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Chapter 4 Keri did not like the tone or the choice of words her husband used to address her. They needed to talk now, she thought. No, Keri decided when they needed to talk. Right now was not a great time. She had more issues than Reader's Digest to deal with at the moment. She did not want to waste her time and effort to placate Mike over whatever trivial matter got under his skin. The lady who wanted to dismiss her husband as quick as a judge did to a hopelessly hung jury played along to get more information before she squashed the conversation. Keri said, "I agree." Keri agreeing with Mike threw him some. How could his wife agree when she did not know what he wanted to talk about It gave him hope that maybe she was finally seeing the error of her ways. Keri agreeing also had the added effect toning turning down Mike's hostility towards his wife's actions. "Really? You got Ron fired from his job. Why?" The lady who used social calculus when dealing with anyone formulated how she was going to handle answering the question. The Newton of knowing the right answer to getting her way went with playing to her husband wanting the best for their daughter. "I did it for Sylvia, our little princess. You know that people would have expected me to make sure Ron paid as much as possible for lifting her skirt. If people start to believe Ron then our daughter would go deeper back into her shell." Keri's husband's silence was all she needed to hear to know that the situation was resolved to her liking. The lady who depended on knowing all the variables in any situation waited to ask for the new vital piece of information which was missing. Keri wanted her husband to think that information was trivial so that he gave it without stirring him up again by rehashing it. As Mike was leaving, Keri said, "Oh sweetie, how did you know that Ron lost his job?" "For Trottier's would not take our orders anymore. I had to order from Monte Cello's instead." Mike's answer made no sense to her. Why would the pizza shop owned by the boyfriend of her daughter's best friend deny them service? Keri hated being straightforward in any situation where she did not know what was going on. It was much better to get the person to give her the information without knowing they did. She had no choice. "What does Ron being fired have to do with us not being served at Mario's parent's restaurant." "Ron got a job there and Mario does not want you to threaten to boycott them after you see the new employee working there. Ron getting that job is the only reason I was not fuming at you about making him lose his job. You don't mess with how someone makes money. I know you did it for our daughter, but you need to drop this." "It will blow over in a couple of days or a week at most. I bet you the next time we order from them they will be more than happy to take our order. In fact, they will give it to us for free to make up for the bad treatment of loyal customers. You just leave this to me. Everything is going as smoothly as possible." "How about me punching Ron? That was just wrong." "We covered that already. He deserved you putting him in his place. Even with him not lifting our Vi's skirt, he needed to learn to respect his elders. You always talk about how kids today need more discipline and you gave it to him. That will blow over also, but I bet when you tell him something he will listen from now on." ********* Jacqueline, "Jaclyn" Bullard was closing up shop at her video game store. It was a Sunday and they are notorious for being slow days, but this one was not. It was busy for all the wrong reasons. Her shop had 20 games pre- orders cancelled along with 5 of next week's gaming sessions. Almost all of them were from her loyal customer base. The lady knew she could not take losing that many of those repeat customers. Jaclyn knew what was causing her customers to leave, ; her decision to fire Ron yesterday. The solution to Jaclyn's problem was harder to figure out than one of the puzzles in the games she sold. It seemed like she made the right decision by firing him. The last thing a store which catered to children needed was someone making a big deal about an alleged sexual predator working there. Jaclyn could not worry about how true it was, for the lady who was going to lead the boycott would make sure her voice was heard. Now making the shrewd business decision has made an organic boycott of her store start. This boycott was not just by people who were making unwanted attention for her, it was from the people who made the profits for her. The lady should have known the boycott could happen. If people thought their friend was innocent, then they would back him. If her store's lost customer base would just listen to her when Jaclyn explained it was just business, not personal. There was no way she was putting profit above loyalty. She was putting survival above loyalty. If she had to close down Hobby and Games then all those kids would have lost their hangout. Jaclyn's business model was to offer the gaming community more than just a place to buy games. It was a place for the gaming community to call home. She had couches, seats, and tables in the store. In the front widow was a 52" flat screen television with both the Xbox 1 and Playstation 4 hooked up for them to play. Having kids playing those games was the best display she could have for her front window. Jaclyn made sure she sold what gamers used as substance, Mountain Dew and Doritos. She had video game tournaments and also rented a room in the back for people to play role- playing games. Jaclyn's business model was what made her shrewd business move the wrong one. Her place was a community and she got rid of one of the leaders in it. Without Ron there and no replacement for him, Jaclyn got rid of the social foundation of the store's community. It was easier for the kids and their parents buying games to do so on Amazon or just download them from the internet. They came in for they wanted to support a local business, but also for the expertise of Ron. Jaclyn knew what she had to do, and picked up the phone to make a call. ****************** Ron hung up his phone and his mom saw that him saying no to whoever was on the other line was hard to her baby boy. After a couple of minutes thinking Ron asked his mom, "Why do people think they can treat you wrong and just make it better by saying sorry?" Leah hoped that her stock answer would suffice. "For people need to forgive others so they can be forgiven." That answer did not get to the heart of Ron's questions, so the boy who was becoming a man clarified what he was asking, "I am not talking about forgiveness. I already forgave Ms Bullard for what she did. I am talking about people thinking things can go back to normal without them admitting why what they did was wrong." "For it is hard for some people to admit why what they did was wrong. Jaclyn hopes that you get that by her calling and saying sorry, she understands why what she did was wrong. Was that call you just got her?" "Yeah, she wants me to come back to work for her. I would like to help her but I got a new job, plus how would I know she wouldn't just fire me again?" "You can't. She saw she made a mistake and it will be less likely that she will make it again." "I just can't stop thinking that she is just doing what is best for her." "She is. You must be important for the store, so now she thought more about the situation." "Well, I do not know if I want to go back. If she doesn't believe the truth then I do not but I really like it there." "Then go down to the store after work tomorrow and talk with her." "I will. If I go back to working for her, Ms Bullard will have to give me a raise and also pay me for yesterday. I think double M will understand for when we played Rock Star he could tell how much I loved working there. Maybe in the summer I can do a couple of nights at the pizza shop also as a delivery driver. I think I would enjoy that." Leah was happy that her son was going to give Ms Bullard another chance. She was also proud that he was going to do it on his terms; that he found out he was worth more than she was paying him and was going to get his worth. "He will and do not worry if he does not. Him understanding or not should not change you doing what is best for you. Yes, you need to take into account how it will affect people overall. If the pizza place would be shorthanded that would be a different story. It will not." Ron hugged and thanked his mom and they went back to just enjoying each other's company while watching television. ************ Sylvia finally came out of her room running late for the school bus. She was ready to go to school an half hour ago but stayed in her room. There was no way the girl who was finally wearing what she wanted was going to give herself time to change. Her mom would never approve of Sylvia wearing her matching grey cotton sweat pants, shirt and no makeup. Sylvia hated wearing so much makeup every day. She went to school to learn, to grow as a person, not to be fashionable. The girl who was standing up for herself by dressing down paused before going in the kitchen to grab a banana to eat on her way to the bus stop. She took a huge breath and went in. The smile on her mom's face told her something was wrong. Her mom's approval of her being as plain as a white envelope was not right. "That is a great idea Sylvia, dress like a slob so people think you are upset about them not believing you. You will change some of their minds for they will have pity." How Keri found a favorable position for her goal of her Sylvia being socially popular out of her daughter expressing her depression over the incident should have been expected. (That sentence is a little confusing but I get it alright. Maybe, "How Keri found a favorable position out of her daughter expressing her depression over the incident for her goal of Sylvia's social popularity should have been expected.") Keri was always thinking of how to play the angles, how to get an advantage. To her life was not about getting along with other people but getting out of other people what she wanted. Keri's view on life was why she was able to see how to take advantage of the way her daughter was dressed. Hearing her Mom made Sylvia change her mind about going to school. Hearing about people's reactions made her realize how hard it was going to be to face anyone. ; Ron for she did him wrong; the people who knew the truth for they saw her as a liar ;lastly, the people who supported her for she felt like she was using them. When the truth came out Sylvia knew she would an outcast. Even with wanting to be less social at school, Sylvia did not want to be a hermit. Meanwhile Ron was sitting at the kitchen table eating a bowl of cereal when his mom came in. Leah wanted to tell her son to take the day off. After all it was an awfully traumatic weekend for him. Her baby boy might not be prepared to deal with all the people. Leah fought the urge and did what was needed to be done. She gave the young man who was as strong as a lion some encouragement to face the day. Leah got the strength of a lioness and held back from offering Ron the easy way out. She learned from her mistake of doing what she wanted instead of what was needed to be done. Ron having to deal with people thinking he looked up Sylvia's skirt was from her doing what she wanted instead of what was needed. Leah needed to make sure her son respected women instead of wanting to make sure he learned the lesson. Leah and Ron both left the house at the same time. The mother wanted everything to be as normal as possible so she made her routine offer of driving Ron to school. There was a pause and Ron actually thought about taking his mom up on it. Ron then said no. He took the bus. He had nothing to hide from. Leah was proud that her son was going to face the people who disbelieved he was innocent. Now she hoped that her actions at work today would reciprocate to herself starting to be proud of herself again. From last Friday she knew work was going to be hard. The lady who was spreading the truth was at a disadvantage. One, the lie of her son looking up Sylvia's skirt had a head start, and a bigger one was she helped the lie grow and spread and gain strength. As Leah came into the store she knew something was going on there. The store manager, Robert Tsangaras, was trying to make it look like he was inspecting the store. That man has never once done an actual inspection of the store. Him holding that clip board and looking at the end cap was a cover for him waiting for someone he needed to "chat" with. Even the customers knew he was only pretending because each time the front door opened he would look to see who was coming into the store. Also, the Bic pen cap was still covering the ballpoint. When the man who would much rather be in his office saw Leah, he started to walk over to her. Leah mentally rolled her eyes, Robert wanted to "chat" with her. The primary reason was she knew what the "chat" was going to be about, her son. The incidental reason she was not looking forward to the "chat" was the managerspeak that man used. This was going to be a talk, not a chat. Robert should say talk. "Leah we need to have a one on one chat before we have a group chat in the pharmacy." "OK." "Come to my office." In the office Robert said, "Leah, if anyone says anything about what your son did, you will not say anything back." "Robert, Ron did nothing so I will correct them." Robert took a page out of Bad Management 101 and instructed Leah to call him Mr Tsangaras. It was a childish powerplay.Robert was not going to take let anyone,not even the head of the pharmacy department, try to question his authority. (Alternate - "Robert was not going to take anyone ... trying to question his authority.") Leah thought, "Two can play that game." "I will, only if you call me Dr Crosby." "But Leah we are friends." "I know, Robert, so if you want me to use your surname, you will use mine." "Leah, sorry. I just do not want any arguments to come about from what your son did." "My son did nothing and I will be correcting people if they say anything." "No you wouldn't correct them. I don't care if Ron did it or not. I don't care what people say about him. I want a nice peaceful work environment." "You said we are going to have a talk, so let me talk. I will clear it up with my coworkers." "They might not believe you." "Let me handle it for I know you cannot." "Don't talk to me like that." "Then do your job. Don't call me in your office, try to talk down to me and tell me I have to take people spreading a lie about my son. I bought that lie from my friend but found out the truth when her daughter confessed nothing happened." "I told you I don't care if your son did it or not." "Good then you should not care if people talk about it or not." "My employees are going to complain if they are confronted by you." "Then they should not say anything if they cannot take a response. I will defend my son, If you try to stop me I will quit. I can find another job quick. You will not be able to find another pharmacist. Think of all the prescriptions you will not be able to fill. Now just listen to me. You want to stay in your office and not be bothered by your employees. You will get what you want if you just go down to the pharmacy and just tell them to listen to what I say. I promise you that."" Robert listened to Leah's instructions because he had as much choice as a beer drinker did in Saudi Arabia. Even with being store manager, he had no real course of action to get retribution. Leah ran the pharmacy so he had no real power over her. Then walking into the pharmacy the man who did not like being put in his place thought of a way to show Leah to respect him more. "Everyone, may I please have your attention. This will only take a minute. Leah is going to have some words with you about her Ron looking up that girl's skirt." He turned to Leah and gave her a smile. That smile was quickly wiped off of his face by this response Leah gave him. "Robby, Ron did no such thing! You heard the truth." Still a little mad at the person who was a man in age only, Leah addressed the group. "Now everyone, someone told me a lie about my son and I believed it. I did not check to see if it was true. I found out when it was too late. The bitch's daughter confessed it never happened only after my son was humiliated and his reputation besmirched. I will not put up with people doing that in front of me anymore. I did enough damage to him." I know some of you had already made up your mind the lie is true. That is fine. Just be prepared to backup your statement with facts.If not, don't say a word." Three out of the five of Leah's coworkers in the pharmacy believed her. They knew Ron. The other two knew Ron but believing Leah did help them advance their views about sexual harassment. It is more common than society thinks and done by people mostly no one would imagine would be a pervert. The #MeToo movement was now in their hometown. Her son being a sexual predator would help bring into focus the abuse women and people who had no power had to deal with. How it affected Ron did not matter for it would help make the world a better place by talking about this serious topic. ************* Ron sat down eagerly, ready to start the first class of the day. He wished that he was living up to the nickname Double M gave him, Honey Badger. He did care about what others were thinking about him. Those people who looked at him with disgust made Ron feel like he did something wrong. Then there were the, "brave" people who shouted at him behind people that he deserved that black eye or he was going to get worse from them. Ron hated the fear again when Maz was walking towards him when one of those personless voices yelled a threat at him. Maz showed his anger and Ron thought the resident tough guy of the school was in agreement. Then the beast of a man pointed to give notice to whoever said that to shut up. Maz walked up to Ron and said, "Tell me if anyone gives you trouble." Ron felt relieved hearing that message. It felt good that some people were taking his side. Even with knowing he had backup, Ron was going to face this alone. Ron knew that he had to stand up and defend himself. Their support was all the help he needed. Maz was so invested in Ron's situation because of how many times he was accused of doing something he did not. This made him the person he was today. Maz was seen as no good and trouble so he was pushed into the boxes where society put those types of people. There was no way he was going to let that happen to a person he knew was innocent and more importantly never cared about those boxes. Ron was being a honey badger when he dealt with Maz. Ron knew the stories but did not care about them. At the video game store he was more than happy to help Maz pick out a new game. Then the next time Ron saw Maz he would bring up the game to see if his customer liked it. Mr Donnelly showed up to class right after the first bell. He was too busy in the hall trying to recruit kids onto the track team to be on time. The English lit teacher had his priorities. Making sure Monongahela High Track team won its 3rd section title was more important than discussing the allegory used in The Crucible. How could it not be, the track team got pep rallies and hangers hung in the rafter. "Hey Crosby, switch seats with Abraham." Ron asked why and Mr Donnelly told his student for he said so. Ron knew that his class was not going to be the refuge from the backlash from the lie he assumed it would be. This teacher showed Ron his teachers were going to be as impartial as a French figure skating judge. All his morning classes went the same way. Ron knew the teachers judged him guilty based only on a rumor. Ron was happy when lunch finally came around,. He was going to get to spend some time with his friends. Mac, Frank and Amber would just be themselves around him. That would raise his spirits. Then Ms Henning stopped Ron from going into the lunch hall. Ms Henning informed Ron his schedule had changed and he now ate second lunch and had his study hall now. Ron was as frustrated and powerless as a colorblind man trying to solve the Rubik's Cube. He let his frustration out by saying, "No." Ms Henning said, "You have no say in this." Then Ron saw the cause of his frustration and yelled to Sylvia for her to tell Ms Henning that he did not lift her skirt. This was the moment Sylvia feared. She was face to face with Ron. Him stating the truth for everyone to hear was too much for her to bear and she ran out of the lunch hall. "Ron you do not harass that young lady. Didn't you do enough to her already? Go to the principal's office right now." "I am not harassing her." Ellen saw everything and made it over to Ms Henning and Ron. "Ms Henning, Ron did nothing and I heard her say so to her mom and Ron's mom." Ms Henning did not care about the facts. She was more concerned about making sure she defended those she felt needed to be. To her Sylvia's confession was just a way for her to cope with nothing serious happening to the boy who harassed her. "Child, Sylvia only said that to try to make this go away." "Ms Henning, no it did not happen. Even if it did, the day she said it happened I was with her. We did not see Ron. So it could not had been" "Child, what Ron did was a very traumatic experience for your friend. She just had the day mixed up. You should be supporting her instead of this monster." Ellen had enough of this grown up talking down to her. "My name is Ellen. I am not your child. You need to quit judging Ron. You need to listen." Ron was happy that Ellen jumped to his defense. He was about to unload George Carlin's seven words on Ms Henning. She had no right calling him a monster. That moment of having to wait made the magma cool down enough so lava of rage did not erupt from his mouth. "Ms Henning, you have no right to call me a monster. I did nothing." "I can call you what I want." Ron was the type of person who found any information fascinating. During the assembly the school had last year on the new anti-bullying policies he was more engaged than the speakers. "Oh no you cannot. The anti- bullying policy states a zero tolerance policy on name calling." Ms Henning showed her true colors. "They will not believe you. Whose word will they take; mine or a boy who looks up a girl's skirt and a girl who must be mad at her best friend?" Ms Henning did what so many other people do, they forget about people doing service jobs when they were around. One of the janitors, Debbie Gilbert, heard the entire conversation. She was mad at herself for believing the worst about Ron. Debbie also was mad at the teacher for setting a bad example for the students. "They will believe me, Emma, or will you try to say that I am just a cleaning lady?" Ms Henning tried to defend her actions. "Debbie, stay out of this. What Ron did was wrong and it makes him a monster." Debbie was not having it. "Emma, what you are doing is wrong. You are going on hearsay and nothing more." To try to appease everyone Ms Henning started to backtrack. "Ron I am sorry that I called you a monster. It is just what you did got me so upset.I am disappointed in you." Ron was sick of being accused, "I did nothing. I am sick of people like you judging me without even looking at the evidence." He then paused for a moment. An important fact came to him, "Sylvia only said I did that to her mom. There was no complaint about it at school. You have no right in trying to make me change my lunch." Ms Henning wanted to end the conversation. "The school can and we will now go to the principal's office." Ron was more than willing to follow her orders. "I will and there I will Tell Ms Kiper all about this conversation." Emma said, "I am going to join him Ms Henning." Debbie knew that Emma was going to try to stop the young lady from doing the right thing. She put a stop to it by saying, "So am I, Emma." *************** Mike Webster had enough of his work crew congratulating him on hitting a boy. Taking action on someone who wronged his family had made him their working class hero. One of them finally was able to strike back at someone who deserved it. For once one of them was a lion instead of a sheep. Mike's efforts to make his workers stop only made them lift that pedestal he was on higher. In the eyes of the people who got hope from Mike's action, the man who protected his daughter was humble. With Mike knowing the truth, in his eyes it was shame. Mike took his anger out on Ron. He was mad about what he thought Ron did. Mike was coming to recognize the punch was more about Ron not showing him respect. The floor manager of the factory came to Mike and told him about his daughter leaving school. This bad news being a relief made Mike's shame grow. Again he was putting his feelings above his daughter's. When his crew heard why Mike was leaving they all told him they will also give Ron what he deserved. Mike put a stop to that talk and the men quickly agreed. They thought it was for the Lion wanting to take care of his pride. It was Mike trying to do something which he would have pride in. The sheep mistaken for a lion was at least going to make sure no one else harassed Ron. Mike was happy that his daughter answered her phone. She told him that she could not face being around Ron and had to go home. He told his daughter that he understood and would meet her there. ************* The cold war between the two factions in the pharmacy was already thawing out. There was only one skirmish but it was an ugly one. Frank Jones and Kristie Joel were talking about how sick Ron's actions made them and Leah overheard them. She quickly did a bombing raid on the unsuspecting anti-Ron camp. Frank and Kristie were too stunned to even try to answer the simple question of how did they know it was true. Their silence might have made them look like fools but they would have looked like bigger fools if they opened their mouths. Then a call came to Leah about her son being in the l principal's office and she needed to come on down right away. The concerned mom went to see Robert in his office. The hurt ego of the man who was a boy was already being soothed by not having to handle his employees. Leah's actions made sure his job did not become harder. Seeing the head of the pharmacy department a little frazzled gave him empathy towards her. Robert hated to she her that way. As soon as he heard about the situation he told Leah to take the rest of the day off. He was not having her use a half of vacation day on this. Family was more important than work and Ron's situation was extenuating circumstances. Plus he know that Leah had stayed on many times for an hour or two without pay to keep the pharmacy running smoothly, so he wanted to show his appreciation. Robert's gut reaction might lead him to show his childish attitude but when given time to think he knew how to act like an adult. On her way out Leah said, "Thank you Mr Tsangaras." Robert took the olive branch offered to him, "Please Leah, call me Robert. We are friends." Leah corrected herself, "Thank you, Robert." *********** Ms Melody Kiper shook her head in disbelief, disappointment, disapproval and any other relevant word with the prefix dis when hearing Emma Henning's defense of her breaking the zero tolerance anti bullying rule. A school rumor does not justify the actions of the so-called adults in the situation. Emma should not have resorted to demeaning a student. An unverified rumor was not even close to extenuating circumstances which Emma was trying to use as a defense. In fact Ms Kiper found it insulting that Emma would even say that. If one of her teachers acting like a student was not bad enough, Ms Kiper had to deal with them going behind her back to change Ron's schedule. They had no right to try to do so. That, along with so many other actions her teachers took made Ron look guilty. Ms Kiper knew she was going to have to get to the bottom of this. She was going to investigate the rumor and also all of her teachers' actions. "Please Emma you know that a rumor is not good cause for what you did." "Come on Mel, it was a mistake." "Don't call me Mel, call me Principal Kiper." "Oh Mel, don't chastise me like one of your students." "Then don't act like one. You had no right to call Ron a monster. You also had no right to change his schedule without getting approval from me." Emma wanted to make sure that Principal Kiper knew she was not the only teacher which went along with changing Ron's lunch when she said, "Vice Principal Barry gave it to us (me?)." "Is he me?" "No he is not." "Does he have the power to change a student schedule without my approval?" "No he does not." "Did he tell you I gave the go-ahead to change Ron's schedule?" "No he did not." Mel told Emma to hold on a second. She went to the PA system and made the announcement. "Tom Barry report to Principal Kiper's office right away. Tom Barry report to Principal Kiper's office right away." "Thank you for waiting Emma. You will take the 5 days suspension without pay which will be coming to you. I do not have time to deal with this open and shut case." "Don't make an example out of me Mel." "I am not making an example of you Emma and right now call me Principal Kiper. Right now we are employee and supervisor and you need to understand that. Your actions were wrong and you not seeing so is wrong also. We are teachers and we need to be impartial towards our students. You were not. Now get out of my office." Emma with mockery in her voice said, "Fine, Principal Kiper." Emma could not admit she was wrong and had to lash out. Her trying to get under Mel's skin was as effective as an ostrich trying to fly. Mel was a professional and did not care that Emma was having a little temper tantrum. There were more important issues at hand; making sure that all her students got a good education and also ensuring that her employees never do anything like this again. Vice Principal Barry was enjoying lunch with his friends when the announcement came over the air. The man was pissed that who he viewed as his equal had the gall to pull this trick on him. Her summoning him to her office in this manner undercut his authority. Tom could not see that his action of changing Ron's schedule without going through the proper channels did the same thing. Tom's friends all started to give him grief about it. As he marched down the hall to set the record straight with Mel the students snickered at him in the hall. Vice Principal Barry took a mental note of each of those students' faces. The man on the mission to make sure his coworker knew her role did not have the time to deal with those disrespectful punks. They will be getting detention. As soon as he got into Mel's office, Tom started to set the record straight. "Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again Mel." "Tom, sit down and shut up. You went behind my back and approved something which you had no authority to do" Tom saw the Crosby kid sitting in reception area so he knew exactly what Mel was talking about. "I do have the authority to change a student's schedule without going to you." "No Tom, you do not. I gave you permission to change a student schedule if they came to you and asked for it. I should have been clearer about it. I thought you were smart enough to know it was only for that situation." "OK, I did overstep my boundaries. I was still right in doing so. I made an executive decision and I stand behind it. I wanted to make sure the school was a safe place for Sylvia. If you thought about that you would not let your ego get in the way." "First, you don't get paid to make an executive decision so never do it again. Second you are not responsible to the superintendent and school board if the decision you make is wrong. I am. I am not going to lose my job over a boneheaded decision you or anyone else make. That decision you made is boneheaded. It is shortsighted. You changed Ron's schedule over a rumor. Yes, we have to take any inkling of sexual harassment seriously. Taking it seriously means we have to investigate it.Sylvia Webster did not talk to any teachers about it. We now need to talk to her and all parties involved. We cannot just take hearsay and think a student is guilty. Accusations of sexual assaults would become weaponized. People will start to never believe accusations if we do not do due diligence. Now I was wrong for calling you to the office how I did. I am sorry. This can be easily fixed. I will mention so Ms Smith overhears that I was playing a joke on you. It will cover the school by the end of the day." Mel was right . Her explanation would spread quicker than apple trees did from Johnny Appleseed. It would solve the situation. Mel's one- time mentor was upset being passed over for the promotion to be principal of the school and wanted to show he would be a good one. Even with being upset about it Tom understood why, other than him having one more year experience of being vice principal, his credentials were not as good as Mel's. Tom was working on it by finishing his Master's degree in Education. "Mel, I was wrong and should have come to you. I just assumed it was a slam dunk to change Ron's schedule. I should have thought about it. I am sorry." As Vice Principal Barry left the principal office, he also apologized to Ron. Ron waited to react to see if the other shoe was going to drop. He expected Vice Principal Barry to tell Ron what to expect when the proof came in he was guilty. After figuring out it was just an apology Ron smiled and thanked him. Leah came into the office 10 minutes later. She hugged her son and saw Principal Kiper and gave her a sneer. This was going to end. The lioness was going to protect her cub. Mel knew the look of disdain and any other relevant word with the prefix dis was well deserved. This was Mel's school and she was responsible for the actions of her staff. Mel successfully started to ease the ill feeling Ms Crosby had for her by making an apology which the office staff could hear. Her chastising the staff to their faces for judging Ron before knowing the facts helped accomplish her goal of calming Leah down successfully. In Principal Kiper's office, Mel said, "Ms Crosby, again I want to apologize to you about how Ron has been treated today. I just found out and trust me it will be dealt with the appropriate punishment given to the teachers." Leah was happy to hear what was being told to her, "Thank you Principal Kiper, and call me Leah." "You are welcome and call me Mel. This out of school situation has come into my school so I hope you understand that I will have to investigate it." "Please do. I want the truth to come out." "I do also, Leah. I will make sure that the teachers treat your son as innocent until we get the finding. If your son is found to be guilty of what Sylvia accused him of, we will have to take measures against him to ensure her safety. That is only if he is found guilty." "What about is if she is found to be lying?" "Then nothing will happen to your son." That answer brought back some of Leah's ill will. "I know that. I meant to Sylvia." "I am sorry to inform you there is nothing we can do, for this happened out of school." "Then nothing should be able to happen to my son if somehow you believe the lies. Like you said, this happened out of school." "We need to make sure our school is safe for students and your son will be a risk to Sylvia if we find out what she accused him of is true. That is why we can do something to prevent it; to keep them separated. " "Then you should do the same with her when it is found out she lied. Her spreading this lie about my son has now made this school not a safe place for him. He has been threatened by fellow students. Most of the teachers have treated him like he is guilty. Do you think that any of them will write a letter of recommendation for him to get into a college now?" Principal Kiper thought about it for a moment, then said, "If Sylvia is found out to be lying then yes, we will do the same with her. We will make sure that they do not have any classes together next year and separate her from their shared lunch. That is only if she is found out to be lying." "That is all I can ask for Mel. If that is it then I am taking my son home." "That is it for now and I think it is best you do take your son home until we get our finding." Ron joined the conversation, "I am not going home. Me going home will give credence to the hearsay." Principal Kiper said, "It is only fair for Sylvia went home." "Principal Kiper, with all due respect, this is wrong. She chose to go home for I called her out on her lie. You also better do something about her leaving school grounds." "You should not have talked to her. Also I will do something about her breaking the rules, but you do not tell me what I better do or not do." "I am not allowed to face my accuser? I will tell you what you should or should not do when you are treating me unfairly. " "Your talking upset her so it was not the best course of action. I understand you are frustrated and just wanted to make sure you are treated fairly and I will. Trust me, my actions should show you I will." "It was for it made her admit to herself what she did.If any of the teachers told me not to talk to her then I would understand why you think it might be right to send me home. They did not. I have the right to call her out on her lie. Your actions do, Principal Kiper. Thank you." "Ron how about this. You go home today and come back tomorrow. I need to have a talk with your teachers to make sure they do not treat you unfairly." "I will go home but please have my teachers email me my homework." "Will do, Ron. See you tomorrow." ************* Keri went to Trottier's right after work. It was time for her to use what she called charm and other people called being underhanded. Sounding as polite as a news anchor starting the 11 o'clock news and also being as sincere, the lady who was going to get the business to admit to wrongdoing asked to speak with a manager. Jordan Trottier came to the counter and saw the troublemaker. "Keri, your business is not welcome here." "I know. I came here to clear up the misunderstanding my husband had with that fine young man working here yesterday." "It is not a misunderstanding. do not want you to start trouble for any of our employees." "I will never do such a thing." "How about what happened with that fine young man Ron?" "Oh, he is the type you have to watch." "You mean like my son." "No, the quiet type." "Oh, you mean like my brother." As soon as the spin doctor heard the question, Keri knew she was going to have to change tactics. Jordan's brother was Father Trottier. The most beloved and kindest Priest in the Mon Valley. Anyone who said that Father Trots was the type you needed to watch, did not know the time. "No, no, no. OK we will have to disagree on Ron. I promise I will not cause any trouble for him. Can I please place an order now. My husband loves your meatball hoagies." "No. Your business is not welcomed here. Now leave." Keri turned around and told the customer behind her that one of the employees here was a pervert. It did not phase the woman one bit. She repeated the false charges with more conviction. This woman had nothing invested and still did not care. Keri finally said, "So you will order food from a place which hires perverts." The lady had enough of this domineering lady judging her and said, "Yes I will. I am not here for a date. I am here to get something to eat.If I did not shop where they hired perverts I would not be able to go to any stores." Jordan said, "Keri, leave now. You are harassing my customers. Please don't make me call the cops." Jordan did not have time for Keri's game. The man needed to make his award- winning sauce so he could go home. Keri called Jordan's bluff. It was bad for her because she misread him nicely bringing up the police as just a warning. She was going to cause as much trouble as possible for this place until right before she thought she crossed the line. Keri was still trying to talk to anyone who would listen about how bad that Ron was when the police showed up. She screamed at Jordan, "You are not man enough to kick me out. I see why you hired that pervert Ron." She started to walk out and the police stopped her. Keri said, "There is no need. I know where I am not welcomed." "Sorry Ms Webster, we do. We need to see if Mr Trottier wants to press charges for aggravated trespassing." "Just send me the fine. I will fight it. That excuse for a man hired that pervert who hiked my daughter's skirt up." "Ms Webster. We are sorry that happened to your daughter, but that does not give you the right to harass people." Keri did not have time to listen to the cops scold her and interrupted Officer Fallon. "I know, that is why I said send me the fine." "Ms Webster, like I was saying, you do not have the right to harass people. If Mr Trottier wants to press charges we will have to take you in. You were committing aggravated trespassing, a jailable offense." Keri went too far this time. She was intentionally obstructing, disrupting, or intimidating others from carrying out 'lawful activities'. The people in the pizza shop were more than happy to give statements. Officer Fallon felt bad for Ms Webster. Still, he had a job to do and she had no right to disrupt a place of business. If Keri wanted justice for Sylvia, she needed to get her daughter to press charges. "Ms Webster, please come outside with me." Keri misread Officer Fallon as wanting to help her save face and happily went outside. She was as shocked as the guest of honor at a surprise birthday party thrown 4 months in advance when Officer Fallon started to read Keri her rights. Mike was at home not really able to deal with Sylvia. He was wondering where that wife of his was. She handled these things in their home. Then the phone rang. When Mike heard the voice on the line belonged to his wife the man was as relieved as Santa Clause would be on Jan 8th. Then he heard the news and asked his wife, "How could you?"