Chapter 167 - We Have A Situation

"Rika!" 

The President screeched while calling out to the little girl that I had taken with myself. 

"Rike before that do you happen to know your brother's number?" 

"Hmm…"

"?" 

"I suppose." She said, "Buw why do you need it?" 

"You suppose, huh?" I mumbled to myself. "I need to call him to know that you are with me. He is your brother so he must be worried about you right?" 

"..." Maybe she is feeling guilt for not following her brother. 

Also now that I can't use his number I can't force him to back down by black mailing him. But I prefered if an innocent person isn't involved in this shady thing. The only people I have injured or made their life hell are the ones who were directly related to the core of my problem so it's completely justified… At least from my point of view. 

Let's just not involve an innocent girl like her. Better resolve the problem among the guilty only. 

"We are not going to go down…?" Rika asked. 

"We are." I answered as I put her down and walked out the school building. 

…

I thought by this time he would have stopped telling but it seems like he hasn't. Won't he get his throat ache at this rate? 

Anyhow I am supposed to give back his sister to him before he accuses me of something that I didn't do. I walked up to him but I made sure I was not seen by the crowd surrounding the area. And since the President is worried about his sister he had to make sure that he goes through each and every corner. And fortunately he saw me. For a second he was about to yell but I made sure that didn't happen. 

He escaped from the crowd and reached out to me. I was waiting for him behind a couple of trees. Although he was renowned for keeping his school and demeanor at all times; the situation right now doesn't seem to be plausible. He was relieved and delighted by the sight of her sister 'UNHARMED'. 

Well even I would be worried if I left my mother or father with my enemy. Even if it is for a minute. And moreover if it's a sister, the little sister whom I am assuming he treasures the most, unfortunately got in my grasp, i.e., the enemy, he must have been worried sick. 

Nevertheless I wouldn't have done anything to her. Probably…

"What the hell were you thinking when you took her with you?!" The President lunged at me. 

His eyebrows were twitching and seemed to be wrinkling in the middle. His voice is also quite heavy and intimidating. "Me? I was just taking care of her." 

"You want me to believe that crap…?!" He was obviously enraged. 

"Maybe I was in the wrong but shouldn't you lower your voice now?" I said. 

"What? Why would I? After what you did… I could have called the cops to get you arr-" As my gaze powered down he noticed why I told him to stop telling. 

That's right, Rika seemed to be getting scared. If not then would there be sparkly water droplets crawling down her cheeks? 

"Wai-sorry Rika… I didn't mean to yell…" he sneered at me but that was the least of my concern. 

"Waahaaa!! I am shorry…" she cried. 

"No, no. It's not your fault. I shouldn't have yelled like that." He tried to console her. And because of the high pitched cry the people that were surrounding the President seemed to be coming towards us. 

"Hey, pick her up and get inside. Anywhere. Just make sure there are not many eyes around. If someone were to see this ruckus, who knows how much things would get complicated." I suggested.

Especially if people were to see me with a crying child, the small amount of reputation that I gained in the past few days would be buried under again. 

"... Okay." He accepted the proposal. He does realize the situation he is in. I thought he would use this opportunity to drag me to hell but he must have also calculated the risk along with my downfall. Her sister might also get involved in it and getting a small child her into some police formalities isn't something a brother would want to happen to his little sister. 

… 

"Rika mind telling me what was all that about?" The President questioned the guilty. 

The judge being the President and the guilty being Rika and the victim bring me, Allen. Just kidding, I am not the victim but more like a partner in crime. 

"Sniff… sniff…" Rika sitting in one of the chairs in the room tried not to let another drop off year fall down sniffed the entire time. 

"Also Allen what were you thinking by taking her with you? Are you out of your mind? I really was about to call the cops on you. What would you have done then?" He looked at me. 

"About that… I am guilty as charged. I shouldn't have done that." Even though I know for a fact that I shouldn't have done that, I still did it anyway. But in the end it was only to pass the President and earn him not to come at me. But I didn't take into account that he could have called the police. If that were to happen even the Principal wouldn't have been able to take care of that easily.

"It's it's not Allen big… brother fault… I shouldn't have… sniff… done… that… I am sorry…" she apologized. 

"It's good that you realise your mistake but that doesn't mean there won't be any consequences." 

"?!" 

"We will talk about that at home." He instructed and Rika obeyed. "And about you. Allen, what should I do with you?" 

"Let me go to my classroom?" 

"..." He growled at me. 

"Rika, wait outside for a minute. No, you wait in here. You better not move around again, understand?" 

"... Yes…" 

"Out now." He said to me, "Leave her be." 

I was looking at the cheerful girl… Maybe I shouldn't have done that. But what's done is done. No point in dwelling in the past. 

*Creak* 

"?" 

"It's my first and last warning but you better not involve her in our mess." He ordered. 

"Sure." 

"It's better for her to have a nice and peaceful life. If she gets involved with you more, who knows what kind of trouble she would wind up getting in." He seemed polite. Maybe because it was a sensitive matter to him.

"What else do you want me to say? I already admitted my fault." I said. 

I can't blame him for saying those words but I need to at least defend myself. 

"Fine, I will stop now. But you better distance yourself from her." He pointed his index finger at me.

"What if she approached me?" I asked.

"Think about it yourself. If you manage to get close then you should be able to do the opposite as well." He said. 

…

Time went by and it was lunch break. The ruckus about the little girl in the school called down eventually. Many still saw me as someone who did something won't. Anna's friend also seemed normal. 

And how the girl vanished in the first period was solved but the President when he came in the class and announced that she, his sister was with me because I, Allen was just taking care of her in his stead. 

I don't know the reason why he did that but nevertheless it helped me in improving my image. 

I thought that I had enough trouble for today but apparently fate disagreed and forced upon me a situation that put me on the edge. 

"Now what do we do?" Alex looked at me and asked. 

"The only lead is now taken away from us…" Lily seemed discouraged. 

Well I suppose anyone would be, after hearing it. Now at this point the only lead is now being taken away from me. What should I do now? And it's not yet confirmed. 

"Are you sure Lily that's what happened…?" I asked for certainty. 

"I am pretty sure that's what happened because I had asked one of my people to keep an eye on that area…" she replied in a low voice. "I can't say for sure but it's the most likely scenario…" 

I can't blame Lily for not knowing all the information since she it's similar to us in this specific situation. 

Still I have my doubts about why it occurred on that day… Was it intentional or just a freaky coincidence…? IT COULD BE EITHER… I need to confirm this before taking another step.

"But why would it happen on that day only? Based on how large that mob was I assumed they were having some sort of arrangement." I said based on my visual sights. 

"Is there really nothing we can do…?" Alex asked. He is the only person who seemed to have been troubled the most by this… maybe because of his past. 

Now this really is a troublesome situation. 

TO BE CONTINUED…