Christine walked into school. She tripped over her own two feet and fell face first onto the floor. Her paperwork scattered around everywhere she desperately crammed to pick it up as quickly as possible to avoid a crowd but Imogen had already spotted her she came rushing to her knees attempting
Help Christine pick up the paper work "right everyone get back to lesson" she looked directly at Imogen "Imogen Im sure you've got a lesson to get to" the smell of vodka stenched of Christine's breath. Imogen stood up on Christine's orders and went to lesson. Christine quickly stood up and rushed to her office in attempts to sobber up. Completely forgetting the fact that it was Darren huges visit with the social worker that day. Christine had left a lot of the details out in attempts to be Able to explain them face to face, at the end of the day Darren wasn't a case he was a child, a child who needed Christine's support. The social worker stood outside the office with Simon and Darren. Christine was very very late. "Well be in touch, once I've completed my assessment "said the social worker
"Please if you could just hang on a minute, I'm sure miss mulgrew will be along soon" said Simon
"So sorry I'm late" said Christine rushing over "it's Georgina isn't it my apologies"
"It's Darren that I think you should be apologising to" she said "I'll be in contact shortly to rearrange"
"Look I'm here now, and I need to discuss some ideas I have in us supporting Darren so If you'd like to go back inside"
"Unfortunately I have another appointment, and I'm in danger of being late myself"
"It'll take a few minutes!" She cried
"If you'd had sent them in writing over the weekend as you prosmied" she said "you really should have been here" Christine had never fe,t so much hui,t in her life, she'd let her own son down with her alcoholism and now she was letting down another child in a similar situation. The thought made her want to cry. "This isn't the only case I'm dealing with this morning"
"Well I'm sorry for taking up your precious time!" She snapped
"I beg your pardon "
"Darren is not a case! He's a child who needs out understand and support!" She shouted "you'd do well to rember that"
"And you would do well to turn up to meetings on time, now if you'll excuse me" Christine was horrified. Surley that haddent just happened. Daren's blame didn't make it any better.
"I can't believe you've done this" he shouted "do you know I'm going to be put into care because of you" he screamed in her face. She'd never felt so guilty in her life. She'd let Darren down big time.
"No decisions have been made yet" said Simon trying to be inparicial
"I'm not leaving my mum I'll just keep running away I'm telling ya"
"I couldn't do nothing!" She cried it had all got too much for her
"Darren go to class alright, I'll come find you later" said Simon
"What did she say" said Christine panicking she didn't mean for any of this to happpen, it was only meant to be one drink. One drink.
"That are communication was a shambles" said Simon "why didn't you send her the info" she was sick of people putting the blame on her! Granted she'd got wasted over the weekend but the whole Darren getting put into care thing wasn't her fault. Was it? Taht was the constant battle going on in her head. She kept telling herself it wasn't her fault no one stopped Simon from sending the info
"I needed to speak to her face to face I needed to out Darren's case before I told her all the details"
"What details!" He cried "what haven't you told her!
"She doesn't know about the photos on Darren's phone"
"What" he said in disbelief
"Well no one stopped you from sending them" she cried
"Your the head Christine that's your job for crying out loud" said Simon
"And your my deputy!" She cried "I'm pretty sure you could have covered the "
She thought taht was the worse it was going to get it was wrong
To be continued...
