Slavers in the North - Part 2

[Ellesar]

"Yes sir..." Callie whispered as she continued to cry.

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"Please help us unload the wagon." Darien replied calmly as he put away some things.

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Sierra nodded and started to look over her assignments, trying to figure out what she wanted to do first.

Shanzai sighed softly and said, "I have no idea."

"He actually punished Sierra for doing her homework on the floor in her room instead of at her desk the other day..."

[Lairston]

Jarrod growled, "Good!"

"Its about time you start doing the right thing."

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Cyrus sighed, "Very well."

"I guess I can do that. BUt you owe me."

He headed out and started to take things off the wagon and bringing them inside.

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Petros shook his head, "I think he does need to talk someone."

"He's obsessed with punishing her and probably thinks she is out to get him."

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Tayli was walking outside and she sighed miserably as she got to the garden. Her eyes filled with tears. She knew that Nicole and Patty had set Callie up. That she had nothing to do with the garden being destroyed.

The guilt in not revealing that was great. Why didn't she tell?

She gave a sob and sat down and started to cry at the overbearing guilt that she felt.

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Patty found Nicole and said, "I don't like the way Tayli's acting. She's always avoiding me."

[Ellesar]

Callie only continued crying for several moments and then whimpered, "My ankle hurts..."

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Darien rolled his eyes once Cyrus's back was turned and he groused to Gerius, "How do I owe him when he's finally doing something to help?"

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"It wouldn't surprise me." Shanzai said, shaking her head.

"Sierra's been doing her best to just avoid him, but he tries to corner her."

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Anne heard Tayli crying and frowned slightly as she walked over to the girl.

Kneeling down next to her, she gently rubbed Tayli's back and asked, "What's wrong, Tayli?"

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"I noticed." Nicole said with a nod.

"She's avoiding me too. I wonder what's up with her."

[Lairston]

Jarrod replied, "Good. After what you did you deserve to have your ankle hurt."

He shook his head, "You won;t be getting any sympathy from me because of it."

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Gerius laughed, "Because he thinks if he does anything you should be eternally grateful to him."

"After all he feels he is mighty important and he's helping you."

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Tayli looked up at Anne and bit her lower lip. "Something is bothering me."

She whimpered, "Something really bad but it will get me and others in trouble if I tell."

She looked down at the ground.

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Patty frowned, "I bet she's going to rat on us."

"We should get rid of her like we did Callie."

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Petros frowned and didn't like what he was hearing at all. "I think he needs to talk to a psychiatrist."

"I just don't like what he's doing at all. And I think he needs some help."

"before something really bad happens."

[Ellesar]

Callie lapsed into silence and only continued to cry as she lay there limply.

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Darien rolled his eyes and said, "Well... I wish someone would knock him off his high horse."

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Anne sighed softly and then said, "You need to tell, Tayli."

"It'll make you feel better and I'll go easier on you."

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"How though?" Nicole asked with a frown.

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"I agree." Shanzai said with a nod.

"Good luck getting him to agree though."

[Lairston]

Jarrod shook his head.

"Let the pain be a lesson on what happens when you kick things you're not supposed to."

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Gerius laughed, "I've wanted to see that for a while."

"The closest I've seen is when you knocked him out."

He chuckled.

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Tayli looked up at Anne and her eyes filled with tears.

"I know who messed up the guardian and it wasn't Callie. But I was afraid to talk because I knew the plans and went along to be accepted."

She hung her head.

"And I was mad at Callie at the time too."

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Patty frowned, "Set her up for something."

"Make it look like she stole something of Missy's."

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Petros rubbed his chin, "What if a court order forces him too?"

"If the school thinks he's a danger to children there will be a forced meeting with a psychiatrist."

[Ellesar]

"Yes sir..." Callie whispered as she continued to cry.

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"Maybe I'll do it again if he keeps it up." Darien grumbled.

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Anne nodded and then said, "Well... I'm glad to know that it wasn't Callie."

"Were you part of messing things up, Tayli? And who were the actual culprits?"

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"Missy likes Tayli though." Nicole said with a frown.

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"It's worth a shot." Shanzai said with a nod.

"Right now, though, he's just been really hard on Sierra."

[Lairston]

Jarrod nodded, "Good now sit in the chair like a good girl."

"I know you can do that."

He dragged the chair away from the wall.

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Gerius chuckled, "I want to see when you do it."

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Tayli looked down at the ground and said, "I was there but I didn't do anything. I watched them."

She sighed miserably and said, "It was Nicole and Patty."

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Patty frowned, "Well we just have to make her not like her."

"If she keeps being bad Missy will change."

"Don't you think?"

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Petros nodded, "Well we'll need to get him to stop doing that."

"I'll file the papers to have him examined today."

[Ellesar]

Callie whimpered softly and mumbled a reply as she limped over to the chair, each step causing excruciating pain to flare up her ankle and leg and causing her to whimper even more.

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"You won't condemn it?" Darien asked with a raised eyebrow.

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Anne sighed softly and hugged Tayli and asked, "Why didn't you try to stop them, Tayli?"

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"Somehow I doubt it." Nicole said with a scowl.

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Shanzai nodded and then asked, "Can they be filed anonymously?"

[Lairston]

Jarrod frowned at her and said, "Quit trying for sympathy!"

"You know you were in the wrong and now you want to try to get out of more punishment when Karvic gets home. Well its not going to work."

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Gerius shook his head, "No."

"If anyone deserves it, its Cyrus."

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Tayli whimpered, "Cause they kept reminding me of how much trouble Callie got me in every time I wanted to back out and I got angry."

She looked down.

"I'm sorry."

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Patty sighed, "Why?"

"What makes her different?"

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Petros shook his head, "No they have to be by the school in order for them to for sure interview him."

"Of its anonymous they don't have as much weight and they might not be investigated."