Confusion that is all I feel at this moment. As my vision blurred and the voices got distant all I could ask myself was how did I end up in this situation? I thought everything was fine this morning... well as fine as it could be. Like every other day I woke up too early for anyone liking to jog around the neighborhood, when I was back at the house, I drank my coffee then...
"Mr. Clark?" huh? I felt a hand shaking my shoulder and heard Aiden voice "dad?" he mumbled which made me blink a few times and look at the principal. oh, right my son was being reckless at school and another student got hurt that is how I ended up sitting in the principal office with my son. I clenched my jaw and glanced angrily at Aiden as I shrugged his hand from my shoulder then looked back at the principal.
"as I was saying Lila is in the hospital and I already called one of her family members" he said leaning back on his chair.
I cleared my throat "and what will happen to my son? believe me he will get punished but don’t expel him from school" I sighed rubbing my face in frustration.
"Mr. Clark, I understand your situation but don’t worry Aiden will be suspended from school for a week" he looked down at the papers. Aiden gasped and stood up "what? she’s the one that got in the way, so it was an accident. what part of that you don’t fuc-" I cut him off "Aiden" I growled "watch your language and go wait for me in the car as we finish talking" I gave him the keys as he huffed and walked out.
we went back home after I finished with the principal. I walked in after Aiden and grabbed his wrist knowing he will try to run to his room. "Aiden, you are grounded so that means no going out and no t-" he pulled his hand from my grip and looked at me rolling his eyes "yeah, I know. can you not treat me like a kid?" he huffed "I really didn’t mean to hurt anyone dad" he said pouting.
I chuckled and shook my head "okay I believe you but you're still grounded" I narrowed my eyes at him "we are going to visit Lila later at her house so prepare for what you’re going to say" I said and hugged him tightly. he whined and mumbled okay as he ran upstairs. I walked to the kitchen and looked at Julia our housekeeper she started working here since Aiden was three years old, I was desperate for help with him.
Julia was the first one to apply for the job and I hired her immediately she’s already in her forties and has a family so she comes here in the morning and leave at about six pm and have the weekends off.
She stopped wiping the counter and looked at me smiling softly “is everything okay Mr. Clark? I noticed that Aiden walked with you, but the school is not over yet” I sighed and sat on the chair.
“he got suspended from school for a week” she came closer and rubbed my back as I continued explaining and told her to get something for Lila as an apology. “don’t be hard on yourself or Aiden you know how hard it is for him to deal with things” she said, and I nodded and gave her some money to get what we need.
I know he changed a little after I told him about his mother, he cried that night a lot it broke my heart seeing him like that.
I fell in love with Amelia the moment I saw her she was perfect in my eyes we didn’t even do the stupid matching test like the others I wanted her and she wanted me well that’s what I thought because after Amelia gave birth to Aiden things started to change between us we were young and just graduated from high school she didn’t want to be responsible for anything especially Aiden so after a few months she left us for another guy that she was cheating on me with while I took care of everything.
Things were hard for a while between Aiden and collage but my mom helped me until I hired Julia. Now Aiden is twelve and he still finds it hard on how to handle things sometimes that is why he gets in trouble a lot. I tried dating for a while but it didn’t work out because I focused on Aiden most of the time since he is all I care about and everything I do is for him so I stopped dating after realizing that taking care of my son and seeing him happy is all I need.
i never tried taking the test before even though a lot of relationships worked because of it. i know my mom is pressuring me to take one saying that Aiden needs another parent in his life and that i'm not getting any younger i need to settle down. it's not like i play around with other people i have a reputation, a son and a job to take care of.
there are rules that people need to follow no matter what they were and i know not all people agree with them, at least no one is forced to take the matching test but still a lot of people do since it makes it easier to find someone who can be your type and like the same things. maybe i should try finding someone one last time... no no ahh all this pressure from my mother is getting to me.
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