In The Name Of Trouble

Chapter 25

"Don't you live under a bridge?"

"Seriously how poor do you think of me?"

She held her arms out as far as they could go "This poor."

"Ok get in"

"Ooh neat. You got a maid?"

"No. Just me, myself and I."

"Cool."

It was an apartment, spacious and full of light.

"Which is my room?"

"The one to the right."

She went to check and came back a minute later.

"What do you think?"

"I still wanna go home."

"C'mon, it'll be fun. And besides I have some things to do with you."

"Like?"

"How about we start with your education?"

"Excuse me?"

"Which school have you been to? She just looked down "I have never been to school."

"Then how do you know so much?"

"Life and experience are the best teachers."

"Since you haven't been to school. I enrolled you in one." He held out a brochure.

"What!?!?! No way I'm going to school. I knew you were out to destroy me."

"Relax, school's fun."

"No. Its just another freaking version of prison where the teachers are demons!!!!"

"You've never been to one. How do even know unless you see it yourself?"

"Clint told me." She said as she randomly paced around the hall.

"Don't trust him."

"Funny that's exactly what he said about you."

"Will you go for at least one day and check it out?" He put on a puppy face "Please!!!! For me."

"In that case........ No!!!"

"Ok either you go to school, or I will call child support on you."

"Go on. Call child support. I'm never going to school."

Why isn't this technique working on her?

"Ok fine, if you answer this, I'll let the school know you won't go."

"Easy."

"Ok then" he took a piece of paper and wrote something down and handed it to her "Solve it."

She looked at the paper as though it was am alien "The fuck is this?"

"Thats what you call math"

"Meth?"

"No, math" he gave her the brochure "Just read this."

She went through the pages.

"It doesn't look so bad."

"So you'll go?" He was hopeful

"For one day I'll give it a shot. Or else I quit"

"Perfect"

"When do we start?"

"Tomorrow."

"Gah!!!"