Chapter 631 - What is going on? (4)

10 June, Matthew's Villa, City K

Dominic looked directly at Lexi before slightly dropping his head.  He then said "Yes mummy.  But as Daddy Matthew has told me, that it is not a good thing to stay and argue with someone when things are not so good.  He told me, that the best option when someone wants to continue to argue like that with me is to get up and walk away so I do not say something really mean to the person, that hurts them and makes thing get worse."

Dominic lifted his head and looked directly at Matthew before saying "I followed what you told me to do Daddy Matthew and stood up.  I did the right thing and put my rubbish in the bin and left my tray where it should be before quickly getting outside, away from him.  I really thought that would stop everything.  But he followed me with the older boys that he had with him."

"I made my way to the playground, but he would not leave me alone.  Eventually he had the older boys grab me by the arms to stop me trying to get away from him.  He then started to punch me in the stomach."  Dominic stopped and pulled up his top before showing Lexi and Matthew the bruises on him.  Lexi could not help herself and she gasped at how black and blue Dominic's stomach was.

Dominic, on hearing Lexi's gasp started to tremble slightly, and said "I do not want to talk about it anymore."

Matthew, before Lexi could react said "That is alright Dominic.  You do not have to.  But I think I know what happened.  You can tell me if I am wrong.  He hit multiple times before he had the boys holding you let you go.  You were angry and hurting because of what he had done, and without thinking you pushed him hard enough that he fell down so you could get away from him."

Dominic's eyes opened wide, and he said, "How did you know Daddy Matthew?"

"Part of my job Dominic is working out what happened with only some information.  I know you, and more importantly I know you understand with your treatment for your illness you know that you cannot get hurt because that may impact what the doctors do for you.  But I am guessing two other things happened.  A teacher saw you push him away and when he landed on the ground from your push, he said you pushed him for no reason and hurt you."

Dominic relaxed and said "Not just that Daddy Matthew.  He said that I had been rude to his mummy and other parents at the school gate at the start of the day.  He then said when he had kept defending his mummy to me, and I did not like what he had to say at lunch, so I left.  He said he followed me with a some of his friends and kept demanding that I apologise for saying his mummy had lied."

"He admitted that his friends grabbed my arms to stop me running away, but when they let me go, I then hurt him.  I said he was not being truthful and had not told the teacher everything, including all the things he had said and that he had hit me.  As he and his friends said he had not hit me, the teacher said that I had been seen hurting him, and there would be consequences for doing that."

"I know it was wrong, and it made me angry so I told the teacher he was a liar, and if I was going to get in trouble for pushing him, I might as well get in trouble for hitting him in the stomach like he had hit me before I punched him three times in the stomach."

"Dominic!" said Lexi angrily.  "That is not a reason to hit someone."

"Well mummy, I was already in trouble for trying to get away from him, so I figured that it did not matter if I hit him.  But I did not hit him as hard as he hit me.  But he started crying that I was a bully and told the teacher he wanted his mummy and daddy called."

Lexi closed her eyes.  How in the world did that logic make any sense?  Just because you were in trouble you go and make the situation worse.  "Do you want to tell us what happened from there?" came Lexi's somewhat calm question.  She knew that she had surprised herself with how she sounded.

Sarcastically, Dominic said "Mummy are you that silly that I do not know that the principal called you and told you what happened next, hence why you wanted to talk."

Lexi, seeing the look on Dominic's face could not believe her son.  He was affronted that she was not telling him what the school principal said.

On seeing the same look on Dominic, Matthew calmly said "We can guess Dominic.  You were taken to the school principal's office; the parents of the other boy were called and you got in trouble."

Dominic slow clapped, before saying "I knew you were smart Daddy Matthew.  As you have told me I have to accept responsibility for what I do and take the punishment I get when I break the rules.  I know that you hit someone, you must apologise for what you did and would be suspended for a couple of days.  I told the principal that he had hit me in the stomach, and while I would take the punishment for what I did, he had to get the same punishment.  But his parents told the school that their son was the victim, and I should be thrown out of the school because of my family and my unwillingness to apologise."

Dominic shook his head, and said "Mummy, Daddy Matthew, I will not apologise to him unless he apologises to me."

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