Always Aaron

Chapter 56

I was not here for a fucking therapy session. For fuck's sake what was wrong with everyone?

"I want access to the CCTV cameras around the whole perimeter ." With Owen at the hospital we could not hack into the system and gain the footage we needed. So I was dependent on the permission tabs.

Simone looked at me through her large cheetah framed glasses wildly. "Aaron that is prohibited to any student." I scoff and look back at the short woman who seems thoroughly offended that I live on the same planet as her.

Reuben gives me a tilt of his head. A warning not to push. Like hell I wasn't. "Are you compromising the safety of your students or is that no longer your priority?"

Simone thinned her lips and I swore steam puffs left her nostrils. How did West like her? "Aaron Mercer, I will not ask again. You are dismissed to your dormitory until further notice." I splay my hands on her desk and lean down with a dangerous look.

"I want the footage." Simone opened her red painted mouth again but somebody cut her off.

"Give it to him, Simone." I jumped internally but did not give anyone the advantage. My eyes cut to a man standing in the far corner of the office. He wore a dove-grey coat with a a darker flat cap.

I half expected him to hold a cigar too but instead his arms were crossed as he stared at me quizzically. At least some one appreciates my looks. "Nigel, I-"

"Simone." He presses at her and cuts his attention to me. "Can you find the girl, boy?"

"I can certainly do a better job then whatever the fuck you guys have been up to."

"Language!" The woman screeched. West could swear if front of Simone but I couldn't. Favorites must be loose throws these days.

Nigel walked to me and stopped a meter away. It was enough for me to assess him and him to assess me. "Apparently the footage has been rigged. Somebody had put it on loop."

I curse loudly and look at Reuben who had the same annoyed expression. We were running in circles.

"But-" Nigel paused looking at Reuben. "I did manage to keep a private camera after the first attack. I have footage on there that I can use. We must retrieve it."

"And where would it be located?"

Nigel picked at his coat and drawled tossing away imaginary lint, "Under the pine tree at the boys dormitory."

"There are five different pine trees." Reuben hissed impatiently. I didn't have intense blood pressure but I felt in this moment that my blood could explode at any second. Being patient meant pausing. And I was not going to pause for even a second.

"The thin one." Nigel looked at our exasperated faces and huffed. "Just follow me, lads." We didn't waste a moment. My head was crushing in thoughts and my chest felt like a fucking fire. I don't know why and I don't get these emotions I'm feeling but they are real and they... hurt.

I can't imagine the thought of what Liam would do to Bryce. He's a nut-job and apparently a runaway from the psych ward. And the worst part is that he is unpredictable. Someone like him can be capable of anything.