Chapter 4- Caught By Their Parents

The next morning Kane was awaken by the sound of his alarm and forced himself out of the bed to prepare for school that day. Last night he waited about half an hour under Seth's blanket to ensure his parents had really gone to bed before sneaking back into his own bedroom.

He finished up in the bathroom and dressed up properly , searching for his car keys and phone to send Mark a text but he could not find his phone anywhere. He scratched his head in confusion, trying to remember if he had left it behind at Mark's house, but then he remembered he had placed it on the night stand last night before he fell asleep. Randy or Seth probably had stolen it again, he sighed.

After both of them broke the tenth smart phone Hunter had bought them since last year, his parents had gotten tired of purchasing the stuff, so most of the time Randy took Kane's phone without his knowing, but usually ended up with Seth would squeaking to Kane, and it would lead them to another brawl again.

So Kane hurriedly ran downstairs, intending to knock both of his brothers out for good this time. He went straight into the kitchen to find Randy and Seth, already dressed up in their preppy school uniform ,sitting at the dining table with their parents. Their housekeeper, Mrs. Guerrero was serving coffee and juice for Stephanie and Hunter.

"Randy, Seth, give me back my phone, " Kane demanded as he joined them at the table, stealing a slice of pancake from Randy's plate. But both of his brothers did not respond, instead they looked up to him with strange expression. That was when Kane realized something was horribly wrong with the picture. Randy and Seth had been awfully quiet that morning.. and the kitchen was all shiny today. Every morning Randy and Seth would not go to school without their housekeeper had to change their uniform twice because breakfast time always seemed like a battleground – they would end up throwing food to each other or spilling milk and juice to the floor. And he happened to just notice that his Iphone actually was in his father's palm., and from the look of Hunter glaring at him, he knew he was going into deep, deep trouble.

Well fuck, Kane cursed to himself. "I'm off now, " He grabbed his bag and tried to rush his way out of the kitchen but Stephanie was quicker, catching his arm as Kane attempted to escape.

"Hold on a second. " She said in a serious voice.

"What? " Kane grunted as Hunter shoved the phone to him. On the screen was the picture of Randy posing with Bradshaw last night,its mouth widely open and the tongue sticking out dangerously. He turned to Randy, whose head already was down, did not dare to meet his eldest brother's eyes.

"So you want to tell us what happened last night? " Hunter asked casually.

"It was photoshopped, I swear." Kane tried to resort only to meet up with his mother's fiery eyes.

"Do you think we are idiots or something? " She berated angrily.

"Come on Mom. "Kane tried to plead, "I was just taking them to Mark's house. All they did last night was quarrelling, so I figured out- "

"I thought I made it clear last night that you were officially grounded, Kane. And that you were supposed to look after your brothers at this house, not taking them to play with dead people or a venomous snake like this! You really had a nerve of putting your little brother's life at danger ,huh? What if the snake crawled out of its home and attack Seth and Randy to death? " Stephanie now was shouting.

"Jesus, Mom, you are overreacting. See, they were still pretty much alive this morning, and even if they survived the snake, they'd still kill each other anyway, " Kane replied dryly.

"You think this is funny? " Hunter said, "Well I told you last night Kane. This is the last time you ever try to cross the line. We had been putting up with you so many times,we had lost count how many times we tried to give you another chance. But you still keep coming back to the same way you are, you never learn a goddamn thing, you keep pushing us to our limits. And guess what Kane ? We had enough. You are going to the military school."

"Your father will speak to Steve later about your upcoming military admission. Most likely you will leave next week," Stephanie said.

"Come on Mom, Dad. Are you serious?" Kane was flabbergasted.

"Do we look like we are joking right now? " Hunter said sarcastically.

"We'll talk more about this at dinner. " Stephanie replied, "You boys will be late to school. And Kane, will you do me a favor? Drop Seth and Randy to school today,"

"What? Where's Brad? Wasn't that was his job? " Kane asked, referring to the family's driver, Brad Maddox who was assigned to drive Seth and Randy to school.

"I just fired Brad , " Stephanie said, "Last night he was arrested by cops because of driving under influence. He called your dad this morning to ask for bail, "

"Good. Just my luck. " Kane grumbled. Stephanie rolled her eyes , making Kane quickly grabbed his bag and keys, pulling Seth and Randy with him. "Come on,boys."

Randy and Seth ,who had been quiet since then, hurriedly followed Kane out.

As soon as Kane put the car into ignition, he turned to Randy who was sitting in the passenger seat beside him .

"Why you have to go and stole my phone and then you showed Mom and dad the picture? "He rebuked angrily. "Now see what you had done to me? Thanks to you I will have to serve the army for the rest of my life, "

"I'm sorry, okay? " Randy yelled back. " I just want to upload the picture to my computer so I could show my friends,that's all. If Seth had not open his mouth mom will not see the picture,"

"Why it was my fault? I tried to warn you but you did not listen, " Seth countered from the back of the car.

"If you for once could mind your own business, Seth, you can save us a lot of trouble, you know," Randy shot back.

"Enough!" Kane roared, "One more peep from you and I will throw you both outta my car, " He threatened. Randy and Seth fell silent.