Chapter #8
The Next Day...
Adom woke up the next morning in his bed but still dressed in his tuxedo. Shaking his head, Adom got up and ready for school.
Once he was dressed into his uniform, blonde hair brushed, teeth cleaned, and bed made, Adom headed downstairs to breakfast.
Adonia and Atem were already at the table eating when Adom showed up. Adom hopped into his chair and smiled at Dimis who nodded back in return.
"Hey, Dad" Adom started, "are you going to come to my school for 'Take Your Parent/Guardian To School Day'? It'll be fun."
"Will it be as fun as yesterday?" Atem asked.
"Funner!" Adom answered.
"Well no; I'm not going. Also, Son, 'Funner' is not a word, so don't say it ever again." Atem replied in a monotone voice.
"But, Daaad! Come on please! I don't want to be the only one there without a parent!" Adom whined.
Atem rolled his eyes. "Well sometimes you have to accept the bad things in life. I had; too many times."
"Fine!" Adom pouted and continued his breakfast, then had an idea. "Hey, Dimis, could you come to my school?"
"Adom, Stop asking everyone!" Atem angrily yelled and stood up. "You've done that last time and I will not allow it to happen again. I am your father, not Dimis! When I say no, I mean NO!"
Adom looked down at his plate, pouting more. "I only want to participate in activities in school like other kids do. When I was in preschool, Mommy always spend the whole day there on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Mommy was fun." Adom hopped out of his chair and went to get his bags to leave.
"Mr. Adom! Don't forget your orange!" Dimis yelled, going after him.
Atem rolled his eyes and finished his breakfast.
Adonia stared at her father in disgust and spoke up, "Is it hard for you just to go to his class for ONE day? It's not like you have to be there everyday."
Atem glared at Adonia for a few minutes then replied a smartass reply. "Is it hard for you to shut the fuck up for a day and let me deal with my business and not you dealing with my business?"
Adonia gritted her teeth and jumped out of her seat, ran to her father, and stomped her heels on his feet.
"Ouch!" Atem exclaimed, holding his food. "What the fuck is wrong with you!" Atem yelled trying to chase after the retreating Adonia with her injured foot. "Get back here!"
"I hate you! You're the worst dad ever! I wish Mom never died!" Adonia yelled, getting her bags and going to her bus stop with Adom.
"Arrrg! Damn kids!" Atem yelled, limping to the door and grabbing his car keys.
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Adonia kicked at the pretty roses that lined the beginning of the driveway, right before the gates.
"Why. Is. He. Such. An. Idiot!" Adonia yelled, kicking the roses with all of her might. Her shoes got dirty and scratched up, her stockings ripped up, her legs a little bloody from the thorns of the roses rubbing against them.
"Miss Adonia, please stop, you're hurting yourself." Dimis came up to Adonia after dealing with Adom who threw rocks as hard as he could at cars that passed by. Only three drivers came out of their car to yell at him.
"No! Need. To. Vent. My. Anger. On. Something!" She kicked the last rose bush until the roots came up and out of the ground.
"Why are you too getting so mad because Mr. Novellvs said that he doesn't want to go?" Dimis asks the two angry children.
"No! He's always been upsetting me and I finally had enough of it and Now. I'm. Beating. Up. The. Roses!" Adonia went to kick at the other kicked up roses until they too came out of the ground.
Atem's car pulled up with his window rolls down, but Adonia and Adom continued what they were doing.
"You two!" Atem yelled with so much fury that both Adonia and Adom looked at him. "Get y'all asses in here! What is fucking wrong with y'all!"
"Sir, please calm down. They're just upset." Dimis tried calming Atem down
"Dimis, will you bail me out if I go to jail today?" Atem asked, getting out of the car, opening the door to the back seats, and heading to Adonia first.
"Uh, uh... Of course, Sir, but why would you be going to jail?" Dimis asked with his eyes following Atem.
Atem yanked Adonia around by her collar and lifted her over his shoulder and got Adom, holding him under his arm.
"Get off of me!" Adonia yelled, squirming around.
"Daad! I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!" Adom screamed.
"Wa wah wa, blah blah blah." Atem mocked. "Shut up and get into the damn car!" He yelled as he threw both of the kids into the back seat hearing them yell out 'Ouch!'.
Atem slammed the door shut and went into the driver's seat, "Dimis, get in."
Dimis hurriedly got into the passenger's seat and Atem backed up into the circular driveway and got out of the car. Opening the door, he glared at the two children. "Get into the damn house."
The kids cautiously walked into the house with Dimis and their father following close behind them.
"Punishments, punishments, punishments…" Atem mumbled, throwing his keys down on the nearest couch, and pacing back and forth.
His eyes slid down to look at the two children, who stood next to each other, in front of him.
"Dimis," he started, still staring at the two. "Retrieve all of the servants later on today, bring them to the dining room, all seated, all nice and clean. Bring every single one there at dinner. Adonia, Adom, don't be late tonight. Be there too, Dimis." Atem demanded.
"Yes, Sir." Dimis responded.
"Get out of my face." Atem stated, walking away from the kids to do his own thing.
Adonia and Adom hurriedly ran to their bus stop and waited to be taken to school.
Adom sat in class, the only one with no parent, all alone. The other kids laughed and giggled as their parents did activities with them.
Adom drew in a coloring book neatly while announced the next fun activity to the children and parents.
"Now, the next activity will be done outside. A race!"
The kids cheered and everyone lined up and headed outside.
"Come, Adom. Take your coloring book and let's head outside with the others." Mr. Neako demanded and followed the others.
Adom jumped out of his seat and followed his class. Walking next to his teacher, he asked, "Since my father is present, may I play an activity with you? I love the outside!"
Mr, Neako looked down at Adom's cute, smiling face and sighed. "I'm sorry, Adom, but your father has to do it with you. I have to do something else while everyone is having fun."
"I don't wanna draw all day. I have crayons! They break and get in my nails! They also can't erase! I'm no artist! I hate pictures. I don't understand why people like to draw in things when it's already drawn! Just keep the picture the way it is! Adding color makes it look incredibly sloppy!" Adom complained looking at the other sloppy colorings other kids draw in.
Mr. Neako sighed again. "Adom, do you wish for me to call your father? I can tell him that you're really bored and want him to come to your school?"
Adom scoffed, "'Adom, I am a very busy man and needs not to be disturbed by one of your silly, nerving antics. See your way out of my face, Young man.' and blah blah blah something like that." Adom quoted his father with a mocking tone.
"What? Adom, you shouldn't speak of someone behind their back. It's rude." Mr. Neako scolded.
"Don't speak of someone behind their back, Adom, because it's very rude." Adom quietly mocked under his breath with a frown.
"Nor should you mock, Adom!" Mr. Neako yelled.
"I want my mom." Adom pouted, stopped walking, and crossed his arms.
Mr. Neako took a deep breath, "Shall I call her to come with you?"
Adom shook his head and continued walking as if he wasn't sad a minute ago, "Oh no. She's in a better place now."
"A better place?"
"Yeah. Heaven." Adom smiled. "I hope she's having fun because I'm obviously not."
"May God let her soul rest in peace." the teacher mumbled, ignoring Adom's last fraze.
Once all was outside, the games began. Parents stood in a line while students stood in the sidelines ready to watch their parents race and see who's the fastest.
Adom stood with the kids trying to peek over their shoulders (considering he was shorter than them all…) to see what was going on.
"Hey, Short blondie, can't see the view?"
Adom turned around to see a smirking boy in his class that would pick on this super short boy that sat in the back. The boy's name who spoke to Adom was Trey. He was much taller than Adom. His brown hair was cut low in a military style while his green eyes would stare at you as if daring to make a move.
He was a bully in kindergarten, Adom knew, but wasn't afraid.
Instead of cowering at Trey's feet, Adom smiled and nodded. "Mind giving me a piggy back so I can get a peek of what's going on?"
Trey frowned and glared at Adom. "Why would I do that, you idiot?"
"Because, like you said. I'm short."
Trey rolled his eyes, "And a dumb blonde."
Adom shook his head. "I'm not dumb. Nine plus ten equals nineteen not twenty one. Fifth graders are dumb… They think nine plus ten equals twenty one."
Trey looked at Adom as if he had two heads. "You're weird, you weirdo." He then pushed Adom and looked at the line of parents.
Adom fell on his but but got up and shook it off.
"I bet my dad's gonna win. He's the fastest in the world." Trey stated with a smirk.
Adom whipped the little rocks that clung to his pants and looked at the parents on his tippy toes.
He shook his head, "My dad would definitely win the race if he were here. He's so fast, no one would see him coming."
Trey glared at Adom, "You dummy, I just said my father is faster."
"But you're wrong."
"Shut up, weirdo. You're wrong!"
Adom shrugged and rolled his eyes. "Well, we can agree to disagree."
"No, we can agree or I'd smash your face onto the blacktop."
Adom looked at Trey from the corners of his eyes while still on tippy toes, looking back at the parents. "You sound a lot like my sister…"
Trey stepped up to Adom, "You calling me a girl midget!"
"If you took it that way, then yes." Adom shrugged fearlessly.
"That's it! You're going down, Ant!"
Adom looked at Trey with a confused face, "Why are you so mad? Because my dad is faster."
"I told you already! My father is faster!."
"Yeah? Well my father is really scary so he'll make everyone's parent cower to the ground and let him win." Adom responded daringly.
"THAT'S IT!" Trey went for the punch but Adom only stepped away, making Trey fall and punch the ground. Hard.
"Don't wreck yourself…" Adom commented, seeing Trey squirm on the ground with tear filled eyes.
"Shut up, You stupid blonde!" Trey wailed.
All the students crowded around and stared.
Trey stood back up and went for a kick to Adom's stomach. Adom only backed up and Trey fell down doing a split.
Adom's eyes widened a bit in concern. "You okay?"
Trey cried loudly as he rolled around on the grown, and it had gotten all of the adults attention.
"Adom!"
Adom winced when he heard his name being yelled angrily.
When a big shadow casted in front of him, he turned around to see Mr. Neako glaring down at him.
Grabbing his ear, Mr. Neako dragged Adom to the principal's office as Adom muttered 'Ow, ow, ow'
Adonia sat boredly in her class. Swinging her legs back in forth in her seat and watching the clock.
11:47 pm
About four more hours until the school day was over.
Sighing, Adonia finally opened her math book, after being asked about seven times to do it by her teacher in order to participate in class, (which she hated doing because her teacher always called on her) and flipped to the page everyone else was on.
She glanced back at the clock and groaned.
11:48 pm
Can't the clock move any faster? It always moved fast on the weekends, well, when they're father was at work of course.
Adonia reached for her pencil and skipped straight to question three.
If Leah had four markers but three broken, how many fixed markers did she have? Remember to explain your work.
Adonia rolled her eyes. She always wondered why the characters in the questions could never figure out their own problems. She always figure out her own problem or let it be and get the consequences.
'Leah would obviously have one fixed marker because four minus three is one.' Adonia answered.
Question seven was the next question that caught Adonia's eye.
Ben left his house at 11 o'clock am and returned at 7:30 pm. How long has he been gone from his house? Answer in a complete sentence.
'Ben has been gone for eight hours and thirty minutes.' was Adonia's answer. She got bored after two more questions and closed her math book and opened the book she found in the school library. Her mother used to read it to her and Adom. The Giving Tree By: Shel Silverstein.
Adonia never knew why her mother loved the book so much. She'd read it to her and Adom every friday night before the two went to bed. When the two would wake of a bad dream or thunderstorm, she'd read it to them.
Adonia smiled as she read the first page, seeing the image of her beautiful mother pop up in her head.
"Adonia?"
Adonia looked up to see her teacher and frowned.
"Yes, Mrs. Yana?" Adonia asked in an annoyed tone.
"It is not reading time; it is math class at the moment."
Adonia rolled her eyes, "Oh well. I feel like reading, so 'at the moment' it is reading time for me."
"Behave, Young lady, or'd I call your father." Mrs. Yana warned.
Adonia snorted, "Yeah, well if you want to lose your job, the entire school to be blown up, and to not ever be able to find another job, by all means, call him. Please."
Mrs. Yana was taken back. "May God have mercy on your vicious soul! Watch your mouth, Young lady! That is a treat and treats are not taken lightly in this school."
"Cool." Adonia responded. "And you're a nuisance. Nuisances are not taken lightly with my father. Calling him will interrupted what he's doing and will annoy him. He's already not in a good mood adding on that he's never in a good mood so technically right now he's in an awful mood; calling him and making him in a murderous mood will not only be a negative for me, but also a negative for you."
"I wouldn't have to call him if you would listen, pay attention in class, and participate in class." Mrs. Yana argued.
"Awesome. Now keep doing what you were doing and I'll keep doing what I was doing." Adonia reopened her book again.
Mrs. Yana was furious. She grabbed Adonia by her collar and attempted to drag her out of the room and to the principal's office.
Adonia roughly pulled herself out of Mrs. Yana's grasp and stood tall.
"If you're sending me to the principals, I can walk myself there." Adonia then made her way to the principal's office without waiting for her teacher's reply.
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Once Adonia arrived to the principal's office, she was surprised to see Adom sitting there too.
Adonia went into the office and looked at Adom with a confused face.
"What are you here for?" A lady sitting behind a desk asked.
She sat next to Adom, ignoring what the lady at the front desk asked her, and poked at him.
Adom looked up from the book he was attempting to read and smiled. "Hey, Adonia!"
Adonia smack his arm and frowned, "What are you doing here?"
Adom pouted and rubbed his arm. "The main question is what are you doing here? Didn't you already get into trouble?"
"Don't sass me, Boy. I asked first and was born first you you have to answer me."
"Young lady! What are you here for?" The office lady yelled.
Adonia rolled her eyes and Adom answered, "Your mom."
The office lady was taken back, "Wait until the principal comes!"
"Until then," Adonia started, "shut your loud mouth."
The office lady stamped her foot and both Adonia and Adom chuckled.
Adonia looked back at Adom, "What are you doing here, Adom?"
Adom closed his book and looked at Adonia. "Supposingly, I hurt another student. Didn't even touch the kid." Adom answered. "What did you do?"
Adonia shrugged, "Didn't participate in class or listen to the teacher."
Adom shook his head with a smile on his face. "Typical Adonia..."
Adonia playfully punched Adom's arm, "Typical Adom…"
Then the office door opened and in stepped the principal.
Adom quickly covered his face with the book he had, but Adonia snatched it away and covered her face. Adom covered his face with his hands.
"Ms. Irene? Is that you?" Principal Verrie asked.
"No." Adom answered for Adonia so the principal wouldn't recognise Adonia's voice.
Dr. Verrie stepped up to Adonia and snatched the book out of her tight grip.
"What did you do now?" Dr. Verrie asked with one eyebrow arched up.
"Why you asking so many questions so fast?" Adonia asked.
Adom giggled a little behind his hands.
"And who must you be, Sir?" Dr. Verrie asked looking at Adom.
"Erm…" Adom started then deepened his voice, "Your dad?"
Dr. Verrie walked to Adom and snatched his hands from his face.
"May I know your name, Mister?"
"Eric Neako?"
Adonia slapped Adom's arm again, "Just tell her your fuc- freaking name, Adom."
Adom sighed, "Adom…"
"Adom what?"
"Irene."
Dr. Verrie looked a bit surprised. "Siblings?"
Both children nodded.
"Trouble makers to the heart I see? Should I even dare to ask what you two have done?" Dr. Verrie asked.
"I did nothing…" Adom answered.
"Same, but in class." Adonia added.
"I see." Dr. Verrie replied, nodding her head. "Come to my office you two."
Adonia and Adom followed the principal into her office and sat down in the chairs.
"Starting with you, Adonia, tell me what had happened." Dr. Verrie stated, stationing down behind her desk.
"I didn't participate in class and was sent here." Adonia concluded.
"Adom?"
"I was accused of hurting a boy in my grade."
Principal Verrie nodded and picked up her office phone.
"What are you doing?" Adom asked.
"Calling your father."
"Why?" Adom asked again.
"So we can schedule a time to speak about your sister." Dr. Verrie answered. "Hello? Yes, this is Amanda Verrie. Principal of St. Thomas Private Catholic School. I am calling for Mr. Atem Novellvs..."
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Atem sat at his lab table, in a white lab coat, with white and clear goggles, and pipet in hand, slowly squeezing oils onto a erlenmeyer flask. He was trying to figure out a formula for faster and healthier hair and nail growth by mixing oils together. Taking notes of what he had added into the mixture, a messenger ran into the room.
"Mr. Novellvs, Sir, your secretary has told me to tell you that an Amanda Verrie from St. Thomas's Private Catholic School has called."
The messenger backed out of the room a little when he saw Atem stand up and glare at him.
"Sir?"
Atem walked to the door and shoved the man aside, heading to his office.
Once he fell into his seat and picked up to phone, turning it off hold.
"What?" He asked, turning on the computer that sat in front of him and taking off his goggles.
"Hello, this is Amanda Verrie from St. Thom-"
Atem rolled his eyes and cut her off, "I know. What do you want?"
Dr. Verrie seemed to be in shock for it took her a few seconds to reply. "Well, Mr. Novellvs. I am calling about your children, Adonia and Adom Irene-"
"WHAT?!"
Adonia and Adom jumped when they heard their father's yelling through the phone.
Dr. Verrie took a deep breath and repeated what she had said. "I'm calling about your children, Mr. Novellvs, (No-Vell-Vss. Just incase you've forgotten house to pronounce his last name.) Adonia and Adom Irene..."
"WHY? Are BOTH of them in trouble!" Atem screamed.
"Yes, for they are both in my office." Dr. Verrie replied through the other side of the phone.
"FOR WHAT! HOW! WHY!" Atem was about to rip his hair out when hearing that both of the little shits (Haha…) were in the principal's office.
"Your daughter has not been participating in class and your son is accused in hurting a young boy his age." Amanda answered.
"Let me talk to them." Atem's voice suddenly sounded calm and it chilled Dr. Verrie.
Principal Verrie hesitated before handing the phone to Adonia.
"Hello, Father…" Adonia started.
"Girl." she heard her dad growl.
"I know that to you this seem back, but really it's not. Adom didn't do anything and I just didn't participate in a active. The teachers are just over exaggerating…" Adonia attempted to explain.
"Then why had they chosen YOU and HIM out of all the people in the school to OVER EXAGGERATE at?" Her father yelled through the phone.
"Dad! Calm down! You know why. It's because we're new and they already think I'm a troublemaker for defending myself on the bus!"
"They already think I'm a troublemaker for defending myself on the bus!" Atem mocked. "Shut the hell up and give the phone to Adom. Don't EVER tell me a lie again because I KNOW that you are a 'troublemaker'." Atem hissed.
Adonia sighed and rolled her eyes, handing the phone to Adom who took it nervously.
"Hi, Daddy…" Adom greeted in a small voice.
"Grow some fucking balls damnit and stop using that word! I've told you that before! MAN UP!"
Adom winced as his father yelled loudly in his ear. "Sorry…"
"Stop fucking apologising, Boy…" Atem growled through the phone. "What the fuck did you do wrong? Since you're taking after Adonia-"
"I'm not taking after Adonia!" Adom yelled, offended.
"YES THE FUCK YOU FUCKING ARE! DON'T YOU EVER DARE CUT ME THE FUCK OFF AGAIN!"
Adonia and Principal Verrie even heard that one.
"Dad, but I'm not taking up after her…" Adom protested.
"Don't you fucking correct me, Boy."
Adom sighed and let his father continue.
"What happened at school today?" Atem, strangely calm, asked.
"Well, I was watching a race and Trey started being mean to me, so I just ignored it at first and made comments about the race and all. He was still being mean! I-"
"He was still being mean!" Atem mocked in the high pitched tone Adom used. "Grow some fucking balls…" he muttered under his breath, but Adom still heard him.
Adom pouted and continued on with his story. "He went to hit me and I just moved aside whereas he hurt himself from punching the blacktop. Then he went to kick me but fell in a slip and started crying. I got in trouble for him hurting himself!"
"Did you tell the fucking principal that?" Atem asked.
"No…"
"Then go tell the fucking principal that." Atem stated like it was really obvious.
"Yes, Sir…" Adom put his head down, ashamed.
"Don't you ever be as rebellious as your sister. Do you understand me? I don't care how much fucking pressure she applies on you, I want you to grow up nothing like her."
"Yes, Sir."
"Give the phone back to your principal and you two behave until I get there. Understand me?"
"Yes, Sir." Adom repeated.
"You're dismissed."
Adom handed the phone back to Principal Verrie and sat down in an office chair next to Adonia while Dr. Verrie conversed with his father.
"Of course, Mr. Novellvs. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Thank you for understanding. Yes. Have a nice day." Dr. Verrie spoke and hung the phone up.
She looked at the two kids and smiled, "Your father will be arriving here soon. Until then, I will like you both to go to your classrooms and get all homework then come back to the office and do it."
Adonia let out a dramatic breath and rolled her eyes at the mentioning of seeing Mrs. Yana's super happy face. It annoyed her beyond her limits.
Both of the children walked out of the room and headed to their classes.
Atem angrily sighed as he hung up his desk phone.
He got up and stalked to his office's door, hanging up his lab coat and proceeding into the waiting room.
"Joseph," he started. "Please take any calls that comes from my office. Anyone comes up and ask for me, tell them I'm wanting no visitors until 1pm." Atem stated, heading towards the elevator and pressing the up button.
"Yes, Sir." Joseph spoke dramatically.
Atem rolled his eyes and stepped into the open elevator. "I'll be back soon." He stated as the elevator doors gently closed.
Adonia and Adom were planning a way to get back at the principal when their father arrived.
"Why hello, Mr. Novellvs! Fancy seeing you here this afternoon! How may I help such a striking man like you?" The lady sitting behind the front desk asked, looking their father up and down with wanting eyes.
Adonia and Adom gagged when she flirted with THEIR father.
Atem ignored the flirtatious comment the woman had made and looked at his two gagging kids.
"Let's go."
"Oh!" the lady streaked in her high pitched voice. "Must you fill out these forms before taking your kids home early, Mr. Novellvs!"
Atem rolled his eyes and pulled a pen out of his blazers breast pocket and extended his hand for the forms.
The woman smiled and explain everything before handing the forms over.
"Can you just give me the damn forms already?" Atem asked impatiently but still with a neutral toned voice.
The woman looked taken back and nodded her head wildly. "O-of course, Mr. Novellvs."
After being handed the forms, Atem leaned on the counter filling it out.
"Dad." Adonia spoke up.
"What?"
"Can you tell the principal if I can change my class? I don't like my teacher."
Atem glanced at her and continued to fill out the form. "Incorrect. The teacher dislikes you. You miss behave and you just came here. The first impression always count and you started off very bad. The teacher is trying with you, but is not coming up to your standards in your head which leads to you disliking her. I feel that your teacher is a nice lady and Adom's teacher is a great man. I wouldn't put you in a room with a teacher that I feel is unfit for you, nor a school." Atem explained, finishing the form and handing it back to the lady.
"When you do a wrong, a wrong comes back at you, and, oh, how much you shall hate it." Atem stated, motioning for the kids to stand up.
The three walked to a white 2015 300C PLATINUM RWD. Atem's third favorite car.
"Wow." Atem commented, buckling in his seat belt. "In trouble again, Adonia. And first time for you, Adom. Both in trouble when y'all just came to this school. Y'all seriously just got enrolled and y'all acting a fool!" Atem yelled, screeching of away from the school.
"I need a word. I can't use failure because it'll hurt y'all feelings and I'm not looking for that right now. I need a word to describe how I feel about you two without causing hurt; I need a word that'll teach y'all a lesson. I feel as if y'all do not give at least one percent of effort to deal with people. You do NOT have to like them, but you have to cope with them for ONLY nine hours everyday for five days in a seven day week. Forty five hours a week and y'all have the rest of the one hundred twenty three hours of the week to y'all selves.
"All I'm asking of y'all, is to DEAL with these people because in the real world, when y'all grow up, y'all either deal with bitches or live a struggle. Bitches will fire y'all asses if y'all dare say or do some shit to defend your picture. Get an education, do homework, and deal with these cows is all that I ask of you in your school life. I had to go through it too and I survived. If I can do it, surely you can do it." Atem finished his speech as the car entered the highway towards the city.
The car ride was quiet the rest of the way to Novellvs Corporation.
Adonia was amazed when the car drove closer to the beautiful, big, astonishing building. She had never been to her dad's job and it fascinated her.
The three walked into the elegant lobby, heading to the elevator by walking up the beautiful grand stairs.
"Hello, Mr. Novellvs! Oh and his handsome son, Mr. Irene! Now who is this beautiful young lady?" Amber asked as the family walked by.
Adonia smiled and stated her name, "Adonia Irene."
"Oh what a beautiful family with a daughter of a stunning name!" Amber complimented as the family boarded the elevator.
Once the family got to the top floor of the building, Adonia's eyes widened as saucers looking at the waiting room.
"Dang…" she quietly commented.
"Ah! The feisty girl, we meet again!" Joseph stated, with a big smile on his face.
Atem narrowed his eyes and looked at Joey suspiciously.
"Meet again?"
Adonia and Adom looked another way when their father turned to glare that them for a second.
"Haha…" Joey nervously laughed. "Ohhh, well, you know. Places..?"
"What place?" Atem asked, stalking towards Joey.
"We met him on Christmas eve when we was out buying you presents, Dad." Adonia answered, rolling her eyes. "It's not a big deal…"
"Watch your tongue, Girl." Atem hissed. "I should know about these things. You shouldn't be talking to strangers nor be near one. You never know what someone may do. All because Joseph is close to me doesn't mean YOU should always trust him; you don't know him! He could hurt, kidnap, rape-"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! Atem… You know that I would never do that to your children." Joseph cut in.
Atem turned around and glared at Joey. "Oh, I do? Do you know how many uncles or fathers say that then rape their nieces or daughters? You can't trust nobody, not even family, not even I. The world's a cruel place and once you become dependent and in need for help, that comes with a price. A man would take that ONE certain thing from a girl and tear everything, their future, their life, and their happiness all away from them."
"Atem…" Joseph started but Atem spoke again, looking at Adonia and Adom.
"I don't ever want y'all to be around NO stranger ever again even if they are nice or say that you can trust them because you can't." He looked back at Adonia. "You, the oldest, should know by now. Now, sit and wait for my day to be over. I have a busy day ahead of me and all y'all did to do was make it worst and disturb it. I here clarify that you two are officially on punishment. No laughing, no smiling, no snacks, dessert, no running, playing, fun, joking, games, T.V, toys, or servant use. You two are on lockdown. Read a book, do homework, come to dinner on time, eat, shower, and sit in your room." Atem stated before stalking off into his office with a frown.
Adonia glared at Joseph and sat in front of the fireplace while Adom went straight to Joseph's desk with a smile on his face.
"Hi, Mr. Joey!" He exclaimed before leaning against his desk to see what he was doing. "We got in trouble at school today!"
Joey looked confused and nodded, "Erm, I don't think that's something to be happy about, Kid."
Adom nodded happily and replied, "I know. I'm just happy that I get to see you!"
"Adom, stop talking to him. He's a "stranger"." Adonia mumbled, looking at the fake flames from the electronic fireplace.
Adom glanced at his sister's slouched form then smiled back at Joey, "She had a bad day."
Joseph nodded, frowning at being called a stranger. "I can see." He leaned into Adom a little bit and whispered, "Is she always like this?"
Adom whispered back, "Not really. She's usually really happy. She gets extremely grumpy like this when Daddy talks to her."
Joey mouthed an 'Oh' and nodded. He then changed the subject, eager to get back to work before Atem "talked" to him next. "Well, Kid, you seem bored?"
Adom nodded and then a sinister smile appeared on his face, "Hey, Adonia?" He called out. "Wanna shoot marbles at people?"
"WHAT?" Joseph exclaimed, almost falling out of his chair. "No!"
Adom didn't even look at him, "I wasn't asking you…" He grabbed a handful of marbles from the bowl he took marbles from the last time he was at his father's job and snatched the rubber bands from Joey's desk. "Come, Adonia! Let's go!"
Adom ran to the elevator and pressed its button.
Adonia looked over her shoulder and smirked, "Let's have fun while we can, ey?"
Joseph stood up and pointed to Adom, "Sit down!" he then look at Adonia, "You stay seated!"
Adonia rolled her eyes and dismissed him with a wave of her hand and went to the elevator with Adom.
Adom just shook his head with a smirk on his face. "You're not my dad so don't tell me what to do, Stranger."
Joey became furious, "Fine! Let me go tell your dad then!"
"Wait!"
He turned around, bolting for Atem's office until Adonia called. His eyes widened at when he saw both of the kids aiming the marbles at them with the rubber bands, both wore smirks on their faces.
"If you do manage to get him, tell him," Adonia started, her smirk turning more sinister, "to catch us if he can." Adonia spoke in a mocking tone. "Fire!"
Both children repeatedly fired the marbles, aiming at Joseph's head.
Finally, after about three shots, a marble hit Joey's temple, knocking him out cold.
The two kids turned to the awaiting elevator and jumped inside, heading to the first floor…
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