Page 95 of The Teacher of Nothing
Won’t be much longer until I have Willa in my arms.
My phone buzzes on the countertop. I pick it up to see several missed calls from Jude. He also sent some texts.
Jude: Call me.
Jude: You seriously made me stop what I was doing to serve you and now you can’t be bothered to answer your phone?
Jude: Whatever, man. Here. This should pique your interest.
I pull up the screenshot he’s sent. It’s an email from Darren Paulson to an employee at Park Mountain Lodge.
Jude: I can see you’re reading my messages…
He sends another screenshot.
And another.
Holy shit.
Me: This is big. Really fucking big.
Jude: You doubted my abilities?
My brother is a finance genius, but it’s his ability to find damning information out on anyone that’s his most useful talent.
Me: Never. I have to take this to the authorities.
Jude: I’m assuming they have something on you?
Me: Video proof of me fucking my student. At school. Darren’s kid, Levi, showed it to me this afternoon.
Jude: Dirty, kinky bastard.
Me: I love her. She’s not some itch to be scratched. She’s fucking everything to me. I can’t lose her.
The dots move and then stop. Finally, he responds.
Jude: I’ve got your back, Cal. We’ll bury these fuckers so deep they’ll never climb out by the time we’re done with them.
I let his assurance wash over me.
He’s right.
We’re motherfucking Parks.
Parks always prevail. It’s why half this damn town is named after us.
Levi can fuck all the way off.
I’m getting the girl whether he likes it or not.
Willa
It can’t get dark fast enough for me. I’m dying to sneak out and go to Callum’s. Today, at school, our reconciliation was everything to me. Hearing his apology and then feeling him inside of me healed the cracks in my heart.
I quickly toss clothes into an overnight bag, though I don’t anticipate I’ll wear much of them. The thought is silly, but it makes me smile.
Thankfully, Levi hasn’t made it home yet. I’d briefly seen my mother and Darren as they breezed out of the house earlier. Mom still hovers, though not like she did right after what Levi did to me. As much as I want to cling onto her and keep her near me at all times, it’s unrealistic. Not to mention, Darren certainly won’t allow it.
