A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1809

One of the few things in life that lit up Arianne’s fuse was seeing a man hit a woman. The very act of it stung her eyes and carved a frown on her face. “We’ll pay for your son’s medical bills, and that’s our last word on the matter. Excuse us, we’re not interested in your family’s internal debacle, and really, those things belong to the confines of your house, don’t you think? To bring it out on the streets like that, God, it’s just so embarrassing! Honestly, if we’re being strictly objective here, then everyone’s got fault in this. All of us need to go home and teach our children proper manners.”

Unfortunately, Arianne’s plan was thwarted the moment they returned home, Smore had sprinted up the stairs to his room before bolting it shut from the inside. Arianne rapped on the door for a good few minutes, but the brat refused to answer. “Go away, Mom! I know you’re gonna beat me up. I’m not stupid enough to open the door?"

Arianne could feel her hair bursting into flames of rage. This little twerp, he was only a bit older and already he was nigh-impossible to be disciplined! And now here he was, having picked up the habit of locking his mother outside the room!

It was not like Arianne genuinely intended to discipline her son physically, she only wanted to talk to him, correct him on his erroneous ways through good advice and whatnot, telling him not to go straight into bloodying someone’s nose over a petty squabble. If the boy continued to act that way every time he met anything against his sensibilities, he would only create more mayhem than help.

Mark returned home around the evening that day, and Arianne welcomed him by slamming the full brunt of her unalloyed rage at him. “You go talk to the fruit of your loins upstairs and do something about him, mister! Because apparently, teaching him to behave is beyond me now!”