"Clarie... Clarie... Clarie!"
That seemed to jolt Clarie out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" Clarie asked confused as she didn't know what they were asking of her.
"What were you thinking about?"
"Nothing worthwhile dad. Just some random stuffs. What were you saying dad?" Clarie responded.
Javier signs before he continued, "We were discussing which school you are going to attend..."
"Your Father wants you to go to Coolbridge High" Bella said.
"But that's for our company..." Clarie protested before she continued,
"I don't wanna go"
"Nonsense... It is for the best as the school authorites can keep an eye on you plus you'll have some company" Javier said.
"Some company?!" Clarie said making air quotes before she continued, "You just mean people that will follow me everywhere I go, and I won't have my privacy."
"You'll have your privacy..." Clarie stared at her Father, as he continued and said, "... to some extent"
"But I want to have a normal school life, with nobody knowing that I'm the owner of the school's daughter or some big co-operation's heiress. I don't want people to look at me and wanna make friends with me just because I'm rich, I went through that a lot in England... Do you understand what I'm saying?" Clarie said as she took a deep breath.
"Honey, I understand what you mean. So, you can go to another school ok?" Bella said but she got an hard stare from Javier.
"Jav..." Bella stared back at him.
Javier signed and said, "Fine, you can change your school but you'll still be getting some bodyguards to guide you."
"Why do I even need them?!" Clarie shouted.
"You know exactly why you need them, Young lady! And don't you raise your voice at me!" Javier said with an air of authority.
"I'm sorry, dad" Clarie said as she looked down at her food, it had long seemed disinteresting to her.
"But Dad..." Clarie looked up at her dad wanting to continue her argument but was met with an hard stare.
Clarie looked at Charles who just kept eating his food as if not interested in the topic at hand but she could tell that he was paying rapt attention as this has to do with her security.
"Charles..." Clarie looked at her brother with puppy eyes.
Charles looked up at her and quickly resumed eating as he used the fork to point at the uneaten celery on his plate, a smirk could be seen at the corner of his mouth.
"Assh*le" Clarie muttered under her breath as she saw the smirk.
Clarie knew her brother couldn't help her out of this not just because of the celery, so she set her puppy doe eyes on her mother.
"Mom..." Clarie knows her mom wouldn't be able to handle it.
Bella signed and said, "Jav, let's think about it. Clarie doesn't want the bodyguards, so we can enroll her in Empire since you are close with the Principal, he can keep an eye on her. And I know that you don't want your daughter to look like a freak with all the bodyguards, so why not just let her personal maid go along with her to the school as a student"
"That's right, dad please. You know that I have a black belt in Taekwondo and Tina also knows some moves so... " Clarie said as she turned her puppy eyes to her Father.
Javier looked at his daughter and signed, "Fine"
Clarie gestured a 'Yes' victory sign and was happy.
"But..."
Clarie paused as she thought, 'I might have celebrated a little too early'
"Meoooow" Lily looked at her.
"... remember if anything happens to you while you are at that school... be prepared to be homeschooled" Javier continued.
"Yes, dad. Thanks, Dad... Thanks Mom... I love you guys so much" Clarie said as she stood up to give her mom and dad a peck.
"Don't I get any?" Charles looked up and said earning a look of disdain from Clarie as she said,
"Glad to see that your interest is no longer on the food. Mom, Dad... I'll be in my room"
Clarie carried Lily and walked upstairs, her thoughts seems to run amok.
'My plans worked out, I knew Mom will help me out. Now, I just need to see Tina for it to be successful, but where is she?' she wondered.
Downstairs, Javier gestured to a maid to come and asked, "Where is your young lady's personal maid?"
"She seemed to have gone out, Master." The maid bowed and replied.
"She seems to be going out a lot lately. Doesn't she know that her Young lady would be coming back today? Tell her to see me when she arrives."
"Yes, Master" The maid bowed and retreated.
Silence plagued the dining hall with Clarie's absence, only the clanking of cutleries against the plate could be heard.
"Mom, Father. I ask to be excused" Charles said as he dropped his fork.
"Go, it's not like your input was needed anyways" Javier said disinterestingly without even looking at his son.
"Javier!" Bella said calling his full name. Javier knew better than to continue as his wife only calls his full name when she's mad at him.
Charles seemed used to this and felt nothing. He got gradually used to this attitude from his father.
"You are excused" Charles bowed slightly as he moved to take his leave.
"Useless brat..." Javier muttered under his breathe as Bella slammed her cutleries on the table and Charles froze.
Caeser looked at his human and started to bark at Javier.
Emotions flickered in his eyes as he clenched his fists, patted Caeser and walked out of the house, got into his car and zoomed off.
Caeser continued to bark at Javier furiously
"Why doesn't this dog seem to like me after all these years?"
"Someone take this bad dog out of here, he is disturbing my ears" Javier continued as a maid came to lead Caeser out of the dinning hall.
"Bad dog, bad dog" Augustus screeched
Bella looked at him before turning to her husband and saying, "Do you really have to do this to him when you just layed your eyes on him after 5 years. Even if you don't miss your son, I do. And you chased him out again just like you did 5 years ago. You forced our son to grow up prematurely"
"He choose to move out of this house on his own just as he chose to stay frozen that day"
"Look Jav, it's been years. When are you going to move on and forgive your son? It wasn't even his fault and I'm sure that he regrets what he did as much as you do. But all this you are doing isn't helping the both of you. Your son seems to be doing all he can not alert Clarie about this but you seem to be doing the opposite"
Bella looked at her husband obstinate face and signed, she knows how much her husband loves his son but it seems that the two of them just have too much ego in them.
"Find somewhere else to sleep tonight" Bella said as she walked away.
What she said seemed to affect Javier as he stood up abruptly and chase after his wife.
"Bells dear, you can't do that" Javier said in a pleading tone.
"Watch me" Bella responsed.