The boy in front of Adam was the probable culprit. During all the commotion, Arthur stood there with no idea about what he should do. Everyone had already believed that Arthur was the one who put the poison in the water.
The sudden appearance of the boy with black eyes and glasses was already suspicious. It looked like he was the one leading them and probably was the one who lied them about Arthur being the culprit.
Adam whispered Arthur that he was the boy that Adam saw last night. Adam had an uncomfortable feeling as soon as he saw that boy. It looked like Adam had met that boy before. Although he had no memory of meeting such a cunning guy.
Arthur was wondering about why did he did this to him. What made him into his enemy. Arthur had seen that boy for the first time and was completely blank to the cause about why he did it.
As the other students were accusing Arthur, the suspicious boy stood there smilling. But he was just preparing for the drama. He made a face full of sorrow and said" Oh Arthur, why did you have to do this? Were you made to do it by someone? Tell me Arthur , I'd surely help you out".
Arthur was already bursting with anger and that boy was adding fuel to the fire. But Arthur held back his anger and told everyone that he didn't do it , this is surely someone's plot to ruin his reputation. There were mean comments everywhere.
"That's what they all say ?" ,
"Yes he's just trying to lie on being caught red handed",
"Let's just take him to the instructor",
There was only rage and hatred directed towards Arthur. Adam was watching this from his side. He thought that there's no good in messing with this matter. He wanted to keep a low profile.
When Adam was about to leave, he heard something that struck his ear.
"Will , Is there something you want to say about this ?"
That was it, the piece Adam was missing in his memory. Suddenly the unclear memory became crystal clear.
It was when Arthur was on the streets to find a job with a good pay. It was a incident that happened a year ago. Just before he came to Paul's inn , he used to work in a Clothes Shop. He was getting a good pay and thought If he worked here for at least an year then maybe he could buy a cheap house.
Everything was fine with the job except Will, his colleague. Maybe it started out good when Adam had first came to the shop for work. A proper introduction, light conversations and a friend. Will was a kind guy. Will started earlier than Adam and so he helped him to understand the work.
But after a month, things changed. The boss was really happy with Adam's work. Adam was working from a very young age. He was already accustomed to the way he needed to treat customers and that was what Will didn't have. Experience plays an important role wherever you go.
Will was jealous. The boss even increased Adam's pay who had been working there for only a month while Will was working for about 6 months and never had a single penny increased in his pay.
Will started to act rude to Adam. Soon he couldn't take it anymore and made a plan. A plan to throw out Adam and ruin his reputation.
First it started with Will ruining the clothes of the shop and making Adam getting caught with them. He reported to the boss and Adam got a light lecture. Of course, it wasn't very effective. Will thought that he'd need to do something big for his plan to succeed.
Then it happened, the owner of the shop had some personal work and closed the shop for a day. Adam always had a spare key to the shop. He was a trustworthy employee of the shop. That gave Will an opportunity.
He devised a precise plan. He asked Adam if he was free on the off day. Will took Adam to a party. Adam was naive to trust Will. The whole day Will was with Adam and then in the night Adam was too tired to go to his home. His home was quite far from where Will took him. Will insisted Adam to stay at his house.
Adam had no choice and agreed to him. Will was living with his parents. Of coarse that was obvious for a 14 year old boy. Adam had a light dinner , chatted a bit with Will's parents and then went to sleep. It was a great day for Adam.
Untill next morning, when Adam reached the shop to open it. He was agitated and surprised. Everything , all the clothes with even the hangers were gone. It was a robbery and a big one at that. As soon as the owner reached, he went into trauma, he was crying like crazy.
This was when Will came with the City guards. When he saw Adam he gave a disgusting expression. He went straight to the owner and whispered him something. The owner was furious, he walked straight to Adam and asked him " Why ? Was the pay not enough for you ? Or it was something you planned from the start ? "
Adam was lost , he had no idea what the owner was talking about. Suddenly the city guard grabbed Adam. He resisted but it was of no use. Will came to Adam and started his acting.
"Adam, why did you do this ! if it was money then you could have asked me or even the owner would have helped but you chose this path. Now face the consequences".
When Adam was taken by the city guards he was told about how the thief confessed about plotting with him and splitting the money afterwards. Adam was still a kid and was just scolded and left to go.
He went back to the shop but he was blocked by Will at the entrance. Will said that the owner had banned Adam to enter the shop and that he was fired. Will also included
" Who's the favourite now , boy ?"
Adam was shocked as Will was the one who plotted against him. After the incident, the rumours spread like a wildfire. Will ruined Adam's reputation everywhere. He could not find a job anywhere. He was almost dead of starvation when his savings ended.
He finally found hope when Paul took him in. And here he was now looking at that same Will Cane. Adam's eyes lit up with vengeance and he had an evil smile on his face. It can also be said that this world was effecting his conscience but Adam had an immediate goal now.