Secrets & Little Sister

CHAPTER 2

"Audrey Hope, please report to the headmistress's office." The school's secretary said as she opened the door to Audrey's last class of the day, AP Lit.

"I'm sorry, but Ms. Hope hasn't shown up to class today." The teacher told her.

"Oh, ok thank you." The secretary left, scared to share the news with one really distressed Richard Hope who was currently waiting for his daughter, fuming at the school's headmistress's office.

"What do you mean you don't know where my daughter is? I've been making some really generous donations to this institution and all I ask in return is for you to keep an eye on Audrey, who was supposed to be in class, but isn't." Richard said after trying to recompose himself.

"Mr. Hope, Audrey is a brilliant student, and differently from her friends, she does actually care about her grades. However she has a tendency of skipping school sometimes, which we prefer not to interfere in since what the kids do outside school isn't our problem, it only becomes if her grades started to drop." The Constance Billard St. Jude's headmistress tried to explain to one of her most generous donators where his daughter was, well actually where she wasn't, without losing his donations.

The blonde's father picked up his phone to call his ex-wife, to let her know the current situation on her daughter's whereabouts. "Hey Katherine, apparently your daughter skips school."

The brunet was taken aback by her ex-husband's tone, she knew it all too well how Richard got whenever he got stressed "Hello Richard, she's probably with her friends or boyfriends, either shopping or at one of their houses."

"When I find her, she better be ready to listen to what I have to say. Try to call her again, I want that ungrateful girl at home in an hour." He says after ending the call. "Excuse me, I have to locate my daughter because this school doesn't do its job correctly." And with that, Richard Hope left his daughter's school with one mission only, finding Audrey and giving her a piece of his mind.

On his way out, Richard bumped into someone. "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry." After realizing who was in front of him, the businessman realized that the two people who were currently looking at him with a puzzled expression could help him finding his daughter. "Akeno, Max, what a lovely surprise, I haven't seen you both in a while. Apparently now the two of you and my daughter are in a relationship, right?"

"Hello Mr. Hope, it's really nice seeing you here, we had no idea you were in town" Aki said a bit shocked since Audrey didn't tell them about her father's arrival.

Realization hit Max, now it made sense why their girlfriend had been declining their dinner offers for the past week or so. "It's a pleasure like always, Mr. Hope. And yes, we're dating her, and each other I guess... Anyways, if I may ask, why are you here at Constance? Is everything ok?"

"Oh yes, I just can't seem to get ahold of Audrey, do you guys have any idea where she is?" Richard remembered why he was there at the first place.

"She should be at AP Lit right now." Aki said.

"Aki, I think he already looked for her there." Max looked at his boyfriend like what the he just said was obvious. "She must be skipping with Julian, Luna and Monett, they probably went out shopping or something"

"Thank you for the help, guys. We should all have dinner together tomorrow, what do you say?" Richard asked.

The two boys nodded, knowing that their girlfriend's father didn't take no for an answer.

While all that was happening at Constance Billard St. Jude's the girls were having a quick coffee break after shopping for the past hour, each of them with about twenty bags from different stores.

"Oh my God, my mom won't stop texting" Monett rolled her eyes before reading the texts.

"What is it Mone? You all of a sudden stopped talking about your useless minions" Luna asked her best friend.

"Lu, you might want to return Audrey's phone." Monett said after looking at her friend with a pity look.

"Why? Is everything ok? What happed?" Audrey grabbed her phone from Luna's hand and after seeing all the missed phone calls form Kiki and her father she started to panic. "Oh no, oh no no no. They will kill me. I'm never leaving the house again."

"A, before anything you need to calm down, breath with me." Julian made sure Audrey got her breathing under control before asking the next question, cautiously not wanting her friend to be more stressed out than she already was. "Ok, so I'm assuming that your father is the one causing all of this. Just give him a call and tell him you went shopping with us, I'm sure it will be fine."

"Ok. You're right. It's probably nothing, he just wants to know where I am." Audrey reassured her friends, but saying that out loud was also for her own sake. With that, she dilled her father's number and pressed the call button. "Hey dad, everything ok?"

"Audrey, where are you? Your mother and I have been trying to reach you all morning! And when we couldn't get ahold of you, I went to your school just to learn you've been skipping class! Are you kidding me right now? I do not pay 90 thousand dollars every year for you to just kip school because you don't feel like going to a class." Richard yelled at the phone.

"I'm so sorry dad. But what's so important that made you go out of your way to find me? You and Kiki don't normally care where I am?" Audrey answered.

"Stop with the attitude right at this moment young lady. And I can't tell you over the phone. I want you home immediately it's urgent and it has to do with Eloise."

"Oh... I'm so sorry dad. I'll be there as soon as I can" Audrey's face dropped when she heard that name. "I got to go; promise I'll explain it all later. And I'm so sorry for ruining our girl's day, love you." And with that, the blond had already left and entered the Lyft she had requested.
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