FATHER ALWAYS SMILING

Chapter 29 ~~~~~

Alastor merely glanced at the other girl before his gaze went back at the principal, he was taking too long to deny it, meaning one thing. His daughter was right. The man didn't care at all about the children.

How dreadful.

"Amalie, surely you have someone you can be with to avoid Mia?" the principal asked.

"How can I make friends when she says things about me that aren't true? Spreading lies about me? When she's in my class? When she and her group follow me when I'm outside? When she won't leave me alone even when other teachers tell her to? How am I supposed to do anything?"

He fell silent again.

"Mr. Himlarsson I'm so sorry," Mia's aunt spoke up. "Had I heard this was happening sooner, I would have talked with my brother—"

"Like he'd do anything... besides hitting me, like he always does" Mia muttered so softly but Alastor could hear her. So did Amalie, as she glanced at the girl in response.

"Well, if we can't resolve this peacefully," the principal sighed. "I have no choice but to give you both, and the others who were involved, detention for one week."

"What?" Mia snapped.

"Fine," Amalie said flatly. "But you should know that if Mia or anyone else tries to do something to me, anything at all, then I'll fight back." she glanced at Mia. "I'm done with letting people think they can do what they want and get away with it."

He couldn't help it, Alastor laughed, a small chuckle, almost impossible to hear by the three regular people here, type of laugh.

Amalie was the only one to have heard him as she looked up at him with a questioning stare. His eyes did not show anger, no, his eyes were filled, with pride. Alastor was happy.

His daughter was becoming into her own and standing up for herself in the most spectacular fashion. How he wished she had done it sooner, but that mattered little to him now, for as long as she could, he would help her in any way possible.

"Then we'll make sure that she's not anywhere near you," the principal said. "I'll instruct the teachers to make sure she and her friends don't bother you."

"As long as it's anyone but Mr. Green,"

That brought a look of confusion to the principal's face. "Is there's a problem with Mr. Green, Amalie?"

She narrowed her eyes on him. "You know why," and without another word, Amalie left the stunned principal's office silently. Before stopping and waiting in the hallway before he could say anything back to that.

"What did she mean?" Mia's aunt asked, her voice now pitched with concern. "What did that teacher do?"

"Nothing," the principal said all too quickly. Another lie, he knew that this Mr. Green had done something. "Amalie never seemed to like him, but the rest of the kids do. He's one of the best we have, everyone loves him."

"No!" Mia snapped. "You do know what she means! You fuckin' bitch! You know! You know exactly what she means! FUCK YOU!" and then ran out of the office and down the hall. The aunt, who looked flustered and confused, glared warily at the principal before going after her niece leaving Alastor and the principal alone in the man's office.

The silence grew as Alastor kept his gaze on the now open door before his eyes flicked to the pathetic man before him. "Well, that was something," Alastor said dryly.

The principal sighed. "Mia's always been like that, she spouts so many lies its hard to even know if she's telling the truth about anything."

"Even about this Mr. Green?"