Scarlett POV
Ok, I am well and truly out of my depth here, why am I here? I would rather be fighting against those unmentionables then being here, just standing here makes me want to leg it out of the building.
"Miss Lee" comes a woman's voice from behind the desk in to my side of the room, I look up in response, my fake ID memorised for getting in here, my hair tied up ridiculously neat to use this new wig for my cover, I have to resist the urge to scratch my head it is so irritating.
I stand up and make my way to the front of the woman's desk,
"The principal will see you now" she says, I smile slightly and nod in response then walk into the next room seeing a man behind a much bigger desk then the receptionist and with books lining the walls,
"Ah Miss Lee, please take a seat" he says, I nod at this and sit on one of the chairs in front of his desk,
"Now I was told that you had concerns with our teaching program and with some of the teachers" he says, I nod in response and begin to bring out my folder that I have brought and begin to the take the paper work out to show him,
"Yes, I'm concerned with the safety of the children you have here principal Shane. I have done a background check on some of your teachers, and with other members of staff at this school, and the results are very alarming, and not just to me. Myself and other members of the department of education are very concerned with whom you are having teach these students" I say, handing him the paperwork to look at,
"My teachers?" he asks, beginning to look at the papers, I can see him beginning to look nervous from his posture going stiff,
"Yes, for example your French teacher, Mister Joel, he has no qualifications in teaching and none in speaking French, he does however have a warrant out for his arrest for abusing his ex-wife" I say, he looks to me in shock from this,
"That is only one example, you have other teachers with next to non-or no teaching qualifications or subject qualifications for their classes, and you have some of them growing meth and other drugs in your boiler room right underneath your nose, these and much more can and will shut this school down until the department can assign new teachers…and if you're not careful, a new headmaster. Since it is your responsibility for the care and education of the students and staff in this building, you have been severely put yourself into this mess by employing these people yourself" I say, he seems to realise the gravity of the situation now,
"I was not aware – of any of this! I-I cannot be blamed for any of this at all! It's not my fault about the drugs and that these people lied on their resumes" he says defensively, I arch an eyebrow at this,
"Really? So, the footage from a security camera I have in my possession, showing yourself and these teachers enjoying yourselves in the boiler room is not your business, you couldn't have known anything about the drugs whilst taking it yourself with them. Not could you have missed that on all their resumes any qualifications at all, and surely you couldn't have contacted the…authorities to do background checks on each person which is required by law – especially when these people are with innocent children" I say my glare set in stone with him, the look on his face when I mentioned the recording showed that he knows he's been caught, now I know that I have him.
"How did you get that recording?" he asks, I smirk at him for this, the look of shock now as he sees my grin is humorous,
"Because I broke into this school a week ago and accessed your security footage, a little stupid to be putting cameras in a room that your trying to keep secret, especially the contents of that room" I say, he looks at me alarmed from this,
"And hopefully you can put two and two together to realise that I'm not actually from the education board, no but I am however a concerned adult for these children, and I know a lot of people who are also concerned with their children's safety and education, so much that they would do ANYTHING to make sure the appropriate measures are done. Mr Shane I am going to make you a deal, I will provide a security protection scheme with this school and I will be able to help provide QUALIFIED teachers into this school, as long as you do what I say" I say, now to show him I mean business, I put my finger underneath my wig and pull a lock of green hair out of its confines, smiling at the look of fear on his face at now realising who he is dealing with.
"Alright, so what do I need to do?" he asks, slouching back into the chair in defeat, I grin victoriously at this
"You get rid of the teachers that are mentioned in the paperwork I gave you, and you then arrange the arrival of the new actually qualified teachers that I will be bringing in this week. If there are any problems you give me a call and we will sort it out" I say, he nods at this, taking the rest of the paperwork that I hand him.
"Wait you don't want me to get rid of the English teacher? The one who killed his ex?" he asks, I pause before standing up,
"From what I recall that was self-defence, trouble is that the bitch is sleeping with a cop and they don't believe him, I don't think that warrants him losing his job do you? You may also probably find one or two others who have a criminal background but don't worry none of them would seek to harm a child in any way" I say, now getting up after he nods in understanding.
"I will contact you Wednesday sir and we will go over the new security of the school and then the dismissal of the other teachers and the new ones" I say, he nods at this, looking more relieved now that he knows he's not going to lose his job. I tuck in my lock of hair back into its confines and step out of the office, taking a good breath as I walk out of the receptionist's room.
"Scar?"
I look to my side to find Zoe at the door before me coming into the receptionist's room,
"Hey Zoe" I say smiling at her, crap she wasn't supposed to know I was here!
"What are you doing here? Did dad send you?" she asks, I look to her confused,
"I have a doctor's appointment and he said mum was supposed to be taking me but if she can't then he would sort something out" she says, I try to rack my brain on what to say next but I'm coming out blank!
"Umm, yes! Yes, she couldn't make it I'm afraid and he was working so he called and asked if I could take you" I say, she nods at this with a smile, seeming happy about the arrangement.
"Do you have the address for your doctors?" I ask, as we walk out of the office after she signs out at the desk, I swear I am adding that receptionists name to my list of to gos she didn't even check who Zoe was leaving with!
"Uh, no it's a new one since we moved not long ago" she says, I nod at this, kind of relieved as I need to call Floyd to let him know what's going on, I indicate for her to get into my car which she seems all too happy about which I grin at, happy to know she loves my car too, I call Floyd as she gets in, thankful that she closes the door so I can speak to Floyd without her overhearing,
"Hey Angel what's up?" he asks, I breathe a sigh of relief that he answers, I was a little worried he might be on a job or something,
"Hey, I need you to tell me Zoe's new doctors name and address" I say, looking at my car to wave at Zoe seeing her smile and wave, now playing with the radio,
"Why?" he asks,
"Well I was in her school and as I was leaving the receptionists office she saw me and asked if you had arranged for me to take her to the doctors and I couldn't have my cover blown so I said yes" I say, trying to be a little quiet in case Zoe can hear me.
"Wait - wait her mother was supposed to be taking her, is she not there yet?" he asks, I can hear the frustration in his voice,
"Well I haven't seen her since we left the office and I'm in the car park still and I haven't seen anyone entering the building" I say, hearing him growling in frustration,
"Floyd, calm down, I'm here I will take her I just need to know where and what time the appointment is at" I say, trying to do this in a calming voice,
"the address is 72 Oxford Street, it's the Crescent Surgery, and it's at three o clock with a nurse Jean" he says, I nod at this, looking at my watch to see that its quarter to, shit and this address is on the other side of Gotham,
"Damn, right I'll get here there, I'll call you later" I say, hanging up quickly, if I don't then she'll not arrive on time.
"Zoe you're going to want to put on your seatbelt, I didn't know what time your appointment was for so I may need to drive a little fast" I say, putting my own on too, she nods at this, doing as I say and when I know she's secure I get us out of the car park and pudding pedal to the meddle I drive as quickly as I can to our destination.
I have to admit, it's fun having a kid in the passenger seat encouraging me to go faster, clearly having a good time with watching my dodge traffic and weaving through it, I even let her choose the music which goes with the rush perfectly.
"And…five minutes to spare!" I shout, after skidding us perfectly into a spot at the parking lot outside the doctor's surgery.
"That was amazing!" she says with a massive grin on her face, we do a high five before legging it out of the car and into the building.
After the Appointment –
"Seriously Zoe its nothing to be embarrassed about, you should have seen me when I started I was hugging a hot water bottle for a month, heck I invented this thing where I could attach it to my belt so it would stay there without me having to hold it all the time" I say smirking, my arm over her shoulders, she's still a little embarrassed by what the nurse said, she had a male nurse come into the room to learn how to explain this sort of this to people, well I nearly threw him out with how embarrassed he made Zoe feel with all the questions, I threated the woman if she ever did that again then I would be using her name in the complaint against her to her boss' boss.
"How long does it last for?" she asks, still at my side,
"For the first time, usually a week maybe a week and a half" I say, hearing her groan not happy with my response,
"But you know I have also a great remedy for it" I say, she looks up to me at this,
"Chocolate, the best medicine in the world. Come on let's go to an ice cream shop" I say, leading us to my car,
"But I'm supposed to go back to school after my appointment" she says, I look to my watch and see we were in that appointment for half an hour, damn that kid asked a lot of stupid questions – yes it frickin hurts! Dumb ass.
"you only have an hour and fifteen minutes left hun, no point in going in, if they ask just tell them that you didn't feel well – which you don't anyway so you went home – which you will do eventually" I say, with a small grin, she seems to catch onto this and nods in agreement.
Before setting off I send a text to Floyd to let him know her appointment went – well – terrible but she's ok and that I'm taking her for ice cream before taking her home.
See I can be a nice person!