Part 3My Husband Bought the School for Our Hurt Son

Victoria scowled, waving her hand dismissively.

"Who cares about a bunch of old men having a meeting? Principal, what are you waiting for? Sign the expulsion papers!"

But Woodrow was completely paralyzed. He stood frozen behind his desk, his eyes darting around like a trapped rat. The atmosphere in the room had suddenly shifted from tense to utterly bizarre.

Right then, my phone buzzed in my hand.

It was a text from Dominic.

I am downstairs. The new school board directors wanted to meet you. I sent them up.

I slowly raised my head. Looking right at Victoria’s irritated, twisted face, I lifted my phone.

I hit dial, put it on speaker, and spoke in a voice that was not loud, but echoed clearly through the dead silent room.

"Honey. Are they here?"

"Yes. We are walking up," Dominic’s deep, steady voice replied.

I kept my eyes on the pale, sweating principal and the utterly confused Victoria. I enunciated every single word.

"Good. Send them in."

"I think it is time this school got a new principal."

When I finished speaking, the silence in the office was so absolute you could hear a pin drop.

The principal’s eyes were practically bulging out of his skull.

Victoria stared at me blankly for a second before letting out an ugly, grating shriek of laughter.

"Change the principal? You? Who the hell do you think you are? The Queen of England?"

She doubled over, laughing so hard she had to hold onto the desk. The sheer mockery in her eyes was suffocating.

"Listen to me, you delusional psycho. The principal of this academy was personally appointed by my uncle! God himself could not remove him from that chair!"

Bang.

The heavy office doors were shoved open with violent force.

Dominic stepped inside.

He was dressed in an impeccably tailored charcoal suit, his broad shoulders and towering height instantly dominating the room. The moment he crossed the threshold, it felt as if all the oxygen had been sucked out of the space. His aura was terrifyingly cold.

Trailing closely behind him was a distinguished older gentleman with silver hair, flanked by several other sharp suited executives.

The moment Principal Woodrow laid eyes on the silver haired man, his knees buckled. He practically collapsed against his desk.

"Chairman... Chairman Montgomery! What... what brings you here?"

Chairman Montgomery did not even spare the trembling man a single glance. He walked straight past the desk, heading directly toward me.

He offered a deep, incredibly respectful bow.

"Mrs. Kensington. I am so terribly sorry that you and your son were subjected to such treatment on our grounds."

Dominic stepped up to my side. He slipped his suit jacket off his shoulders and draped it gently over mine. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice softening only for me.

I gave a small nod.

Victoria’s manic laughter had frozen on her face. She looked at me, then at Dominic, then at the Chairman of the Board who was treating us like royalty. Her brain had visibly short circuited.

"Who... who the hell are you people?" she stammered, her voice shaking.

Dominic finally turned his gaze toward her. His eyes were completely devoid of warmth.

"Were you not just bragging about your powerful uncle?" he asked quietly.

"He is waiting right outside in the hallway. Why do you not go ask him exactly who I am."

The moment the words left his mouth, two massive men in black suits hauled a sweaty, overweight man into the office.

It was Superintendent Wallace. The untouchable man from the photograph.

Wallace’s face was the color of chalk. Sweat poured down his forehead, soaking his expensive collar. The moment his eyes locked onto Dominic, he violently shoved the bodyguards away and threw himself to the floor, crawling frantically toward Dominic’s expensive leather shoes.

"Mr. Kensington! Sir! It is a misunderstanding! I swear to God, it is a huge misunderstanding!"

"I had no idea... I did not know it was your son! I swear!"

The dramatic shift in reality turned everyone in the room to stone.

Victoria looked like she had been struck by lightning. She stared at her all powerful uncle, a man who commanded the city's education system, crying and groveling like a whipped dog on the floor.

"Uncle Wallace... what... what are you doing?"

Hearing her voice, Wallace snapped his head around. He scrambled to his feet, lunged at his niece, and slapped her so hard the crack echoed off the walls.

"You stupid, arrogant cow! Are you trying to get me killed?"

He pointed a trembling, fat finger at Dominic.

"Do you have any idea who this man is? He is Dominic Kensington! The CEO of Vanguard Enterprises!"

"He single handedly funded the entire tech district in the southside! The Mayor treats him like royalty! And you dared to touch his family?!"

Dominic Kensington. CEO of Vanguard Enterprises.

Hearing those words, Principal Woodrow’s eyes rolled back into his head, and he slumped heavily into his expensive leather chair, completely paralyzed.

All the blood instantly drained from Victoria’s face.

She stood there, clutching her stinging cheek, her mind entirely broken.

Wallace threw himself back onto the floor, banging his forehead against the hardwood as he begged.

"Mr. Kensington, I was wrong! I am so sorry! My niece is blind and stupid. Please, show some mercy, just this once!"

Dominic ignored him entirely. He looked at the silver haired chairman. "Mr. Montgomery. It appears the city's education board and this academy are in desperate need of a deep cleaning."

Chairman Montgomery nodded sternly, understanding the assignment.

"Rest assured, Mr. Kensington. I will personally deliver a resolution that satisfies both you and your wife."

The older man spun around, his eyes locking onto the paralyzed principal with lethal intent.

"You. As an educator, you twisted the truth to protect the guilty and torment the innocent. Effective immediately, you are terminated. Pack your things and get out of my building."

Then, Montgomery looked down at the sobbing superintendent.

"As for you, Wallace. I have a very strong feeling the federal ethics committee is going to be incredibly interested in auditing your financial records for the past decade."