Chapter two.
Caleb did not hesitate to run after her along the hallway of the school, he ran after her begging her to wait but she ignored him angrily not until he overtook her and held her right hand. "Please just wait, I really need to talk to you" Caleb pleaded as Cynthia flanged his hand away from hers. "Please do not bother me, I hate you and your family! What is it now that you want from me? Do you want to insult me again and call my father a thief?" Cynthia yelled as she reluctantly stood still to listen to what he had to say. "Well as I said earlier, I overheard the conversation you had with kelvin and I honestly believe everything you said. I'm really sorry for the way I behaved to you yesterday. The thing is that my mother poisoned the hearts of me and my sister to believe all her lies and to hate on you and your family. I have always known that my mother was evil but I didn't just understand to what extent and the thing is that I didn't even really care. She is into all kinds of criminal and illegal means to make money and I honestly know that your dad is a good man. They had no right to do what they did to him. Its not fair and I'm really sorry about that, please forgive me for believing all the lies and for hurting you in the hallway, yesterday." Caleb said in a genuine and calm tone as Cynthia who is surprised replied "I'm glad you realized the truth and I have forgiven you so that will be all and I will go now" Cynthia said about to leave as Caleb stops her quickly. "Wait! That can't be all, I want us to be friends. I want you to be happy and I want to be a very good friend of yours. I won't disappoint! I promise" "I don't want problem from your sister or your mother, I just want to be happy on my own, we could be nice to each other but we can't be friends" Cynthia replied "please Cynthia we need to be friends in order to bring my mum down, we need to join hands together to fight this injustice. You know what Cynthia, if you agree to be my friend, I promise to convince my mum to clear all charges against your dad" Caleb said assuredly as Cynthia replied quite pessimistic "and what makes you think she'll listen to you? What if she refuses and lie to you again?" "Then I will pressure her and keep on pressuring her until she listens to me and see that your father is a good man and that he is innocent! I promise that this will work out." Caleb said even more assuredly. "Well, then fine. It's a deal. may I leave now?" Cynthia said trying to escape Caleb as Caleb stopped her again and replied saying "why are you so much in a hurry to leave? Anyways, my birthday is this coming Saturday and I will be turning 18 and I would really want you to come and also dance with me on my birthday. So, what do you say?" "Whatever, I will think about it" Cynthia said smiling as she quickly ran off leaving Caleb smiling and wondering.
Caleb walked into the sitting room with his lousy sister Dreaster, they had just arrived home from school as their driver dropped them off. "Caleb why are you always ignoring me!" Dreaster yelled trying to get Caleb's attention as Caleb reluctantly replied "because you are always talking about nonsense, please Dreaster leave me alone" "no! I'm not going to leave you alone until you give me a positive answer towards my proposal! I want you to date my best friend Elena and I want her to be your date at your birthday party" Dreaster ordered as Caleb replied "well fine! I will think about it" Caleb said as he rushed towards the stairs to the door of their mother's room, Mrs. Andrew. "Mom! Good afternoon mum!" Caleb said while knocking the door of his mother's room. "What is it, Caleb?" Mrs. Andrew said looking concerned while opening the door for Caleb to come into the room. "What is wrong? You hardly come to see me immediately after school" "at this point in time, I really need to talk to you mum!" Caleb said as he entered into his mother's room and sat on a sofa close to the bed. "What exactly do you want to talk to me about that it couldn't wait?" Mrs. Andrew asked as she sat on the bed facing Caleb "well mum, it's about Mr. Charles, Cynthia's father. The thing is that everything on this theft issue is all a misunderstanding. You know Mr. Charles very well; he has been working in you and dad's company for over 15 years until the theft scandal and the truth of the matter is so obvious because he is definitely not the one who stole the money!" Caleb said convincingly to his mum as his mum angrily replied "are you insane, why are you all of a sudden supporting him, you never cared about our company's business, why are you all of a sudden concerned with this? Don't tell me that you are already working with his daughter!" "Why are you yelling at me mum? You and I know that Mr. Charles isn't guilty of stealing from the company you only accused him because he had a lot of dirt on you and he refused to compromise. As the heir of the company, I want to be on the right and legit path and that's why I am begging you to let Mr. Charles go and to remove all charges against him. If you don't want him in the company again then fine just let him out of prison!" Caleb said confidently to him mum as his mum furiously replied "were did you get all these lies from, Mr. Charles has been working in the company for over 15 years and he has been stealing from the company. He had been doing it all along and he only just got caught. Well, I don't know what has gotten into you but one thing I know is that you're out of your mind. Now let me make this clear to you, don't you ever bring up this issue ever again, I am never going to forgive Mr. Charles for what he did. He is a thief and a thief must be punished and I will do anything and everything to make sure that he remains in jail! Now get out of my room this instant" Mrs. Andrew yelled at Caleb while pointing at the door for him to leave. "What is your problem mum, why are you yelling at me if you aren't guilty of dishonesty. You know what, I hate you mum!" Caleb said as he angrily walks out of his mother's room banging the door behind him." what has gotten into my son? He hardly disrespects me like this. Is it because of Mr. Andrew's daughter, Cynthia? Oh my God, I must do something about this before things get out of hands." Mrs. Andrew said to herself as she sat restlessly on the sofa lose to her bed.
Caleb barged into him room angrily as he pulled out his shirt while murmuring some words from his mouth. "What am I going to tell Cynthia now? How will she feel if I told her that I couldn't do anything about it?" Caleb said to himself as he picked up his iPhone and sat on his luxurious bed lost in thoughts. Soon he received a knock at his door but he refused to answer, it was his mum Mrs. Andrew "Caleb, open the door, it's time to eat!" Mrs. Andrew said while knocking at the door. "Caleb!" she yelled again, "I asked Dreaster to come and call you out but you refused. Now I am calling you myself!" "leave me alone mum" Caleb shot back as he wore his headphones and lay down to sleep.