Faith
Chapter 4 - Finding a Replacement
Gin Zhou Private High for Boys
"Excuse me, Mr Zhou, there's a phone call for you on line 1, it's Mr Lanai" came young woman's voice, as she stood at the door watching an elderly man looking out the window in a daze.
"Mr Zhou" as she spoke bit louder
The man turned around at the sound of his name, still in daze of confusion
"Line 1 sir, Mr Lanai" repeating her self slowly, "the Ancient history teacher who went to Colombia"
"Oh, yes, thankyou Susan, I'll take it"
Susan nodded in agreement, and closed the door behind her.
"Mr Lanai, how may I help you?"
"Mr Zhou, I have been trying to contact you in this past couple of weeks, and leaving you messages to call me back"
"My apologies Mr Lanai but I have been busy"
"There's no excuse Mr Zhou, you could have rang me back, it was an emergency?
"Well, what is the emergency Mr Lanai?" annoyed
"Well, to confirm you that my trip here in Colombia, has to be expanded for at least 4weeks"
"4 weeks, why, is there a problem?"
"No, my passport has been expired, so the customs won't let me through until I reply with the a new one"
"Mr Lanai, what am I suppose to do with your classes for your 4weeks ABSENT"
"Well Mr Zhou you're the principle, you figure it out"
"Do not be a smartarse with me Mr Lanai"
"Well, you have to find a replacement of course, Mr Zhou, I can't help it, if you hadn't picked up the phone and rang me before, and we won't be having this dilemma Mr Zhou"
"A replacement, who the hell would take your class, no teachers in this school like teaching the subject and plus there's no other teachers who can teach the subject"
"Well, you have to send for replacement from another district Mr Zhou, I'm really sorry to lay this burden on you" annoyed at his attitude
"That will take at least 3 weeks confirmation, what I'm I supposed to do with them then, if you hadn't left a note with Susan stating it was a HUGE EMERGENCE maybe we wouldn't be having a problem about it"
"I HAVE BEEN CONTACTNG YOU FOR NEARLY 5 DAYS, SO DO NOT BLAME THIS ON ME MR ZHOU, SO DO NOT START"
"DON'T START, I WILL…………."
"Mr Zhou, could you not scream please, I'm already death in one ear, I don't need a another one"
Knock, Knock, Knock
"WHAT"
A knock came from the door "Mr Zhou is everything alright" Susan's voice concerned
"Yes, everything's alright, thankyou Susan"
Susan opened the door and poked her head in "and Mr Zhou, there's a Mr Higerzwira waiting to speak to you, he said that you wanted to see him"
Mr Zhou ran his fingers through his hair and signed in frustration
"Send him in and Susan……… and Susan sorry"
"No problems Mr Zhou, I'll bring you a nice cupper of tea and maybe some cheap vases for throwing, to let some steam out" smirking
"Thankyou Susan"
Susan closed the door behind her and left Mr Zhou in silence. He looked at the phone in his hand, not wanting to start another fight with Mr Lanai,
"Mr Lanai, I'll figure out how to deal with is situation and I hope…………."
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
"Hello Mr Lanai are you still there"
He didn't answer; he already hanged up. He slammed the phone down "BASTARD", and closed his eyes as he laid his head on his desk...
"Mr Zhou, I'm I interrupting anything"
He opened his eyes, and jolted his head up from his desk forgetting about his visitor. A young man stood at the front door with long black pants and white collar business shirt, his blue long hair laid on his shoulder, and his glasses reflecting his sapphire eyes
"Mr Higerzwira, how may I help you?"
"Well, Mr Zhou you called me, and please call me Eriol"
"I did……………………. oh yes I did, I was ummm….mmm….. Well"
"Mr Zhou is there something wrong, you don't seem you're self"
He rubbed his eyes and stood up and walked to the cabinet and opened it up revealing a bottle and some glasses.
"Rum my boy"
Eriol shook he's head "no thankyou" and set down, staring at Mr Zhou pouring him self rum.
"Eriol…….., there's no problem just that Mr Lanai tended to expand his holiday for 4 weeks, so I have to find a replacement before tomorrow that's all.
"Mr Lanai, the ancient history teacher"
"Yeh" he took his glass and gulped down the rum, washing the taste through his mouth. He poured another and brought to his desk.
"And the other problem is, there's no other teacher who wants or like teaching that subject"
"What about calling in another district te……………" Mr Zhou interrupted him, knowing what he was going to say
"It will take at leat 2 weeks confirmation"
Eriol sat quietly, he couldn't help him, he was the PE teacher not an Ancient history teacher, he actually dislike the subject and failed it in High school ,along with his cousin Syaroan.The memories of his high school years made him smirk, remembering him and syaoran alway lazing of in class especially in Ancient. Oh, the teacher would always pick on syaoran in the front of the class and humiliate him, because of his attitude problem and I would sit there grin at him.
Eriol snapped his head up when an idea formed in his head, syaoran, syaoran, syaoran, syaoran, teacher, teacher, teacher this words repeating, as if it was saying something to him.
"Mr Zhou, I know someone, exact ally my cousin who is ..." Mr Zhou held up his hand to indicate that he's not interested
"Eriol, I appreciate your help but…………….." Eriol stood up eager and interrupted him
"He's a teacher"
Mr Zhou, looked at him interested in what he just said "What's his name"
"Ummm... Lin Zexu"
"Never herd of him, how are you related to him?"
"Cousin and best friend, but that's not the point, I'm giving you a chance, do you want him or not"
"That would be great, it will help me out, he will just fill in, until I get another replacement" Mr Zhou stood up and walk over to Eriol and shook his and gradually thanking him.
"I just need his contact number and school he teaches at"
"For what"
"well I need his confirmation and..."
"Rather having you going to all that trouble, um... you know what, let me ask him and I'll ring you when I get his answer"
"Okay, that will be fine Eriol"
Knock, Knock
Susan opened the door and walked in
"Mr Zhou sorry for the interruption, but head mistress of Tomoda High of Japan called to ask who will be welcoming the transfer student at the airport. She placed his tea on his desk and gave him some papers to sign"
"Dam it I forgot all about that…... ohhhhhhhhhh that's right" he turned his gaze towards Eriol, grinning
"What is it?"
"I just remembered what I wanted to talk to you about, Susan please contact them back and inform them that Eriol Higerzwira and um…………….. Lin Zexu will be welcoming them at the airport".
"Yes Mr Zhou and May I ask who Lin Zexu is"
"He'll be the replacement for Mr Lanai absence"
Mean While at Syaoran Residence
Beep Beep Beep…. a faint car beep rang out side the mansion
"Syaoran, honey, my ride is here" Kaho's voice echoed through the mansion, she looked at her reflection in the bathroom mirror as she applied he cerise lip gloss, she brushed more ruby coloured blush on her chicks and sprayed on her Eternity Musk perfume, that syaoran loved. She ran to the bedroom that was attached to bathroom and quickly put on her black heels and grabbed her jacket that was hanging on the chair and ran down the stairs searching for her handbag
"Syaoran have you seen my bag"
"You mean this one" Syaoran grabbed her from the back and started kissing her neck slowly
"Yes I mean that one "she grabbed the bag from his grip
"Where are you going?"
"Don't tell me that you forgot, seriously syaoran you would definitely forget her your head if it weren't screwed on"
"Ha ha very funny, but seriously where are you going"
"honey, remember, business trip, Shanghai, sign papers, 4 weeks, tell me you can't possibly remember that"
"That...business...trip"
"That's alright baby" she walked up to him and kissed him on the cheeks "I'll miss you"
Beep Beep Beep
"Who's that?"
"My ride, I'll ring you when I get there and when I come back we can start planning our wedding baby"
" Ummm, okay have fun signing papers with boring associates or you can ring in & say that you have come down with the flu and spend the hole 4 weeks with me"
"I would love to baby, but I can't"
Beep, beep, beep
"I have to go, bye" she kissed him again and ran out the door with her luggage in her hands"
In the cab
"Where to miss"
"Airport and step on it you idiot"
Kaho grabbed her mobile phone from her hand bag and dialled Michaels number
"Yo, ur tlking to ur man mikey, watcha want"
"Use proper grammar you ass"
"Kaho, it that you, baby I thought I would never hear from you"
"We'll you have, now did you get the address and keys to my hotel room"
"Yeah, not only that, I bought something for the special occasion"
"For me"
"yes and it's a surprise"
"Awwwwwwww...please tell me" she wined with excitement
"no, but I'll give you a clue, it's see through and wearable"
"oooooohhhh, than I have to wait and find out, won't I"
"Of course baby, so what did you tell your fiancée?"
"That I'm going to shanghai for 4 weeks to sign of some documents with some business associates"
"Was he suspicious?"
"no, you dumbass, I'm his fiancée, there's supposed to be trust when you going to marry someone, plus he's to busy working with her ignorant mother to notice that I'm running around sleeping behind his back.
"You have been a naughty little girl" tease ally
"I can't wait; I'll see you at the hotel"
She hanged up and smiled evilly
The cab driver stopped the car and patiently beeped at the cab in front to get the move on. He slipped behind it and parked in the free space. He turned around and faced Kaho and smiled, showing his beer stained teeth and a small piease of carrot between his teeth from his last meal.
"That will be 20 dollars"
"Have you ever heared of a shower and a tooth brush?"
The cab-man set there dumbfounded
"I thought so, here's 3 dollars extra that will buy you soaps that comes in a square box that you use to wash you self and maybe a tooth brush for your foul breath. She threw him the money and grabbed her luggage and opened the door and walked of laughing.
End of Chapter