Hellbents
Chapter 154: Grandfather Director
The new director's grandfather's name is Sven Damisky. Retired soldiers who decided to spend the rest of their lives to plunge in the field of social welfare, especially children. A very drastic career change.
After the messy welcome yesterday, Ava did not think further about what the strange behavior of the new director meant. But the girl's intentions were not the same as the grandfather's.
"What are you doing here?"
Ava instantly turned around, unsheathing the tree branch she had brought as a weapon.
Sven raised next to his eyebrows, surprised by the boy's overly sensitive and alert reaction, but still unafraid of his face. A few seconds waiting, the little girl still did not answer, so she repeated the question again, more slowly and subtly, "What are you doing here, hm?"
Whatisthis? Why is that old grandpa so close to him? Is this a new tactic to get Ava treated badly later? "Drawing," he finally responded by muttering.
Sven glanced at the messy lines on the ground that the girl referred to as "pictures", he involuntarily let out a laugh, "Pfft!"
And Ava didn't take the new director's reaction very well. Her tiny face instantly reddened, her nose furrowed, and her eyebrows swooped sharply. "What's so funny?!" The tip of Ava's twig was getting raised, pointing towards the old man's face.
Looking at the vexed vexation of the small body, Sven desperately held back his laughter. "A-ah, m-drawing? Pfft, ahem, the a-pa you drew?"
Ava did not answer, but ran away. In her mind, Lexa had to hear this right away.
The new director is a freak.
***
But not only that the director's grandfather's efforts in approaching Ava.
"I heard you beat up the other kids with your twin friends."
Ava's round eyes immediately narrowed suspiciously. The interrogations? Don't the staff already know what the day-to-day older kids are doing to Ava, Alex and Lexa? Grandpa should know too, right? Because he's their boss? Ava also believes that every behavior of the orphanage children is recorded in a document in case someone wants to adopt and save them from the dilapidated place? Was the new director just looking for an excuse to scold him? Or will punish him to be an example of other bad kids?
"Why silence?"
Will he be beaten? Whipped again? Not given dinner? Whatever Ava is used to and will accept. But if they still think he will be more obedient, they are wrong. So Ava bluntly, "They tore up the book we borrowed from the library!
"Oh, really?"
...
...
So confused Ava to take a step back, the more worried.
"Then?"
"Hm, then what?"
"You don't .. will lock me up in the barn?"
Silent. Only the wind blew between them that afternoon. But Ava could see the expression of the old man who had now turned flat and stiff. Recognizing the familiar tension whenever any staff wanted to scold her, Ava walked back, snatching a stone if only necessary. But the new director was still observing him without moving. So the little girl used him to run away, again.
***
The next day in the early morning, when the children of the home were still asleep, Lexa, who was used to having trouble sleeping, woke Alex and Ava in a hurry. He pointed out the window.
The entire orphanage staff lined up in front of the main door, still drowsy and clearly confused. The new director was tidy with his suit, looking one by one at a time like a general to his soldiers.
"Oh!"
"Whoah!"
Ava and Alex could not help their surprise when 30 staff members rolled on the ground, push-ups, and ran around the building.
"It looks like the atmosphere of the orphanage beach is about to change." Ava clearly heard Lexa's prediction.
And right, the atmosphere in the orphanage changed.
No more staff dared to beat them. Even if there are angry staff, more often they are just glared at.
They are no longer being persecuted.
Well, at least not outright.
