Steve was just sitting down there on the floor with his right hand placed on his nose so that he could stop his nose from bleeding, i still don't know what is making him laugh despite having a nose bleed because of my punch right now, he wasn't even trying to fight back, all he do was just laugh. is he trying to get on my nerves?, i asked myself as i was still confused and shocked by Steve's behavior right now. i stayed in front of my mum, pushing her to my back incase Steve tries something stupid. " that's quite a hard punch you got here Ben, if things had started off well with us, i would have made you my fitness instructor", he said, still laughing as he continued making a joke of me. he rose to his feet, and came face to face with me, looking at me right into my eyes, " And this would be the last time you touch your stinking hand on me or else i will rip you into shreds ", he threatened me, looking furious, i can tell how serious and angry he is now, it's no time to play with him, all i did was to cover my mum behind me so that things won't go wrong. " what is going on here?", Mr Peter asked looking furious as he came out of the elevator with a lady beside him who looks like his secretary because of the way she carried some files on the left side of her arm as if she was carrying a baby, i was afraid that something bad was about to happen right now, i raised a fist at Steve while at his father's company, i just continue to make things look worst than it have to, i turned around looking at my mum, she was keeping her face down as if she was in tears, how i wish Mr Peter could understand the situation going on, how i wish he would know that all this happened because of his son's doing but i don't think my wish would come to pass because i have heard how fierce he looks whenever someone lays his fingers on his son.
He came to the spot where everyone of us was, just some steps behind his son Steve, Steve never cared to look back, not even trying to acknowledge his father's presence, he was just looking at me furiously, this wasn't the way he acted towards his father when we all was summoned to Mr Jackson's office, our principal, both of them looked good and understanding with each other but it seems like something was in the air between them now, " What happened Steve?", Mr Peter asked with a nice tone of voice waiting for his son's reply, Steve behaved like he wasn't the person his father just asked a question as he left all of us there and went away. something is definitely wrong, a lot of things, i said in my head as i watched Steve leave the environment walking out on his father. we are dead, i said inside my head, though i have seen the way Mr Peter has been acting good toward my mum, i don't think their good friendship can stop the storm coming now, i believe Mr Peter is very angry right now and he is definitely going to direct all of it towards us, i stayed beside my mum as i also kept my attention on the floor, the difference right now is that my mum was covering his face with both of her hands right now, showing that she was actually crying right now, it's all my fault, i believe she was in tears because of my anger towards Steve, i just made a wrong move and that move is going to cost us her new job,if i never intervened, things would never get to this, if i have decided to stay back inside that packing store, my mum will still have her job because i believe right now, she is definitely about to lose it and i don't think this kind of opportunity will come to us again.
" Don't worry Caro, i will resolve the situation and have a word with him", i heard Mr Peter said, did i just heard wrong or is something manipulating my mind, i think that was just the voice in my head because this definitely won't be possible. i gently looked up to see that what i heard was just my mind tricking me but it wasn't, i saw the last thing that was on my mind right now, something that i never could guess even if i was given a hundred opportunities to guess, Mr Peter was hugging my mum with her head on his left shoulder as she was subbing gently, no, this is a joke, i said to myself, my head is just playing a joke on me, i cleaned my eyes with my left hand to see whether this was a dream or something, because most dreams always look so real, but here they was, with Mr Peter still consoling my mother, you have got to be kidding me, i stepped back gently, still in confusion, i know that both of them just became friends recently but never knew that things have already moved so fast for them, to the extent Mr Peter cared to console my mum instead of going after his son. i won't say he wasn't been a great father, no, because i believe he actually made his decision for a reason, some father's would go after their child, then come back to us to treat our error but he decided to stay with my mum, because he knew what his son can do, he probably knew Steve was the one who wronged us, yet when he requested for an explanation, Steve left him without giving him any, there is definitely no perfect place, we definitely can't judge a book by its cover.