Chapter 9
Alice peeled her eyes open as he stared up at the plastered ceiling. What had happened yesterday?
How could she even face him this morning?
She tried moving away when she noticed a steely arm wrapped around her waist.
"Stay still." A deep voice said behind her.
"I- I um need to use the bathroom." She said hurriedly trying to twist herself away from him.
"No you don't. You're just trying to get away from me."
"Well…"
"Well nothing. Now stay with me and sleep."
"I have lectures. I need to prepare for school."
"I could just buy it for you. You don't have to go to school anymore. You'll graduate with distinction and a happier mind." He said, snuggling into her.
"What?" She says turning towards him. Surely he was joking.
"Yes. You wouldn't have to go to school ever again."
Alice looked at him dumbfounded. "Tell me you're joking."
"Why would I be joking? Just tell me what you want done, I'll do it immediately."
"I um actually have to pee."Alice says bolting from the bathroom.
She took a deep breath, splashing water on her face and finally looking into the mirror.
"What the hell?" She said out loud.
Her neck and chest are full of hickeys. How was she going to go to school when she looked like she was bitten multiple times by Edward Cullen.
She stormed out of th bathroom going straight to the culprit. He was already in his wheelchair looking at some files.
"Looka t what you did." She said angrily.
"What?" He said feigning innocence.
"This.," She said gesturing to the hickeys. "is bad. How am I going to go for my lectures having this all over my neck and it's too hot to wear turtle necks.
"I don't see what's wrong. I was just marking my territory."He said without guilt.
"This isn't how to. How am I going to go out in public like this?" She said hearing to her neck.
He blinked at her still not seeing an issue She looked at him a little longer finally stormimg off into the toilet.
The rest of the morning went smoothly. He drove her to school and dropped her off, taking his goodbye kiss.
Everyone on campus looked at her condescendingly muttering words like killer and other vicious things but then nothing she hadn't seen.
She walked with her head up high to her class. Entering inside, a serene silence followed at her entrance.
"There she goes, I heard this isn't the first time shr had tried to hurt her sister. Jealousy does things to you." A voice muttered as she passed.
Class began with people still sharing contempt at her.
"Please, Alice Wills. You're being called." The lecturer said.
She walked to the board room seeing Octavia with a cast and her stepmother already here.
"There she is. Why would you do this?" Alice's stepmother shouted,banging the table.
"Mom it's fine." Octavia said, looking like the victim.
"We asked everyone to bring thier guardians. Miss Alice?"
"I wasn't told about that. My guardian-"
"And she's about to spout another lie. She needs to be severely punished."
"Her guardian is right here." A deep voice sounded as Travis wheeled himself in.
"You're not her guardian." Octavia's mother said looking at Travis with a sharp gaze.
"Yes i am. We're legally married that means I'm her legal guardian. May we begin?"
"My daughter was pushed by this sully wench and her arm was broken and no apologies were given or any thing was said. She left my poor baby on the floor and left."
"Octavia?" The disciplinary head said.
"I know my sister didn't mean to push me that hard. She must have been showing me something."
"She pushed you. She's so jealous that she's planning to kill you even on school premises. What did my daughter ever do to offend her?' octavia's mother said dabbing the non-existent tears in her eyes.
"I didn't push her." Alice said looking at Octavia wordlessly.
"People saw you. You pushed her."
"I just want to say falsely accusing someone is a serious crime and you can be arrested for it." He said looking at Octavia and her mother.
"What are you taking about? She pushed my daughter and broke her arm and there were eye witnesses. If my daughter is at fault I'll blow tow to you seventeen times."
"I'm sure this campus has security cameras. Check the feed." Octavia visibly froze at that.
Was she in a blind spot? She thought hard as she looked around.
"Yes."
They checked the feed as they sa the confrontation between Octavia and Alice and where Octavia dragged Alice's hair and then Alice pushed her way in defence.
Octavia's mother watced in silence as Octavia became really pale.
The whole board room sat in silence as they looked at Octavia.
"So in the video clearly Octavia provoked Alice and ice didn't even push her hard enough for her to even fall. So what's the verdict?" He smiled as he crossed his legs.
"We'll miss Octavia is clearly inth wrong and causing damage to Miss Alice's reputation. She needs to give an apology."
"Am apology? Is that all? My reputation was deeply hurt by the words of my dear sister. Pee laugh d at me as I passed. I felt like a mockery." She paused draeimv out a handkerchief from her bag.
"Alice I-"
"For days My mental health was in state of disarray."
"What do you want to be done then?"
"I want a public apology then I want th footage to be released that I wasn't the one who pushed her."
"I can't do that." Octavia said panicked.
"Why can't you? You don't want the truth to be said anymore or you only like it when its good for you?"
"I'm sorry." Octaiva said with gritted teeth.
"I want a public apology and one more thing."
"What could that be?"
"Start to kowtow."