Chapter 5: A claimed defense

Chapter 5 claimed defense

Lilly ran to the school at a quick pace. After hearing from the principal that her son almost killed someone in the school, she didn't hesitate before going to his school.

She ran into the principal's office without hesitating, there she saw the principal, two teachers, and Damien who was sitting with his head low.

"Damien?" She called.

Immediately he lift his head to look at his mom and almost in hesitation, he bent his head again. He knew his mom would be ashamed of her again, just like six years ago.

Lilly saw her son's school clothes stained with blood, even his school shirt was torn in a very bad way.

"Mrs. Henderson,"

"My son hurt a student?" She asked the principal and the man sighed.

"Not just a student, four of our students."

Damien shook his head avoiding the gazes of each and everyone present there in the office. Even his father is checking on the children in the school hospital.

"Four?"

"Yes. We are only lucky those boys only got minor injuries,"

"Where are the children?"

*

Lilly looked around, observing those children sleeping on the bed with bandages on their heads. Her mind could only drift to the incident which occurred last six years. She knows her son isn't this aggressive, but all she could do is just believe all these.

There are blood stains on his body, everything...

She turned to look at Damien who shook his head avoiding his mom's gaze.

"Damien..."

He began to cry suddenly.

"Those people wanted to hurt me first. I only defended myself,"

"Keep quiet boy!!" His father yelled at him making him flinch in fear. "That doesn't change the fact that you almost killed four innocent boys,"

"Samuel, please he is still a kid,"

"Kid? A killed who tried to kill his peers? For what?? "

"Dad I am sorry,"

"Should I remind you that sorry doesn't change anything? You just love to say sorry, sorry, as if you can reverse time by saying sorry."

"Samuel,"

"Do not call my name young woman. You need to do something about your son cause you might have forgotten, something like this also happened six years ago, and now it has happened again. You should do something or else I am taking him to Clara in Britain. Maybe then would he learn!!"

Damien widened his eyes the minute he heard Clara. His aunt Clara is a very wild person gained in the armies, she would kill him there.

"Samuel!!"

Due to the disturbance in the ward, one of the boys wounded opened his eyes groaning a little.

"One of them is awake," Lilly said stopping her husband from shouting any further.

The boy groaned loudly while touching his head in pain.

The minute his eyes landed on Damien's, he began to scream. Scream out in pain and horror. He was scared to the core that he felt like fleeing the hospital.

"Monster!! Monster!!"

Lily, the principal, and one of the nurses ran to him.

"He is a monster!!" He kept pointing at Damien.

Lilly remembered that day at Damien's former school, this was also what the little boy said. Why are they calling her son a monster??!!

"Please Mr. Henderson, you have to take him away from here please," the doctor begged Mr. Henderson who nods his head, held Damien's hand, and stormed out of the ward.

"Dad?"

"You shut up. I can't blame you right now. I can only blame your mother, she was the one who spoiled you to the extent..."

"Samuel..."

"Please Lilly!! (Turned to Damien) I will just have to do something about him,"

He stormed out after saying those words.

Damien knew how strict his father was, his father might send him to Aunt Clara's in Britain, there (he nods his head) he don't think he could cope there, he would die there.

"Mom?"

She called Lilly who made a sigh. She turned to look at her son who was staring at her with an apologetic face. Lilly just doesn't know why this kid of hers has an expression that no one could dare resist. She squatted towards her son, then stroked his hair.

"I thought Americans never frown on self-defense? Then why are they doing this? I was only defending myself and my father, he was so upset with me and was fighting with you. I don't want him to fight with you any longer, you are a very nice mother, you are so nice and wonderful, I won't like it if Daddy fights with you,"

Lilly almost teared up at his son's comments. She doesn't know why but she somehow has the feelings that Damien was saying the truth about defending himself. But how were they the only ones who got hurt?

"Damien, wait here,"

She ran back to the ward only to see the nurse soothing the sick and terrified boy with her words.

The principal saw the woman walking toward the boy who was breathing hard just to catch his senses again.

"Mrs. Henderson..."

"I need to ask the boy some questions if you don't mind Mr. Williams,"

"Sure,"

"But please ma'am, don't apply pressure on him, he won't be able to take that."

"Hmm...I understand,"

She turned to face the boy who was already lying down with his head almost in between the pillows.

"Please tell me, what happened yesterday?"

"My group didn't do anything for your son," he said without hesitation which was clearly a lie. Even Lilly caught those words as a lie but she needs him to continue.

"He simply attacked all of us by the corner, at first I was only trying to stop him by bringing the principal's topic, but Damien didn't back out." He kept lying.

"I...I...saw him coming toward me, his face, his aura, everything! It was terrifying. He was that kind of red eyes that whenever you stare at them you feel your head spinning, he had claws, fangs everything. It was like I was watching a vampire movie. And surprisingly, his wounds..."

He suddenly stopped, then turned around to look at the woman who widened her eyes in shock the minute he said wounds, that meant his son was truly trying to defend himself. But where are the wounds, his skin looks spotless? Except for the stains, e the heck are those wounds??

"Please ma'am, please, save me from him. I know this would be hard to believe, but this is the whole truth, I am not lying. Ma'am please, I am sure he is going to come back for us,"

"Okay,"

She walked out of the ward to meet her son seated there respectfully. Her son didn't do anything, he only defended himself, but how come self-defense brought them to the extent of banging their heads on the walls, how did he do that? And where the heck are his wounds?

"Mom?"

"Damien, I need to check something,"

"Sure,"

He held his arm to see the torn cloth. His shirt had a straight line on it showing that he was cut there, but where is the mark of the blade and his leg...

She squatted, his long school pants had two holes on them, they were stained with blood-drenched on them, but where is the place Damien's being stabbed.

"Damien, are you okay?" She asked the boy nodded his head.

"I am an okay mom"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, mom,"

"You are not hurt anywhere?"

"Yes, mom,"

"I think we should go home,"

"But mom, I am scared of dad. He was so upset with me earlier on, it was so terrifying,"

"Don't worry, I will take care of your dad, just don't panic,"