DANGEROUS LOVE CHAPTER 7
Scott rounded the corner to see the county van parked on the side of the road. The deputy looked outraged as he was discussing something with Hugo. It looked like a heated argument and Hugo was yelling until he looked up and saw Scott walking down the road.
"Look, there he is. Don't blame me cause the gringo decided to split." He then faced Scott and continued his verbal abuse towards him. "Look man, I'm not taking the heat because of you. I'll whip your ass for taking off and I'm gonna. . ." The Deputy pulled out his nightstick and threatened Hugo with it. It quieted him down quickly.
He walked over to Scott and roughly grabbed his arm. "Where you been boy? You trying to escape?"
Scott seemed a little scared and came up with an excuse quickly. "I had to take a piss. Do you mind? I wasn't going to expose myself right here on the main roadway." Scott's answer seemed to pacify everyone and there was a sigh of relief.
"Next time you need to leave your partner then you need to let us know." Scott shook his head in acknowledgement. Work duty was now over for the day and they piled everyone back into the van and headed back into town.
Scott met with Jean his probation officer and they discussed a few issues. She was to drive Scott back up to Horizon to return him to Peter. She tried to carry on a civil conversation on the way back up the mountain but his answers were brief or a nod of the head.
Peter was standing outside his office when the car drove up. He walked over to give Scott a pat on the back and a handshake for Jean. "So how was the first day?"
"I'm beat can I go to my dorm now?" Scott pleaded. Peter nodded his head and turned with a questionable look towards Jean.
"He doesn't talk much does he?"
Laughing Peter said, "You get him mad enough and he'll talk plenty. So how did it go? Anything I need to know about?"
"Not really. He does like to keep to himself and doesn't socialize with the other kids. There was an incident where they thought that he ran because he disappeared for awhile but it turned out that he just needed to relieve himself. He just didn't bother to say anything to his partner before he left." She had a puzzled expression on her face.
"That's understandable. So why the puzzled look. Is there something else you're not telling me?"
"Well I'm also Hugo's probation officer. He was Scott's partner and I talked with him a little when the van returned. Hugo does have a major attitude problem so I know that it would be hard for Scott and him to get along. He did mention that they didn't work together at all and that Scott did everything on his own. It's the time frame that I'm concerned about. According to Hugo, Scott wasn't gone just a few minutes to use the bathroom but he said that he was gone for like 20-30 minutes. I'm just wondering what exactly did Scott do during that time?"
Peter frowned and let out a sigh. "I'll see what I can get out of him."
She turned to leave. "Thanks for bringing him into town this morning. I had may hands tied so I couldn't make it up here."
"No problem. Why don't you just let me bring him down every morning? I like being alone with him for awhile because I'm hoping that one day he will open up to me some more. He is fighting some major demons right now and I'm trying to get him to talk about them."
"That would be great. He seems like a decent kid. I hope that we both can get him to open up and get him the help he needs. See you tomorrow." She got into her car and drove off as Peter stood there trying to figure out what should be the next move towards getting into Scott's head. ***************************************************************** ***************** On the way to the dorm, Scott ran into Daisy. He quickly looked around, grabbed her by the arm and pulled her behind one of the buildings. Daisy looked flustered at first before she realized what happened.
"Jeez Scott. Don't scare me like that."
"How is she? Has she said anything?"
"No. She is totally shutting down. What did you do to her?"
Scott's mouth dropped open as he raised his eyebrows. "Excuse me? What do you mean what did I do to her? I didn't do anything. The whole thing about spending time in the shed was her idea. I'm the one who got caught so why is she so pissed?"
"Were you rough with her or did you hurt her?"
"Holy shit no. I hardly even touched her. All we did was kiss and we've done that plenty of times without her going ballistics."
"Well something set her off"
"Thank you Daisy for the sudden enlightenment. Of course something set her off. I need to know what it is."
"Well you don't have to get rude. I don't need to be standing here talking to you." She turned to leave but Scott grabbed her arm and pleaded with her.
"Ok I'm sorry. I'm just so confused as to why she is acting this way."
"Look I can't stay here talking to you all night. Think hard. You must have done something. I'll keep trying to get her to open up. If I find out anything I'll let you know." This time when she turned to leave Scott didn't stop her. He stood there running his hands through his head. Why did it have to be something I did? Why is it always my fault when a girl seems to have a problem?
"You hiding out?" Scott jumped as he heard Peter's voice behind him. "I thought you were tired and decided to take a nap"
"Yeah well I was on my way. I just haven't gotten there yet."
"You seem to be doing that a lot lately." He questioned.
"Doing what?"
"Getting sidetracked while doing a task. So what got your attention this afternoon?"
Scott thought he was referring to Daisy. He figured that he must have seen Daisy walking away from the back of the building.
"Look, I'm sorry for talking to her but we're both just trying to help figure Shelby out."
Peter made note to discuss this other issue with Scott another time. "That's nice of you to admit that you broke your shuns but that is not what I was referring to. I'm talking about this afternoon when you left your job site."
Scott looked surprised and also realized that he just put his foot in his mouth. "Peter, I didn't leave the job site. I just walked into the woods to take a piss."
"How far into the woods did you go?" Peter was looking at this in a whole other spectrum. He knew that some kids hide drugs in the woods and would sneak off to get high. Did Scott know about a place in the woods that could have given him access to drugs?
"What do you mean how far? What difference would it make whether I went 10 or 20 yards into the woods?"
"Actually you are right. The distance doesn't make a difference. It's not about the distance but about the time limit. Since when does it take you 20-30 minutes to take a piss?"
Scott was stumped. He didn't know what to say now. The only thing he could do was become defensive. "Who said I was gone 20- 30 minutes? Hugo? Are you going to believe a lazy ass spic who did nothing all afternoon but lay on the side of the road while I did all the work?"
"Scott there is no need to be prejudice and defensive. It was a simple question that requires a simple answer. I'd prefer the truth so I don't have to give you a drug test."
Scott became a little defensive again. "Peter your trust in us is so overwhelming. I didn't do anything illegal." He thought that he had better confess without giving to many details. "All I did was walk around the corner and found some old lady with a flat tire. I helped her change her tire. Am I going to be faulted for being a good Samaritan?"
Peter studied him for a minute. He could usually tell when a student was lying by the look in their eyes. "No. You won't be faulted and I'm glad to see that you were able to help out a person in need. So how did it feel?"
Scott looked at him with a questionable and puzzled look on his face. "I'm talking about the service. Doesn't it make you feel good about yourself to have helped another person?"
Scott's mind drifted back to the cute brunette with the pretty brown eyes and beautiful smile. With a far away look in his eyes and a smile on his lips he responded, "It was very memorable."
Peter patted him on the back. "Great. One good deed deserves another. Your extra hours on wood chopping has just been lifted."
"Great" Scott said with excitement as he turned to leave. Peter grabbed a hold of his arm to keep him from going any further. "Sorry that doesn't mean free time. You still have an essay about Ben due. He hasn't been able to fulfill his part with you gone so if I were you, I'd take care of that right now. I also don't want you to slack off in your school work so make sure you take care of your school assignments as well."
Just when Scott was ready to make a protest he decided that it was better to get on Peter's good side if he wanted any kind of slack latter on. He shook his head and grudgingly trotted off. ***************************************************************** ****************** Later that evening as the sun was hidden beyond the mountains and darkness fell. The students of Horizon lazily lounged around the main building doing various activities. Scott was able to miss group therapy because he had to catch up on some missed schoolwork. The Cliffhangers were together having a good time playing a board game. It was hard for Scott to concentrate because he was constantly looking up as their laughter filled the room. He noticed that Shelby really wasn't taking part in the game but sat alone brooding and throwing dirty looks his way. He wanted so much to go over to her, tear her away and ask what her problem was. Just when he could feel his blood getting to a boiling point, a student came in and said, "Scott you have a phone call."
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Scott rounded the corner to see the county van parked on the side of the road. The deputy looked outraged as he was discussing something with Hugo. It looked like a heated argument and Hugo was yelling until he looked up and saw Scott walking down the road.
"Look, there he is. Don't blame me cause the gringo decided to split." He then faced Scott and continued his verbal abuse towards him. "Look man, I'm not taking the heat because of you. I'll whip your ass for taking off and I'm gonna. . ." The Deputy pulled out his nightstick and threatened Hugo with it. It quieted him down quickly.
He walked over to Scott and roughly grabbed his arm. "Where you been boy? You trying to escape?"
Scott seemed a little scared and came up with an excuse quickly. "I had to take a piss. Do you mind? I wasn't going to expose myself right here on the main roadway." Scott's answer seemed to pacify everyone and there was a sigh of relief.
"Next time you need to leave your partner then you need to let us know." Scott shook his head in acknowledgement. Work duty was now over for the day and they piled everyone back into the van and headed back into town.
Scott met with Jean his probation officer and they discussed a few issues. She was to drive Scott back up to Horizon to return him to Peter. She tried to carry on a civil conversation on the way back up the mountain but his answers were brief or a nod of the head.
Peter was standing outside his office when the car drove up. He walked over to give Scott a pat on the back and a handshake for Jean. "So how was the first day?"
"I'm beat can I go to my dorm now?" Scott pleaded. Peter nodded his head and turned with a questionable look towards Jean.
"He doesn't talk much does he?"
Laughing Peter said, "You get him mad enough and he'll talk plenty. So how did it go? Anything I need to know about?"
"Not really. He does like to keep to himself and doesn't socialize with the other kids. There was an incident where they thought that he ran because he disappeared for awhile but it turned out that he just needed to relieve himself. He just didn't bother to say anything to his partner before he left." She had a puzzled expression on her face.
"That's understandable. So why the puzzled look. Is there something else you're not telling me?"
"Well I'm also Hugo's probation officer. He was Scott's partner and I talked with him a little when the van returned. Hugo does have a major attitude problem so I know that it would be hard for Scott and him to get along. He did mention that they didn't work together at all and that Scott did everything on his own. It's the time frame that I'm concerned about. According to Hugo, Scott wasn't gone just a few minutes to use the bathroom but he said that he was gone for like 20-30 minutes. I'm just wondering what exactly did Scott do during that time?"
Peter frowned and let out a sigh. "I'll see what I can get out of him."
She turned to leave. "Thanks for bringing him into town this morning. I had may hands tied so I couldn't make it up here."
"No problem. Why don't you just let me bring him down every morning? I like being alone with him for awhile because I'm hoping that one day he will open up to me some more. He is fighting some major demons right now and I'm trying to get him to talk about them."
"That would be great. He seems like a decent kid. I hope that we both can get him to open up and get him the help he needs. See you tomorrow." She got into her car and drove off as Peter stood there trying to figure out what should be the next move towards getting into Scott's head. ***************************************************************** ***************** On the way to the dorm, Scott ran into Daisy. He quickly looked around, grabbed her by the arm and pulled her behind one of the buildings. Daisy looked flustered at first before she realized what happened.
"Jeez Scott. Don't scare me like that."
"How is she? Has she said anything?"
"No. She is totally shutting down. What did you do to her?"
Scott's mouth dropped open as he raised his eyebrows. "Excuse me? What do you mean what did I do to her? I didn't do anything. The whole thing about spending time in the shed was her idea. I'm the one who got caught so why is she so pissed?"
"Were you rough with her or did you hurt her?"
"Holy shit no. I hardly even touched her. All we did was kiss and we've done that plenty of times without her going ballistics."
"Well something set her off"
"Thank you Daisy for the sudden enlightenment. Of course something set her off. I need to know what it is."
"Well you don't have to get rude. I don't need to be standing here talking to you." She turned to leave but Scott grabbed her arm and pleaded with her.
"Ok I'm sorry. I'm just so confused as to why she is acting this way."
"Look I can't stay here talking to you all night. Think hard. You must have done something. I'll keep trying to get her to open up. If I find out anything I'll let you know." This time when she turned to leave Scott didn't stop her. He stood there running his hands through his head. Why did it have to be something I did? Why is it always my fault when a girl seems to have a problem?
"You hiding out?" Scott jumped as he heard Peter's voice behind him. "I thought you were tired and decided to take a nap"
"Yeah well I was on my way. I just haven't gotten there yet."
"You seem to be doing that a lot lately." He questioned.
"Doing what?"
"Getting sidetracked while doing a task. So what got your attention this afternoon?"
Scott thought he was referring to Daisy. He figured that he must have seen Daisy walking away from the back of the building.
"Look, I'm sorry for talking to her but we're both just trying to help figure Shelby out."
Peter made note to discuss this other issue with Scott another time. "That's nice of you to admit that you broke your shuns but that is not what I was referring to. I'm talking about this afternoon when you left your job site."
Scott looked surprised and also realized that he just put his foot in his mouth. "Peter, I didn't leave the job site. I just walked into the woods to take a piss."
"How far into the woods did you go?" Peter was looking at this in a whole other spectrum. He knew that some kids hide drugs in the woods and would sneak off to get high. Did Scott know about a place in the woods that could have given him access to drugs?
"What do you mean how far? What difference would it make whether I went 10 or 20 yards into the woods?"
"Actually you are right. The distance doesn't make a difference. It's not about the distance but about the time limit. Since when does it take you 20-30 minutes to take a piss?"
Scott was stumped. He didn't know what to say now. The only thing he could do was become defensive. "Who said I was gone 20- 30 minutes? Hugo? Are you going to believe a lazy ass spic who did nothing all afternoon but lay on the side of the road while I did all the work?"
"Scott there is no need to be prejudice and defensive. It was a simple question that requires a simple answer. I'd prefer the truth so I don't have to give you a drug test."
Scott became a little defensive again. "Peter your trust in us is so overwhelming. I didn't do anything illegal." He thought that he had better confess without giving to many details. "All I did was walk around the corner and found some old lady with a flat tire. I helped her change her tire. Am I going to be faulted for being a good Samaritan?"
Peter studied him for a minute. He could usually tell when a student was lying by the look in their eyes. "No. You won't be faulted and I'm glad to see that you were able to help out a person in need. So how did it feel?"
Scott looked at him with a questionable and puzzled look on his face. "I'm talking about the service. Doesn't it make you feel good about yourself to have helped another person?"
Scott's mind drifted back to the cute brunette with the pretty brown eyes and beautiful smile. With a far away look in his eyes and a smile on his lips he responded, "It was very memorable."
Peter patted him on the back. "Great. One good deed deserves another. Your extra hours on wood chopping has just been lifted."
"Great" Scott said with excitement as he turned to leave. Peter grabbed a hold of his arm to keep him from going any further. "Sorry that doesn't mean free time. You still have an essay about Ben due. He hasn't been able to fulfill his part with you gone so if I were you, I'd take care of that right now. I also don't want you to slack off in your school work so make sure you take care of your school assignments as well."
Just when Scott was ready to make a protest he decided that it was better to get on Peter's good side if he wanted any kind of slack latter on. He shook his head and grudgingly trotted off. ***************************************************************** ****************** Later that evening as the sun was hidden beyond the mountains and darkness fell. The students of Horizon lazily lounged around the main building doing various activities. Scott was able to miss group therapy because he had to catch up on some missed schoolwork. The Cliffhangers were together having a good time playing a board game. It was hard for Scott to concentrate because he was constantly looking up as their laughter filled the room. He noticed that Shelby really wasn't taking part in the game but sat alone brooding and throwing dirty looks his way. He wanted so much to go over to her, tear her away and ask what her problem was. Just when he could feel his blood getting to a boiling point, a student came in and said, "Scott you have a phone call."
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