Chapter 10

High School...

The alarm went off at six-thirty. A digital rooster was screaming in Derrrick's ears tirelessly. "Tsk!" He swung his entire arm, searching for the phone. After a few sweeps over the bed, he finds nothing. "God damn it!" Derrick gritted his teeth as he lifted his head. It was easier to locate the small light breaching through the pillowcase. His fingers crawl underneath, and he has it.

*Kuk! Kuk!*

Derrick did not hear the timid knocks. When the door squeaked open, and the rays from outside peeked into his perfectly dark room, he turned. "What is it now?!" Derrick yelled at the intruder.

The maid flinched. "You will be late for school, sir." The servant had learned to thread softly in this mansion over the years.

"So?" Derrick grunted. He would get out of bed at the time he deemed fit.

"Your father is waiting for you to come down," said the maid. That changed everything.

"I'll come down soon," Derrick responded with a sigh.

It took him thirty minutes to go down