Jas walked out of the teachers’ office his face a mask of wary confusion. He did not understand why Adam had called him out here into the empty hallway.
He was worried that sothing had gone wrong that Adam had discovered sothing about bounty.
"What’s wrong Adam?" he asked his voice a little too cheerful. "It’s been a long ti since you ca to see . Is everything alright?"
Adam smiled. "Have you seen Philips in school these past few days?" he asked his question.
A bead of sweat trickled down Jas’s forehead. He wondered if Adam knew about his connection to Philips. But he quickly dismissed the thought. It was impossible. He had been too careful.
He composed himself and smiled back a expression of concern. "You’re right Adam," he said his voice a model of sincerity. "I’ve been wondering the sa thing myself. He hasn’t been to school in a long ti. I hope he’s okay."
"Yes but do you know that I know a dark secret of Philips?" Adam interrupted his voice a low whisper.
Jas’s eyes widened. "A dark secret?" he asked his voice a little shaky now. "What are you talking about Adam?"
"Teacher do you know that Philips pushed a girl from his own class off a hill?" Adam said his eyes boring into Jas’s his gaze a piercing accusation.
Jas’s face paled.
"Soone told when he was trying to kill ," Adam continued. "Although Philips was also involved I sohow managed to escape with my life."
Jas stumbled backwards his mind reeling. Adam knew. He knew everything. He knew about the bounty.
"What are you talking about?" he stamred more sweat pouring down his face his carefully constructed facade crumbling to dust. "I don’t understand anything."
Jas knew he was trapped. His options were limited.
Adam smiled a cold cruel smile. "Why are you so scared Teacher Jas?" he asked his voice a soft and mocking whisper. "And why are you sweating so much? Have you done sothing wrong?"
Jas realized then that Adam had co to expose him. He had no other choice. He had to silence him. He clenched his fists and rushed at Adam his speed surprising for a man his age.
But Adam’s senses were on a completely different level. He saw Jas’s attack in slow motion a desperate lunge. He caught his fist in mid-air his grip like a steel trap. He then twisted his body using Jas’s own montum against him. He flipped him over his shoulder and slamd him hard to the ground.
Jas lay there stunned his body aching his mind a whirlwind of confusion and disbelief. He could not believe what had just happened. One mont he was the attacker. The next he was on the ground helpless defeated.
Adam pressed his foot down on Jas’s chest his expression a mask of cold fury.
"What do you think will happen to you Jas," he said his voice a low dangerous whisper "when everyone in this world finds out that a respected teacher from our school was after a child’s life for money?"
Jas trembled under his foot. Sweat poured down his face as he considered Adam’s words. He was ruined. His career his life everything he had worked for was over.
"But there’s an opportunity for you," Adam continued his voice a chilling promise of a second chance.
"An opportunity?" Jas asked his voice a pathetic whimper a desperate plea for a way out.
"Yes a very good opportunity," Adam said. He removed his foot from Jas’s chest and stepped back.
Jas struggled to his feet his body aching his mind reeling from the sudden reversal of fortune. "What kind of opportunity?" he asked.
"It’s quite simple," Adam said his voice a flat monotone. "You just have to obey . And I’ll keep your and Philips’s dirty little secrets to myself."
Jas realized then what Adam wanted. He wanted to control him. He wanted to make him his puppet. A thought crossed his mind. He could agree for now.
He could play along. And then in the future when he got the chance when Adam’s guard was down he would kill him. He would take the bounty and disappear forever.
A small treacherous smile appeared on his face. "I’m ready to agree to everything you say," he said. "Just don’t tell anyone about this secret."
Adam smiled back a knowing smile. "Absolutely," he said. "I won’t tell anyone."
He knew what Jas was thinking. He could see the betrayal in his eyes. But he also knew that he had a power that Jas could never comprehend.
"Alright then," Adam said as he started to walk away. "Your first job is to bring as much information about Philips as you can. Everything you know."
Jas remained standing in his spot a silent observer.
Adam then looked back at him his eyes burning with a cold fury.
"Follow ," he said. "Quietly. Do I need to tell you everything?"
Jas understood then that Adam was not just going to control him. He was going to tornt him.
He was going to make him pay for his attack. He took a deep breath and started to walk behind him.
"You have one simple task," Adam said as they walked down the empty school hallway. "To make Philips as miserable as possible according to the tasks I give you. You’re going to be my instrunt of revenge."
"I didn’t know you had such animosity towards Philips," Jas said surprised.
Adam smiled a cruel humorless smile. "Yes you’re right," he said. "I also didn’t know my own teacher wanted to kill for a pile of cash."
He then slapped Jas hard across the face his hand a blur of motion.
"The next ti you dare to question ," he said his voice a low growl "I will beat you senseless in front of the entire school. And you’ll have to explain to them why I’m hitting you even as you watch yourself get beaten. Otherwise I have a very good excuse to fra you for sothing you do. Do you understand?"
Jas was utterly shocked and seething with a impotent rage. He desperately wanted to get rid of Adam. But he knew that for now he was trapped.
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