The Man of the House Chapter 152

Chapter 152The scene behind the school was not a scene that could happen without people noticing. Kids buses were unloading, and teachers heard a commotion behind the school. Soon, I was sitting at a nearby bench, covered in blood and cuts, while the teachers were tending to those three kids. The three of them were middle schoolers, but the two big ones had held back twice, so they were supposed to be in my grade. That explained why they were bigger.

The one who ran his mouth was a troublemaker. This group had been a long-running problem for the school. Bethany wasn’t the only person they were abusing. They were even at the level of threatening so teachers. Of course, I wasn’t resolved by all wrongdoing. Much of that stuff only ca out later. As Bethany ca off her bus, I was being put in handcuffs and escorted into the back of a cop car. Her eyes widened with shock as she saw

there.

“B-b-brother!” She cried out, running across the school to .

“They won’t be a problem for you anymore.” I grinned.

“A problem?” A voice ca from the side, and we both turned to see Officer Bob.”

“S-sir!” I couldn’t help but straighten.

He gave

a wry look. “You could be in a lot of trouble, Noah. I never took you for the kid to get into fights, especially with gang mbers. I promised your mom I’d look after you, but beating three middle school kids into unconsciousness?”

“Can you call them middle schoolers?” I asked helplessly.

“Look, we’re going to take you in and question you. You might end up in a cell…”

“No!” Bethany cried out, grabbing my arm defensively. “I-it’s my fault! Please don’t arrest Brother!”

“Ah… his sister…” Bob coughed. “What do you an, fault?”

Bethany looked at , and then back at Bob. “They… were hurting .”

She then went through the last few months and all the abuse they had laid her way. After she explained everything, even Bob was shaking slightly. He looked at .

“You should have… eh… what the hell am I saying, I’d have done the sa thing.” Bob shook his head.

“Bethany, did they… do anything else?” I asked, coughing awkwardly.

“Anything else?”

“Um… like… touch you… or make you… do things.”

She stared at

for a second in confusion, but then gasped, covering her body. “P-pervert!”

My expression fell. I had fought them off and done everything to save my sister, and because of what that damn bastard had said, I ended up asking an inappropriate question that put

back down to pervert in her mind. She noticed my crestfallen face and let out a giggle.

“Beth…”

She looked away, touching her fingers together nervously. “He… he had threatened… claid… he was going to do more. I was afraid, that’s why I told my brother. If you hadn’t acted so quickly… it’d have been…”

Her voice broke with emotion, and she closed her eyes.

“Beth, I’m… mmm!”

She suddenly turned and kissed . Her eyes were still closed, so the kiss which was supposed to be aid at my cheek ended up half on my cheek and half on my lips. When she realized where she was kissing, her eyes opened and she let out a cry. She backed up a few steps, and then turn and ran into class. As she ran, other girls were looking, pointing, and giggling.

“Is that her boyfriend?”

“He’s so cute.”

“She’s lucky…”

I heard soone clear their throat, and I looked at Officer Bob still looking at . “You’re… very close to your family.”

“Hah… yeah…” I tried to laugh it off.

He shook his head. “If you’re half as protective of my daughter as you were of your sister, then there will be no problem between us.”

“Ah… r-right.”

“We’re still going to need to bring you in. I’ll need your statent, and we’ll get the statents of everyone else, but I don’t think you need to be arrested.”

Office Bob got the keys and undid them, and this ti I got to drive in the passenger seat of his car rather than the back. We went to the police station where I was asked an assortnt of questions. I answered mostly honestly. They didn’t push

on details like how I knew who the boys were, so I didn’t feel like I needed to offer any of that information. I was there for a few hours.

He brought

sothing to drink and a sandwich to eat, and then he called my mom at work. I didn’t hear the conversation specifically, but I did see Bob’s face turn white and the sound of a woman yelling on the other line. Thankfully, he explained everything as clearly as possible. When he finally hung up, he looked a few years older.

“Your mom…. She’s so woman.” He sighed, sitting down.

“Ah… yeah…” I tried to be neither too excited nor too disappointed at his failure to woo her.

“Your mom’s not available to pick you up, but I have soone coming.”

“Who is that?” I asked.

“Your big sister, London?”

“Ah, that makes sense.”

I hadn’t spoken much with London since I had woken up. Once we started a sexual relationship, she had gone out of her way to be in my world, but back in the days when she was working all the ti to support her shitty boyfriend, it would be common if we didn’t see each other or talk more than once every few months. I had been aning to co up with a reason to see her soon, so it was nice that a reason had presented itself.

After finishing my conversation with Officer Bob, I had a paradic check

out. He cleaned all of my wounds and stitched

up. I initially declined him as my sister was coming, but then I rembered that London in this world wasn’t a doctor. Of all of the people I had t, she might be the one who had changed the most as the result of the gender role swapping. She went from an accomplished doctor with a gold digger significant other to a struggling waitress supporting her deadbeat boyfriend.

At least, in my other world, London had made sothing of herself. Dumping her shitty boyfriend beca laughably easy when she ca to realize she was worth more than that. I didn’t know how to interact with this version of her. When her beat-up and barely-functional car pulled up, I couldn’t help but feel depressed. She was still wearing the tag from the restaurant she was waitressing at, and she had large bags under her eyes.

“Is he free to go?” She asked in a crisp tone, not looking pleased to see

at all.

“Yes,” Bob said. “The paradics have given him the okay. No need to ride to the hospital.”

She nodded. “Good, I don’t like hospitals.”

I gave her a side look, but I said nothing as I got in the passenger side. I waved goodbye to Dan as her car sputtered and she drove off. When we were out of the side, she turned to

with a vicious stare.

“What were you thinking?” She demanded. “You’re lucky I was available to pick you up! If Mom wasn’t out of town today, she’d be whipping your butt this mont.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t cost you hours with your job, did I?” My hand instinctively gestured toward her badge.

She grabbed it and pulled it off like she wanted to toss it out the window, but stopped herself. “No, there were no custors and they pay for shit without tips.”

“The morning is probably not a good ti anyway.”

“The bastard boss of mine schedules all the pretty girls for the best shifts, and dumps

on the crappy tis.”

“What?” I blinked. “You’re pretty though.”

She gave

a side look. “I’m… old.”

I laughed. “You’re quite a bit younger than mom, and mom is a knockout beauty. Did you think the apple falls far from the tree? You’ve been my hot older sister for as long as I can rember.”

She hit the brakes sowhat hard, nearly blowing a stop sign. However, she barely noticed, turning to

for a second. Her mouth opened, and then closed, and she looked away.

“You’re saying that because you’re my brother.” Her voice was no longer angry but sounded sowhat pouty.

It was a cute tone, one she used to use with

when she was trying to get

to act sexually with her but didn’t want to say she wanted sex. Of course, that was the other London, but it still made

smirk. However, I decided not to flirt with her. That wasn’t my intention.

“I wish you took more care of yourself,” I said instead. “You work too hard, you always have. You need soone who takes care of you.”

Her body shook silently for a mont, and then I realized she had tears in her eyes. “Sniff…”

“What?” I leaned back. “Are you okay?”

“It’s… nothing.” She wiped the tears from her face as she started driving again. “I just didn’t I needed to hear sothing like that.”

“Then, I’m glad I said it,” I responded.

Usually, London would have spent the entire trip lecturing . When it ca to

doing sothing bad, she was usually twice as naggy as a mom. However, she remained quiet for the rest of the ride. When we finally arrived outside her apartnt complex, I couldn’t help but notice the frown on her face.

“What is it?”

“Um… one of my girlfriends is over.” She spoke quietly.

“A friend?” I spoke out loud, and then my eyes flashed.

Dan had to be with a girl. Was I so lucky? It made sense. Dan was always ho, and London was always working. If London unexpectedly got off from work, then that presented the perfect ti for Dan to have a girl over. Of course, why wouldn’t it be one of London’s friends? I knew this would hurt London, so I cautiously grabbed her hand, but I couldn’t help but feel a bit relieved I’d be able to reveal Dan for the cheating bastard he is.

When she felt

take her hand, she looked over

in surprise. Her face was serious, and she gave a little nod as she led the way up to her room. We moved extrely quietly, and she made sure not to jingle her keys at all. It was like there was an unspoken agreent between the pair of us at that mont to get to the bottom of this. As quietly as she could, she unclicked and opened the door. She took a step in and froze. I was right behind her, frozen as well.

His boyfriend was on the couch shirtless, but he had his pants on.

Standing up and a few steps away was a girl I was very familiar with. It was none other than Jasmine. I never expected to see her ass again. She was holding two beers and was wearing a rather scantily clad outfit of short cutoff jeans and a tight shirt with cleavage.

“What is going on here?” London asked, however, her voice was rather weak and she didn’t show any anger.

I felt a bit frustrated in her place. While the situation was suspicious, it wasn’t damning. Everyone still had their pants on, and it looked like they were just starting. If we had co ten minutes later, would we have seen sothing inappropriate? At the very least, London should be able to suspect sothing.

“London? What are you doing ho?” Dan asked, looking surprised.

Jasmine also looked surprised, but she quickly covered it with a grin. “I ca here to see you, girl. You never call anymore. Of course, when I saw your future hubby all alone, how could I not imdiately pounce? You’re lucky you didn’t co a bit later, or I’d stolen him from you.”

She let out a laugh, passing one of the beers to London. I looked at London, expecting her to be incredulous and angry at the other girl, but she let out a laugh too as she took the drink.

“Yeah, right. He’s my man.” London smirked, opening the drink and taking a swig.

My mouth fell open for a mont. Even Dan looked a bit strange, but then I saw the corner of his lip smirk. It seed I had miscalculated. I was used to a London and a Jasmine who were both very direct about their feelings. I had forgotten how easy it was for them to be deceptive, especially to each other!