AUTHORS NOTE:
This is mainly a fill in chapter about Kyle. Two years have passed since the bullying incident and let's just say Kyle kept well away from Casey after Brax and Danny had a go at him.
Kyle won't appear for a few more chapters now when he will be involved in another twist, dealing with the other boys :)
Chapter 50: Stealing should do the trick
Twelve year old Kyle walked home from school, kicking rocks as he still spent his time trying to prove to his father he was a worthy son, fighting Casey had not helped. He walked passed a corner store displaying fancy jewellery that Kyle could only assume was expensive. Kyle had been thinking about stealing for some time now, he had heard his father mention about stealing once before so he thought if he tried it Danny would finally treat him as a proper son and love him.
Kyle snuck into the store, looking around nervously. He walked up the cabinet with the jewellery and carefully he picked up a watch and necklace and quickly shoved them into his jacket pocket. Nervously he rushed to the exit.
"Hey, hey kid!" The shopkeeper yelled and called for security.
Kyle barely made it down the street when the security guards caught him, hauling him back to the shop. Kyle waited anxiously at the police station for his mother to arrive. She walked through the door with an angry look on her face.
"What trouble have you caused now?" She demanded at him. Kyle looked down embarrassed.
"Your son was caught stealing from the corner store. These are what he took." The policeman showed his mother the items on the table. "Kyle Bennett!" She yelled.
"Your son is lucky the shopkeeper has not pressed any charges, this will be your son's first warning, if this shoplifting behavior continues we will need to get more involved."
"Thank you officer." Kyle's mother grunted and gave Kyle a mild push. "Let's go young man. You are in serious trouble!"
Kyle cautiously got up from his chair and followed his mother out. Kyle got in the car and his mother followed, slamming the door.
"I cannot believe you Kyle! Stealing! I have not raised you to behave in this manner!" Kyle's mother continued to lecture him until they got home.
Kyle walked into the living room, with his mother following. "You still have not answered me, why you done it young man!"
Kyle became frustrated and angry. How could he explain he done it to make his dad proud of him?
"Because I did!" Alison glared at him. "You do not take that tone with me Kyle Bennett! You just wait until your father hears what you done!"
Kyle quickly shouted back. "What's he gonna do? Like he even cares! He never notices anything I do!"
"Kyle that is enough! Go to your room! You can consider yourself grounded for the next month."
Kyle let out an exasperated grunt and stormed up to his room. Alison shook her head and got her phone out to call Danny. After explaining what Kyle had done Danny agreed to come over that afternoon. He still wasn't happy that Kyle had come in contact with his other boys and so had been avoiding him more and more.
When he arrived at the Bennett house, Danny stormed up to Kyle's bedroom, opening the door and walked up to his son. Kyle looked up at Danny and was shocked when he suddenly received a sharp slap across the face. Tears fell from Kyle's eyes.
"You just can't stop can you? You can't even pull off stealing a few items without being caught and you call yourself my son?"
"I was only trying to make you proud of me and I'd heard you talk about stealing before and I thought I could be like you and do it too."
"You'll never be like me and you can stop being so thick, because at the rate ya going I'll never be proud of ya."
Danny turned and stormed out of the room, leaving Kyle hurt and angry. As much as he wanted to please his father, he was starting to resent him.
Over the coming weeks, Kyle's angry behavior intensified. He was angry about the fact he finally realized his father didn't care about him and never did and he was angry because he didn't understand why.
Finally on edge from all the arguments and dealings with the police and school, Alison had no other choice, she could no longer look after her out of control pre-teenager and decided it would be best for him to go to a group home where they had more experience with this sort of behavior. Alison contacted the group home and had organized a day to come and collect Kyle.
Alison waited eagerly for the return of her son. He had yet again wandered off and had not returned home and it was getting dark. At 6:30pm, Kyle finally walked through the door.
"Where have you been?"
"Arg. Just out." Kyle replied without a care.
"No Kyle this is enough. I was worried about you. No phone call. No letting me know where you're going. I am sick of your behavior."
"Well I'm sick of you yelling at me all the time!" Kyle yelled.
"This is what I mean. I cannot get through to you Kyle." Alison sighed. "That's why tomorrow morning social services are coming here to take you to live in a group home."
"What!"
"They are better equip at dealing with kids like you."
"I can't believe this! You just want to get rid of me! You don't care about me, just like Dad!" Kyle shouted, feeling hurt.
Alison felt defeated, she had tears in her eyes, this was crushing her.
"Kyle you have to understand, I have no other choice. I can't deal with your bad behavior, stealing, and all this arguing. This hurts me to have to send you away like this. I love you."
"No you don't! If you did you wouldn't be doing this! You can't wait to get rid of me. Well I don't need you! I don't need anyone!"
Kyle ran off to his room and slammed the door. He didn't know how to feel. His whole family had turned their back on him.
When social services came to collect him the next day, he felt numb, but he didn't take one look at his mother and followed them into their car. Alison was left in tears as she watched her only son be taken away from her. Kyle then finally realized what had come of his life and there was no turning back.