CHAPTER FIVE
Tim glanced up and down the hallway before tiptoeing into Zach's impossibly neat bedroom. He looked around, wondering where he was going stash the porno magazines.
I have to hide them so Zach won't find them first and ruin my plan. Tim thought, but it has got to be easy for Mom to find. Then he remembered Zach would not be home unit dinnertime because he had his debating group meetings.
He saw Zach's laundry hamper in the corner of the room and buried the two incriminating magazines underneath his dirty clothes. He smiled grimly to himself before ducking out of the bedroom.
Later that afternoon, Leah arrived home before her husband-for a change. Usually it was the other way 'round.
She found her youngest playing on the Playstation 4 in the family room. Tim has been behaving since he was grounded last night, but Leah wondered how long his good behaviour would last.
" Hello Tim," she greeted her son.
" Hi," Tim grunted, his eyes focused on the big screen TV in front of him,
" Do you need anything?"
" Nope." Tim replied.
" Okay then. I'll be doing a load of laundry."
Leah left the family room and headed upstairs to collect the laundry hampers. She lugged all three to the laundry room and began sorting out the dirty washing.
She did Zach's last and when she took out the pile of clothes, two magazines dropped to the floor. She bent down to pick them up and her eyes went wide with shock. They were porno magazines! Her eldest son was reading porno magazines?
It has to be some mistake. She thought, Zach is a good boy; he does not read trash like this. I will have a talk to him later. She put the magazines aside and continued to sort out the laundry.
That night, Zach and Leo arrived home. Leo went to heat up their dinners while Zach went to say hello to Leah.
" Son, I need to talk to you." Leah replied without returning the hello. She looked serious and worried.
Zach sat down on his parent's bed, " What's wrong Mom?"
Leah reached into the desk and pulled out two magazines.
" What on earth are you doing with these?" she practically threw them at her son. They bounced off his lap and onto the floor.
Zach went pale; they were porno magazines, " Mom…where'd you find these?"
" In your room," Leah answered, " while I was getting the laundry hamper."
" Mom, these aren't mine. I don't know how they ended up in my room." Zach explained.
" I have to show these to your father. "
" Mom, I just told you, they aren't mine!" Zach protested.
" I found them in your room, they can't have walked in there by themselves now, can they? Pornography is strictly off limits in this house. You know that."
" I respect the rules Mom, I follow them. You've got to believe me, they aren't mine." Zach pleaded.
Leah sighed wearily, " I don't know what to believe anymore Zachary, but I did find these in your room and as far as I'm concerned, you're guilty."
" But, I-" Zach stammered.
" Just wait until your father hears about this." Leah said before storming out of the bedroom.
Leo had been just as shocked as Leah was. He turned to his eldest, " Son, why?"
Zach looked at him miserably, " I keep telling you guys, they aren't mine. I never read porno stuff."
Leo glanced over at his wife, " if they aren't yours, whose are they?"
" It could be Tim's," Zach suggested, " he could have planted them in my room instead." He frowned as the realisation dawned on him, " He's always wanted to see me get into trouble."
" That's nonsense, you're just trying to blame Tim-its an easy way out. Well my son, we have no choice but to punish you."
Zach stared at his parents. Nothing he said was going to change their minds. He was just going have to accept his punishment.
If this is how you play dirty Timothy, then the war is on! He told his brother silently.
Tim glanced up and down the hallway before tiptoeing into Zach's impossibly neat bedroom. He looked around, wondering where he was going stash the porno magazines.
I have to hide them so Zach won't find them first and ruin my plan. Tim thought, but it has got to be easy for Mom to find. Then he remembered Zach would not be home unit dinnertime because he had his debating group meetings.
He saw Zach's laundry hamper in the corner of the room and buried the two incriminating magazines underneath his dirty clothes. He smiled grimly to himself before ducking out of the bedroom.
Later that afternoon, Leah arrived home before her husband-for a change. Usually it was the other way 'round.
She found her youngest playing on the Playstation 4 in the family room. Tim has been behaving since he was grounded last night, but Leah wondered how long his good behaviour would last.
" Hello Tim," she greeted her son.
" Hi," Tim grunted, his eyes focused on the big screen TV in front of him,
" Do you need anything?"
" Nope." Tim replied.
" Okay then. I'll be doing a load of laundry."
Leah left the family room and headed upstairs to collect the laundry hampers. She lugged all three to the laundry room and began sorting out the dirty washing.
She did Zach's last and when she took out the pile of clothes, two magazines dropped to the floor. She bent down to pick them up and her eyes went wide with shock. They were porno magazines! Her eldest son was reading porno magazines?
It has to be some mistake. She thought, Zach is a good boy; he does not read trash like this. I will have a talk to him later. She put the magazines aside and continued to sort out the laundry.
That night, Zach and Leo arrived home. Leo went to heat up their dinners while Zach went to say hello to Leah.
" Son, I need to talk to you." Leah replied without returning the hello. She looked serious and worried.
Zach sat down on his parent's bed, " What's wrong Mom?"
Leah reached into the desk and pulled out two magazines.
" What on earth are you doing with these?" she practically threw them at her son. They bounced off his lap and onto the floor.
Zach went pale; they were porno magazines, " Mom…where'd you find these?"
" In your room," Leah answered, " while I was getting the laundry hamper."
" Mom, these aren't mine. I don't know how they ended up in my room." Zach explained.
" I have to show these to your father. "
" Mom, I just told you, they aren't mine!" Zach protested.
" I found them in your room, they can't have walked in there by themselves now, can they? Pornography is strictly off limits in this house. You know that."
" I respect the rules Mom, I follow them. You've got to believe me, they aren't mine." Zach pleaded.
Leah sighed wearily, " I don't know what to believe anymore Zachary, but I did find these in your room and as far as I'm concerned, you're guilty."
" But, I-" Zach stammered.
" Just wait until your father hears about this." Leah said before storming out of the bedroom.
Leo had been just as shocked as Leah was. He turned to his eldest, " Son, why?"
Zach looked at him miserably, " I keep telling you guys, they aren't mine. I never read porno stuff."
Leo glanced over at his wife, " if they aren't yours, whose are they?"
" It could be Tim's," Zach suggested, " he could have planted them in my room instead." He frowned as the realisation dawned on him, " He's always wanted to see me get into trouble."
" That's nonsense, you're just trying to blame Tim-its an easy way out. Well my son, we have no choice but to punish you."
Zach stared at his parents. Nothing he said was going to change their minds. He was just going have to accept his punishment.
If this is how you play dirty Timothy, then the war is on! He told his brother silently.