The Lust Of Pride

Chapter 8

“I ran into some…trouble”.

As Sam said on the phone, another man spoke to her with a soft voice, asking if she is okay, But instead of words that reassure, Sam quickly told them, in a slow and low tone of a voice…the complications,

“I want some people to be…corrected, A couple of them that I would be glad to show you their faces, An ignorant pretty girl that thinks she owns this school, a few students that spoke to me like I’m a criminal, a teacher that needs a lesson of respect, and…an annoying boy from my class”.

The voice from the phone stayed silent after Sam spoke, listening to every word that came out from her mouth, and slowly spoke in a serious tone, “What do you want us to do about them, Miss Myers?”.

As Sam slowly showed a smile as wide as her cheeks, gazing at the teacher, and looked back outside,

“Make them…

Powerless”.

Back at the principal’s office, the room was riddled with shock, as a lady and two grown men burst from the outside, announcing themselves like messengers and guards, arriving here to deliver a message.

They introduced themselves as people that want to…correct the events that have taken place at the moment. The principal questioned the lady,

“I didn’t hear of anyone coming today, were you sent here by Mr. Eval?”.

For a moment, the lady went silent and then said that she was here to retrieve Daisy and the boy, but Daisy questioned them also, “Who do you think you are lady? I haven’t seen even a hair of yours near my father, what makes you think I would go with you?”.  

“Because we… are the ones who pay for your house girl”,

And as the woman replied to Daisy, the principal's phone rang again, the caller being Daisy’s father, Mr. Eval.

As the principal picked up the phone, placed it beside his ear, and as Mr. Eval yelled to quickly end what they are doing before it’s too late, but before the principal was given the chance to reply, the lady walked up to him, grabbing the phone, and said calmly,

“Mr. Eval, Your daughter will be informed as of today, consider it as a life lesson for her, to know that there…are always bigger fish than her”.

She then hung up and turned to Daisy, telling her that her father has given her permission to escort her to her house. Daisy held up a concerned face, suspicious of her, but the lady uttered a name to her that eased her mind,

“Tribulain”.

As the very sound of the word cleared Daisy’s mind, she went back into her state of ignorance and bliss, and followed the lady’s word, being escorted out of the room by one of the guards, but before she left, she stopped and looked at Zane,

“See you in chains, Mayton”, laughing as she says it, and then continued to leave along with her men.

As they left the room, the lady told the principal that he also will be informed of the changes that will happen in this school from this day forward and that he must not tell it to the teachers and the students or else he will be given a consequence, “That would be all”.

Zane thought to himself, “Is it…over?”,

But as he was about to run out of the room, he was then approached by the lady, and said to him,

“As for you boy, you are coming with us to our Mistress”.

Zane tried to leave but was blocked by one of the men, grabbing his arms, forcing him to come with him. As they left the room and walked towards the exit of the school, Zane asked the lady where they are taking him, but the lady replied only silence and continued to walk outside.

As they left the school gates, they stood beside the street, Zane was confused and tried to ask the lady about why they were there, but before he could let out a word, a limo painted in black, pulled up in front of them.

The lady opened the door for her and Zane to enter, he tried to resist but was pushed by the man, forcing him to get inside and sit in the limo, greeted in a sight of smoke from a machine.

Zane in his anger, yelled at the lady,

“What was that fo- “,

But he was interrupted by another girl that was sitting in the limo with him, sipping a glass of water, and said,

“It’s a pity that I have to wait for more years before I can drink some real drinks”.

As Zane slowly turned his head towards the girl, and as he gazed at her, he asked,

“Who…are you?”, and as the girl put down the glass and faced Zane, and replied,

“We already met Zane, my name is Samantha, Samantha Myers”.

Zane looked at Sam’s face and recognized her, saying that she was the girl that talked to him back at the cafeteria.

“I did more than just talk”, Sam implied.

“You still haven’t apologized for what you did to me earlier Zane, and now you also need to apologize for ignoring me back at the cafeteria”.

Zane bewildered by what she said, implied that he already apologized in another way,

“I don’t need to apologize, because you already got your revenge. You were holding me when Daisy came, if it weren’t for you, I could’ve run and painted for another day, but then I was taken by that b***h to the principal’s office and I can assure you that I am already apologizing with pain and expulsion”.

As Sam continued to sip from the glass as she listened to Zane’s words, but refused to accept his understanding, and as Zane finished stating his position, Sam spoke,

“As I recall, Daisy was there to make you pay for what you did to her, and she already got it by beating you up and attempting to expel you, but that was her revenge not mine”,

As she put down her glass, her expression turned from a good and innocent student, into a mysterious, and vengeful woman,

“Even though continuing what she already started with you would be quick, it really doesn’t feel like a full revenge for me, so I only want you to apologize…but not in words”.

Zane raised his eyebrows, questioning what she means, and as she leans in closer to him to reply,

“I want you…to be my pet, at least until my time in school ends. I want someone to rub my feet during classes, do my homework while I eat at the canteen, and worship the ground as I walk through the halls, and if…you refuse…ill just make your life a living hell both in school and your home. So, what say you?”.

As she held out her hand for Zane, thinking that he was about to strike a deal with the devil, and looked around for somewhere to escape, he saw something through the window, a bus pulling over for the red light, an opportunity.

As Sam held out her hand, waiting for Zane to shake it, and he slowly reached out his hand and shook Sam’s, and she said,

“Good choice, there will be new rules for you from now on”,

But as they continued to shake, Zane slowly stated, “If we are going to do this Miss Myers, I want you to know one…thing”.

Sam looked at Zane in the eyes and ask what is it, and as Zane stopped shaking her hand, making a smile as mischievous as a jester, looked backed at her in the eyes and said,

“I…hate rules”,

And as he said those words to her, Zane lets go of her hand, and quickly pushed the smoke projector to its max, stunning Sam, and the woman, he then used Sam’s glass and broke the window, climbing through and into the streets, and as the traffic light turned green, he hurriedly grabbed the handle of the bus door and jumped on it.

As Sam and the woman gained back their sight, they immediately got out of the limo and looked around for Zane, and as they saw him at the back of the bus, Sam stood in her place, while Zane gave her a wink and a wave of goodbye.

“Do you want us to get him, Miss Myers?”, the woman asked.

Sam stayed in silence for a brief moment, and then broke it, as she smirked at the leaving boy, and slowly replied,

“No, let’s leave him for now, I have a feeling that I will get to see him again, sooner or later, now let us go, we have other things to attend to”, Saying that as they entered back in the limo and continued, leaving Zane to where he is headed.

Zane entered the bus and sat on one of the seats, pulling out his phone from his pocket, and texted his mother,

“I had some problems that I had to take care mom, so I might be coming home late, don’t wait for me at dinner, Love Zane”.

Zane sent his message to her mother and then leaned back on his seat, grabbing his headphones and listened to music, slowly drifting away into sleep.

A few hours later, he is awoken by the driver, telling him that they have arrived at his location. After Zane paid the bus driver, he got out of the bus and headed towards his house, and as he entered, he saw his mother asleep at the dinner table after hours of waiting for Zane,

He sighed and woke her up, saying that she fell asleep. “I’m here mom, you can go sleep upstairs now”.

Zane’s mother, yawned and got up from the table, and asked why he was late.

“I just got some problems that I had to deal with first at school, I sent you a message but I guess you didn’t see it”, Zane replied.

His mother tired and sleepy, still spoke in a concerned voice, “Really? If you want my help, you can just ask me”.

“It’s just my art mom, don’t worry about it” he said in a calm but low voice.

His mother suspected him but ultimately lets it go, and head towards the stairs, saying before she goes up, “Well if there is something you want me to help with, I am here if you need me, Good night dear”.

Zane looked at his mother and replied, “Night, mom”.

 As Zane finished eating his dinner and changing his clothes, cleaning the dishes, and brushed his teeth. He then went upstairs to his bedroom, closing the door, and laid down in his bed, looking out the window, and gazed at the moon as its light touched his skin,

“What a day”, he said to himself as he rolled on his side.

Tired and stressed, he was glad that he still got to sleep in the bed, as a student and a free man, but as he was about to fall into his sleep, a thought shouted from the back of his mind, making him worry about what comes next,

“Oh…shit, how am I going to enter school tomorrow?!?”

Meanwhile

Sam sat beside a cozy fireplace, sipping a glass of soda like a countess in her mansion, as she listens to the sound of piano tunes playing in the background. The woman that was with her, entered the room, informing Sam,

“The students have been taken care of, the principal spoke to their parents and gave them a few weeks of suspension, but the two that you mentioned was both expelled from the school, the teacher, however, was only taught a lesson of perspective and respect by the principal, and was not fired in the request of your father”.

As Sam lowered her glass, she replied calmly, “I always hate father when he does something like this no matter the intentions, but if that is what he wants then ill make it an exception, besides I got a new…footrest”.

Sam looked down at where her feet were, seeing an image of a person, holding her legs,

“Isn’t that right…Daisy?”.

“Y…yes, Mam”,

Daisy replied as she stood on fours, riddled with a bunch of bruises on her body, holding Sam’s legs with her back, while Sam sat back on her chair, feeling the sense of euphoria as she overthrew the evil princess’s throne, turning her into something close to furniture.

The woman again spoke and asked Sam, “What about the boy, Miss Myers?”.

“Oh him, leave him be, I would still probably see him tomorrow at class, and besides…

I think I may have just found a new…plaything”.