CHAPTER 25

MRS. SIMMONS

G entered the Boarding House and headed straight to her room, she closed the door, pulled out and counted the cash that she took from Frankie G "What! 30 bucks, in singles" not too happy about it the girl shrugged "eh, at least it's almost 5 hours of work pay" the dark-haired girl scanned the room to make sure that no one was hiding and closed the window, she walked over to her closet and pulled out a briefcase-like bag, in it were some clothing and a box, she pulled out the box and opened it, admiring the stacks of money that she had.

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Grandpa looked up from the paper that he was reading "he he he, Hello G, come and have a seat"

"Hey Gramps" she pulled out the chair and sat down

Grandpa cleared his throat and patted her back softly "I see that you received the results, how did it go?"

It took her a while but she responded "fine"

The elderly man let go of the breath he was holding and nodded approvingly "good, good"

G stood up and pulled out an envelope from her jacket "it's all in there plus a little extra" setting it down in the table, she turned to leave "th... thank... I appreciate the loan"

"Wait" said Grandpa "sit down"

G obeyed and sat back down

"You know, if you have anything to get off your chest, I could always lend you an ear" taking a sip out of the unidentified drink he said "you know, my right ear because my left one lost it's hearing aid yesterday hehehe"

Trying to force a smile the girl simply replied "no, I'm fine"

Grandpa also gave her a weak smile and picked up the envelope from the table, he set it down gently in front of her "it wasn't a loan, it was a gift"

Leaning back and crossing her arms she strictly replied "no, I don't like owing anybody anything"

"But it's a gift, you don't owe me anything, I have a feeling that you need it"

The girl groaned and messed up her hair in frustration "I don't need it, and I won't take it either, leave it there and Kashcaca will get his hands on it"

Grandpa laughed at her reference to Oskar "ok but if you need it, it's always..."

"No, I wont need it, Thank...yo... you.. I yeah"

All of a sudden a weird noise was heard, Grandpa got up and rubbed his belly "I swear... I made sure that I didn't eat any.. ohhhh how in the world does she do it" he knelt down and took another sip from the unidentified drink "gotaaa goooooo" he left leaving G alone

Slam...

G raised and eyebrow and decided to see what the whole commotion was about

The front door shook announcing Arnold's arrival, he was about to knock on G's room but found her standing there leaning against the hallway hall

"G, that was uncalled for" he took a deep breath and said, "you hurt Frankie really bad"

"So?" she shrugged

Arnold walked up to her and said, "how could you do that, you stole his money right in front of me"

"So, where do you think that he got it from?"

"I don't know but that was wrong, the guy can't even walk, I had to help him get home, and even then..."

"Look Football" she cleared her throat and said "face, I don't care" she walked away to the kitchen and Arnold followed

"G, you need to talk to him"

G turned around and laughed coldly "yeah right, here" she slammed the newspaper against his chest "read the last page" and walked off

Arnold turned it to the last page and saw a picture of the exact ring that he held earlier today

Reward

New $20,000 reward offered

For anyone who leads us to where the valuable antique ring could be found, the ring was stolen from Luu's Antique Jewelry two weeks ago

Arnold couldn't believe his eyes how could Frankie do this?

Ding Dong

The boy opened the door, there stood Gerald with a smirk "mmmm mmmm mmmm, what happened?"

The football headed boy sighed and opened the door wide to let him in

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"Man Arnold, I'm telling you that girl is trouble"

"I don't know Gerald, there's something about her"

"Something about her, Arnold you're lucky that your Grandpa has your back, just imagine your Mom"

"I know, I know"

"I mean, I thought my dad was strict eeeeehhhhh"

"Gerald!"

"Alright alright" Gerald held his hands up in defense "but Arnold how did it go yesterday, you know with the bike"

Arnold brushed his hair with his fingers "um... ok"

"OK? Are you sure, I mean, I thought that...remember Harold"

"No no, it's ok"

"Really?" asked Gerald

"Really"

"Because, I am getting a job soon and..."

"No Gerald don't worry about it, she didn't even no... Notice"

Gerald raised an eyebrow "and you Mr. Honest didn't tell her?"

"Um... Gerald did you get my homework?"

"Oh, yeah I got G's too" he pulled up his back pack and started to go though it "Teacher's are in a no Homework mood except for..."

Arnold finished his sentence "Mrs. Simmons and Mr. Koller"

"You got it my man, Math and English yaaaayyyyy," cheered the boy a bit exaggerated

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It was beginning to get dark and Mrs. Simmons was at home sitting in her desk grading some paper's again, she had been an English teacher for a few years and she has never seen such exceptional work, exceptional work that came from G...

But her work was always dark and cold, the girl hated writing and would only write to get a grade, Last week Mr. Simmons, her husband suggested that she should give her students journals, something new that he was also doing too but it wasn't for a grade it was just extra credit, All of her students would do it except for G

Mrs. Simmons just sighed and put her head down, a few minuets later she heard some footsteps but she still didn't lift her head

"What's wrong honey?" asked Mr. Simmons a bit concerned for his wife

Lifting her head and rubbing her eyes she replied "oh nothing, just here grading papers"

Mr. Simmons gave her a weak smile "I know something is wrong, just tell me"

"Well" she handed him some of G's papers and said "I have this new student, she started school not long ago, just look at her work"

Taking the paper Mr. Simmons read it, he hugged his wife and said "wow, beautiful literature but full of strong emotions, I can see why you're upset, have you tried talking to her?"

Taking a deep breath she replied "I've tried but she wouldn't let me"

"You know I have never read anything like this, but for some reason it feels familiar, what's her name again?" asked Mr. Simmons

"Her name is G"

Looking up trying to remember he replied "G only G that's an odd name"

"Oh that's not her real name, she just hates being called um, I forget, let me check" she took out her folders to read the name "Helga"

"Helga? Helga G Pataki" he replied in a shocked voice

"Yes how'd you know?"

"Mr. Simmons didn't know what to feel joy or sadness, "um... she was one of my students many years ago"

Mrs. Simmons tilted her head "she was? But she just came from LA"

"I can't believe she's here" he looked around thoughtfully and said "I understand her writing" he sat down and explained everything to Mrs. Simmons

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"Oh" was all she could say, she couldn't even believe her ears right now and this urge to help, but from what she learned from her Husband and experience, the girl would just deny everything, and then there was this mystery of her name, it seemed like if she didn't want anyone to know her

"And I'll never forget that class, truthfully it was my favorite and since it was my first year in P.S. 118 it made it extra special, I still talk to most of the students from that year" he hummed in memory, the man stood up and asked "can I see who are your students in that class?"

"Oh sure honey" she walked up to her briefcase and gave him the sheet

"hehehehe I can't believe this" he laughed

"What" asked Mrs. Simmons

"This is almost a replica of my fourth grade class of when Helga was attending", he smiled and said "and this gives me an Idea"

"It is? It does?"

He gave her the sheet back and said "yeah"

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Arnold was relieved that Grandma dragged his Mom out of the room, ever since she came home she would not leave his side, touching his forehead and stuffing him up with soup, oh did his stomach hurt

He looked up at his desk and remembered that he forgot to give G her homework, he grabbed the papers and decided to slide them under her door, because it was late and she was probably asleep

He ran down stairs and when he reached her door he heard noises "hummm guess she's awake"

He knocked on the door softly but no answer

He knocked on the door louder and still no answer, so he decided to open it, poking his head in he said "G... are you ok?" he looked around spotting some movements on the floor in the back corner, as he walked closer he could hear soft rushed cries

"I'll never forgive you... Never... Never... NEVER...Leave me alone...leave me alonnnnne you left me... you left me..."

She started to kick and turn uncontrollably

Arnold rushed by her side and tried to wake her up "G... G...wake up! wake up!" he kept shaking her while she screeched in her sleep, her pain making his heart ache

But she wouldn't wake up

As a reaction Arnold knelt down on the floor and pulled her up to his shoulder "its ok" he rubbed her back trying to calm her down "wake up, it's just a dream" he could feel her hugging him tighter as she shook her head no very quickly

"shhh shhh shhh everything is fine"he whispered, and then she stopped, she opened her eyes wide and backed away

Arnold tried grabbing her hand, but she kept backing away and ended up against the wall

"G?"

She hugged her knees and stared at the wall coldly

"G? Are you ok?"

Feeling so helpless, Arnold sat there silently for a long time, taking in her body language he could see her rubbing her fist against the ground as if she were stabbing it, the cold glare she gave the wall, and the way she bit down her teeth

All of a sudden Arnold's stomach started to grumble, all of that soup that his mother made him eat earlier today started to give him a stomach ache, getting up he whispered "I'll be back" and left for the bathroom

When he came back, the window was open and there was no sign of G

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