A Doctor's Secret

Chapter 8 Finale: It Wasn't An Accident

   Two women sat down on the chairs while the children they were guarding ran off quickly to the small playground at the back of the room. All tables were placed at least a few inches away from each other, so the two chose two empty ones that were side by side to each other. In the front room, besides the large blackboard, were also desks similar to the ones that stood in front of the chairs. 

  Behind the desks at the front, were three other teachers, talking with another parent quietly. Seemingly remembering about the name that her nephew spoke so highly of, Vevorinique leaned over to Soul and asked, "Hey," she peeked over to the front. "Which one is Mr Aiza?" 

  Soul looked to her friend before pointing over to a teacher to the right of the rest. "Mr Ikkaiza Crow. I haven't talked to him much, but it seems that he is quite popular with the children. Sometimes I get tired about Aoife just saying his name over and over again." She joked, chuckling slightly. 

  "Why do you ask?" She looked over to Vevorinique, who was now staring at the tanned male upfront. 

   "Nothing. Just that Lucifer also talked about him non-stop, he got me curious about who this 'Mr. Aiza' is." 

   "That's okay, his students just really like him." Soul smiled, and went back to her own business, checking her phone. Vevorinique did the same and decided to wait her turn.

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   Minutes flashed by for both women, quietly just using their phones until the teacher in the middle called out to the last few remaining parents, "Guardian of Lucifer Levre, please come up front." 

  This alerted Vevorinique as she stood up and quickly moved to the seat in front of the trio of teachers. She seated herself as the teacher in the middle, who was a gruff-looking man in his late 40's or so, began to speak. "You're Lucifer's mother?" he asked, adjusting his glasses.

   "Oh, no! I'm his aunt, Vevorinique Winslet." She smiled politely towards him, but the man maintained his tired face. 

   "Why is he in your care? Where are his parents?"

   "His father died and his mother disappeared."

   "Oh. I'm sorry. But before those...unfortunate events happened, they allowed him to be left in your care?"

   "..."

   "Ms Winslet? Please answer the question. Did they leave him in your care? I think you know exactly what happens if a child lives under your care without their parents' consent, right?"

"..."

   "Ms Winslet?"

   "Yes," Vevorinique spoke firmly. "His father, which is my brother, said that if anything were to happen to him and his wife, Lucifer would be left in my care."

   The man nodded and adjusted his glasses again before speaking. "Ah, I see. I felt like I was starting to sweat there.'' The man joked with a small smile, but it did not faze the woman at all. Rather, her eyes didn't even linger on the man anymore. Instead, it moved to the younger male to his right.

   Up close, Vevorinique could see the small details that she couldn't see from when she was still beside Soul. She could see the black eye colour of Ikkaizza that was in sync with his black hair. It adds a certain charm to the man that you could only see when you were near him. 

  "Anyway, going back to our previous topic, my name is Cedric, Lucifer's advisor. To my left is the math and science teacher of the class, Ms Johnson. And to my right is the English and reading teacher, Mr Crow." Cedric used his hand to make the short introduction more specific as he spoke.