fell off."

The Principal knew this had happened to me numerous times so believed me. She sent for those janitors.

All three of them came and she told me to point out the crook.

I scanned them carefully, I realized one of their hairs was red...

I jumped and pulled the wig off the man and the Principal gasped.

The man frowned and pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the rest of us then said,"Freeze, or I'll shoot. The master only wants this kid dead so if you comply, you wouldn't be harmed."

"Please leave the child alone."The Principal begged.

"Shut up!!"He yelled, shooting a bullet at her.

It whizzed right past her ear and broke through the glass window.

He pointed the gun at me while grinning.

Before he pulled the trigger, a stick was broken on the back of his head and he fell unconscious.

We all looked at the person...

"Cameron?"I asked.

"I can't believe I just hit that guy with a broom."

"You saved the life of your enemy? I knew it! You're a forgiving person!".

"No, more like scared person."

"I won't hurt you anymore, but you have to stop trying to hurt me."

"I won't do it again."

The news was reported to Mark and he was furious at how irresponsible and slow learning the staff in the school were.

He then said to me,"Tommy, you can't go back to that school."

"Then where will I go?"

"Nowhere, you will be home schooled from now on."

"But what about Lucille, she wouldn't survive without me."

"She is none of my concern, only you and Cathy are."

I understood why he was doing this, I didn't want to stress him out with worry so I obliged.

The next day, Mark went to work and I was being taught English by Ms. Rose Kent. She was impressed by how quickly I learned but I didn't make a comment.

I went to the pool after my classes for that day were over and couldn't help but worry about what Mr. Nelson would do next.