Beneath The Surface

🌟CHAPTER 4 🌟

DEFIANCE 🔥

💖 LUCIANE PETERSON 💖

... TWO
🌞 DAYS
LATER ...

... Ashley ...
She woke up with a splitting headache. She'd heard the ring of a notification on her phone and so, she picked up her phone to look at it. It was a message from Sparacino, asking her to meet with the Gang members by 10 am. She sighed and sent him replied with a message, telling him she had a test that morning and couldn't afford to miss it. She rolled her eyes and threw the phone on the bed, while she got up and headed for the bathroom ...

... Alex ...
The alarm clock by his bedside rang out very loudly that he almost leapt out of bed. He struck the little clock furiously that it was broken. The time was 9:35 am. He had a class by 10:00.

"Shit!" He yelled, got out of bed, and dashed into the bathroom ...

*******
Few minutes later, he was out, moved over to his dressing room and came out, fully dressed in a Nike drip outfit.
He stepped in front of the huge mirror close to his bed, checking himself out. His phone began to ring. It was Charles. He picked the call immediately.

📱"Hey, Charlie."📱He called.

📱"You'd better hurry up, Collins and me are right here in your house. We're having breakfast with Aunt Alberta right now. Meet us downstairs."📱 Charles said.

📱"I'll be with you in a minute."📱 Alex said and hung up. He put on his shoes, combed his hair and styled it desirably. Then he picked up his bag and went out of the room. Soon, he was sitting at the table with his aunt and friends as he watched the cook serve his breakfast.

They were done pretty soon. Charles and Collins walked out of the house to await Alex by his car, while he went to have a few words with his dad's elder sister, Alberta. (The only one he'd always known as his mother).

He learned his dad had to travel to Arizona for a 'business trip' and he (Alex) was to join him in a meeting by 2:00.

He went outside and found Collins and Charles already seated in the car, while his chaffeur opened the door of the back seat for him, where his friends were sitting.
He got in and the chaffeur closed the door after him, while he went to the driver's seat. As soon as he ignited the engine, he beeped at the gate keeper who opened the automatic gate with a remote control and they drove out of the compound, down the streets ....

*****
... Ashley ...
She sat in a taxi as the driver drove along the road. She stalled on her phone, with her earphones stuck in her ears, listening to music.

Soon she got to the school and the car halted to a stop. She handed some cash over to the driver, opened the car door, picked her bag and then got out of the car as she headed for the school's gate.

... Alex ...
He got out of the car alongside Charles and Collins and they sauntered towards the school's building, each of them, busy with their phones.

Suddenly, Alex bumped into someone.

"Hey! Can you watch were you're going?! Ashley yelled.

"Excuse me??" Alex said, startled.

"You heard me, Mr. Big guy! Now can you get out of my way?! She yelled and shoved him out of the way before he could say a word.

Other students stood and watched with astonishment.

👥"I think she's toying with expulsion!"

👥"Wow, so cool. I wish I had such courage!"

👥"What's wrong with her?!"

👥"She's crazy!"

👥"She might get into a whole lot of trouble for that. Alex Wilcox's the son of the owner of this college!"

Those were the words that came from the students, present.

"Woah! Xander, are you alright?" Collins asked.

"I'm okay." He said, still looking really surprised.

"That b*tch!" He cursed under his breath.

"C'mon, let's get inside the class. There's too many eyes, here." Charles said as he and Collins led Alex towards a block in the building ...