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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
If one could wear a tear into the floor, George would have as he walked to and fro on the openspace in his room, his blood boiling hot as he heard Marie and Cyrus' voices coming from Marie’s room. Annoyed beyond relief, he kicked the bedpost in anger
The vivid picture of Nicole’s teary face recurred in his mind, he had been such a fool, he should have come clean about Stacy earlier, his dilly-dallying was the cause of his troubles. He wondered she would react when she found out Marie had put him to dating her.
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Remorse was an understatement to describe Nicole’s present feelings as she walked on blindly, She must have overread meanings into the situation. George had told her earlier who Stacy was to him, She should not judge him for thatAnd the pictures? She had not even allowed him to explain himself; she had just believed the worst about him. She wondered if he would forgive her for doubting his feelingsShe returned to her classroom and got her school bag, she was about leaving the school premises when a sudden tug on her school bag made her rear back and landed on the tiled floor, she screamed as she encountered her father, and
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Rage was an understatement to what Principal Francis felt, his indignation burned fiercely within him, George Francis was truly unique. They had the guts to come in to threaten himJust who did they think he was to take him on. He looked menacingly from one sibling to the other, The Richwoods were really an ache in his teeth, the eldest had been the first to scatter his nest of well-organized plans, he was going to make Nicole get close enough to Cyrus so he could be recognized in the community social circle as more than a principal. Cyrus’s Father had a range of well-known friends whose mere recommendation will make Bells High be a Nation famous secondary school. But Marie Richwood had come in, tumbledown his perfectly laid down plan by making Cyrus loose interest in Nicole.He had managed to keep his cool for that but the siblings were once again crossing the line interfering with his plans again, they had the nerve to make him feel so agitatedA knock o
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“I can’t believe you got my Dad to sign the divorce, he was so adamant about it,” Nicole said.George chuckled but said nothing, only he would know the tactic he had used, Nicole would only worry if she came to know how he had gotten Principal Francis to back off. It would be his own little secret, he knew Principal Francis was bound to retaliate and he would have to be on his best alert.Signing deeply, he bemoaned his fate, he had gotten the love he so desperately wanted but he could not enjoy its bliss, without pausing to look over his shoulders for fear of an intruderSpeaking of the enemy, Principal Francis strong booming voice made George snapped his head up, taking Nicole by the hand, he fled the cafeteria“Wait... wait. I haven’t finished my food. “her cry was ignored as George walked forward and left the hall, they halfway down the hall when Nicole jerked her hand away from his strong onesTurning square
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The sweat ran down Nicole’s neck as she ran down the steep steps to her father’s office, she gave no concern to the thumping sound of her feet on the tile floors, she ran blinding through the classrooms, pushing and pulling both objects and humans out of her way as she ran through.She had been such a fool to believe her father would let her go just yet. She saw he had tried his last straw and she would also do the same, even if it means her ending his career.George had known her father would not back down, she had been the foolish one not to sense it, his quietness despite their win, his bitter smile, he had even lost focus in class.The door to the Meeting room was locked firmly by the time she got there, she locked her ears firmly to the door but there was no sound coming out. She began beating on the door with her bare hands but the door refused to give way. It was a hopeless cause; she would have to wait till the meeting was over
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