ADIRA'S HEART

chapter 2

"Gay??!!!", Emerson's eyes got so big they almost popped out of his head "my son's gay?" he repeated with an even tone, still puzzles though "yes sir ", his secretary confirmed. Emerson sighed using his hand to cover his eyes, one could see the evident fatigue on his face, he looked way older than his age, the lady felt sympathy and pity for the poor man who's shoulder has been hunched over since the death of his wife, though he held a cold face, one could see the torment and pain in his eyes , those eyes that were Normally cold are now filled with so many emotions , anger and pain most eminent."How did he get involved in this" he asked " I think the body guard assigned to him is urh" Emerson raised a brow inquisitively waiting for her to finish but Mary was uncomfortable and her discomfort as well as her distress was evident in the way she tried to say the word "Gay" , earlier he was able to understand by the description she made of the whole situation. she moved from one foot to another " he's urm uhm u know sir," "no miss Green I do not know" her boss countered , "well it's believed that uhm, his uhm s****l orientation is different from the natural?" " are you asking? if you are then I don't know " , he answered " then I am as clueless as and I'm hearing this for the first time too" he smiled seeing her visibly struggling .. Mrs Green is an elderly but efficient secretary, from her struggles , he's sure she is not exposed to the l***q community and others , it was cute though and the whole ordeal made him forget his issues for little while. Mary smiled and relaxed seeing her boss's carefree experession, she was glad he found her distress and discomfort funny she was also happy she didn't need to explain further, "thank you, I'll call the school, sorry for the stress" the added with a knowing smile, Mary blushed profusely but secretly happy to see a smile replace the grim look he always wore..

"ma'am, it is not what it looks like, I was not groping him,he had my locket", Emmett was so close to losing his cool, for the past hour he has been trying to explain to the principal,for God's sake he's not into men, why will she think so and accept that i***t's cooked up story. Maintaining a stern look the principal told him how s****l harassment is against the school rules, and how he broke the rules and should be punished, "I.DID.NOT .GROPE .HIM" , he said calmly, enunciating every word, was she dumb?, he hoped not, rolling his eyes at her apparent stupidity, he muttered b***h under his breath thankfully,the old woman didn't get it,else he would have gotten detention today. Emerson's tall frame filled the doorway of the office, the principal's face morphed into a big fake smiley one like she was not giving his son a hard time just now" welcome sir, kind of you to join us", Emmett awarded her a look of pure disbelief, the change in her character was remarkable, one minute she was acting like an enraged boar, not willing to hear his own explanations and here she is sucking up to his father,ugh women his dad has that effect on most of them if not all, trying hard to hide the disgust he felt he rose and greeted his dad with a bow of respect. His mum was a fan of Korean drama and she inculcated the habit of bowing from them and forced it on the household, he smiled remembering his mummy,while fighting the tears that threatened to fall, they always came when he thought of her. Both father and son got seated , the principal looked from one to the other ,it felt like looking at one through the mirror, a mirror of age because both looked like the younger and older versions of each other. Handsome and sexy like an Adonis, with that dangerous and commanding aura, Emerson was every woman's dream including her's, she couldn't help staring at him and day dreaming of her life with him, hopefully she'll get a chance since he's back in the market.

"you asked for me?", the voice of the object of her day dream brought her back to reality "uhm yes sir, well we called you about an issue we have with Emmett's immoral act today", she talked liked she was running out of breath, "anxious" Emerson thought but nodded, giving her the universal signal to go on and letting her know he was listening. "He was caught harassing his classmate" , "harassing?", his dad asked "sexually", she added, emphasizing on the s****l part. " so you are saying Emmett was caught harassing a girl?" " a male student" , she clarified, "thats definitely new", Emerson commented while looking at his son with a raised eyebrow and it was all the permission Emmett needed to explain himself and the situation that got him here in the first place."Dad", he started,"I am not gay, and the guy in question has it out for me , he has been bugging me and causing issues for me, he took my locket today ,the one mum gave me on my sixteenth birthday", his voice broke at the end of the sentence and his dad knew he was about to cry, "what's with the cut on your head and lips?", Emerson asked him," he socked me in the face and his friends held me while he took it", his voice was low" I couldn't fight back cuz they outnumbered me so I waited to get it from him when he was alone without their company, that is how we ended up in that position in the bathroom", Emmett finished looking at this dad , with pleading eyes to believe him, " I am not gay dad, I swear it", he added , " they misunderstood the whole situation and since I had him down with my hands on him,she", he said pointing at the principal," chose to believe him over me", he finished bitterly giving her the side eye, the principal blushed in embarrassment and Emerson could tell that the poor woman was flustered from the accusing looks his son throws at her " He has never reported to us about the bullying before so we didn't consider the possibility of it, we apologize for our mistakes and the other students who bullied him will pay for their actions ", she said apologetically , head bowed,face and neck beet red from embarrassment, " I advise you checks ur facts before you call me out from work next time something like this happens, I hate wasting my time, it's precious you know?" , Emerson replied with a smile , and stood to leave , getting to the door he asked his son to get his things so they'd go together as school was almost over, Emmett jumped and hurriedly did as he was told, racing to his class, his dad was behind waiting for him with a sad smile on his face, his wife was gone, the void still present and he misses her dearly but he knew no amount of pain can compare to that of his son, their son. she babied and spoilt him, Emmett was so dependent on her that living from now on as an independent person will be hard , very difficult but not impossible and he'll be there to support him all the way.. the vibration from his fone brought him back to reality, "hello", he picked, the other person at the end of the phone talked for a while , and as it continued , one could see the displeased look he wore on his face,"okay", he hung up and cursed in Italian, Emerson adjusted his demeanor when he saw his son approaching and replaced his frown with a light smile,"ready", he asked and he was rewarded with a faint nod,"great", he exclaimed wrapping his around his boys slumped shoulders and leading him outside the school to the parking lot.