Holiday from Hell, Ch 13
Scott was sitting on the floor in the middle of the corridor, leaning back with his hands resting on his knees, staring into space. His father might have asked him nicely to just step outside, but Scott knew a dismissal when he heard one. He had told Jeff all that had happened with the bodyguard, slowly watching his father's face cloud over. Whilst he knew that his dad might have been distant of late, there was no way he was going to put up with anyone hurting, or even threatening to hurt, one of his sons. Scott also knew that whilst Jeff realised Oscar's true nature now, the man was going to make sure that the child was not being harmed in any way. Swinger's face had clouded over and he had looked like thunder when he realised what Jeff was implying, and that was when Scott had been all but thrown out.
Deciding to stick around just in case they wanted to know something else (not that Scott knew anything, he was mainly just curious to see what would happen), the teenager had slid down onto the floor, beginning to get bored of waiting. It didn't help that he was hungry. He just hoped that John had done what his older brother had asked of him and got the younger ones food by now. If not, no doubt Alan was having a full blown tantrum. Gordon would simply sulk and Virgil... Scott blinked. He should have gone back to the restaurant, he should have checked that Virgil had turned up. He had seen the prints in the sand, knew that Virgil had walked away swiftly from where he had been. If Oscar was with him, Scott knew his brother would have tried to get back to them as fast as possibly, not wanting to be left on his own with the brat. No doubt he had lost track of time when painting, and then all but run to meet the others, meaning that Scott had most likely just overreacted and they had simply missed each other by going different routes.
But even as he heard the voices in the room behind him rise yet again, Scott shifted. It wasn't anything to do with the fact that it was so uncomfortable sitting on the floor, but something else. There was something he couldn't put his finger on, something that didn't feel quite right. Telling himself it was just the bodyguard shaking him up more than he would ever admit to anyone, Scott sighed, the boredom growing. He wondered what the others were up to - probably wondering where he had got to.
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