CHAPTER 38

HELGA

Arnold self-towed his non working bike back home, taking it out of the shop was not as easy as he thought, it took hours and the Owner was pretty upset, he even offered Arnold one-hundred, then two and eventually five-hundred dollars to buy it from him

The Teenage Boy didn't show it, but that made him frustrated, especially since he has paid the shop more than five-hundred dollars to fix it, and after all the parts they said they bought, nothing even looked different nor did anything work

Arnold kept on pushing, "how can these people even sleep at night", he thought to himself, clearly angry

Beep, Beep

Arnold turned his head to see what the honking was all about "Hey Arnold, need a hand?" asked a familiar man while riding his humble truck slowly beside him

"Hey Mr. Green, how are you?" said Arnold cheerfully, he hasn't seen Mr. Green in a while

"I'm doing fine Arnold, but looks like you need some help there" said the Man as he pulled over "why don't we find a way to put this bike in my truck and give you a ride back home?"

After using some of the wood that was already in Mr. Greens truck to load the bike in, both men slammed their doors with exhaustion "Man, that was harder than I thought"

"I know," said Arnold "thank you for helping me out"

"It's nothing, what are friends for?" smiled the elder man

After a while about talking about what was new with their lives, Mr. Green began to talk about old times, "and remember that prank you pulled on all of us, you had all of us acting like headless chickens that day, I'll never forget how Bob Pataki pulled over to kidnap Mr. Wartz, that was priceless"

"He Did?" asked Arnold, "I never knew that" he said in an upset tone, still not forgetting about what he did to Helga

"yeah, you know what?, I just talked to Bob about two days ago, he's moving back to Hillwood"

"what? when? Is Helga coming with them?" jumped the Football-Headed boy at the news

"in about 3 months, Ah I don't know, all I know is that she is still very very mad at them for what they did"

"I am too" said Arnold with crossed arms

"He told me an earful Arnold, Did you know that he left Helga because he thought that he was being chased by the IRS?"

Arnold raised an eyebrow "no, I didn't, but that is no reason for him to leave his 10 year old daughter behind like that!"

"but Arnold, his intentions were good, he wanted to leave Miriam too, but she had to go because her name was on the Bob's Beepers Corporation, so both of them were supposedly going to jail for a very long time, he had trust in this City, he knew that someone would have taken her in, but seems that his whole plan took a turn when Helga went into that shock phase and ran away"

Arnold furrowed his eyebrows "supposedly? What do you mean by that Mr. Green?"

"Supposedly because Olga's Ex Husband planned all of that, he tricked Bob and Mariam into thinking that they were going to jail, he wanted Olga to inherit the Beeper Kingdom so that when he got rid of her, he could have it all to himself"

All of this was new news to Arnold "is that why Helga never replied to my letters? Has she moved? When did Olga find this out Mr. Green?"

"Oh not too long after the incident, Bob told me that both Helga and Olga had a huge fight, seems that in top of all of that Jack cheated on Olga, when Helga tried to warn her, Olga went all crazy, and kicked Helga out"

Arnold nearly choked "I can't believe this, I would have... How did Olga do that? Do you know anything about where Helga is?" asked the boy in desperation

"Hum... Well I don't know where she is exactly, but what I do know is that she is safe and well, even if Helga hates Bobs guts, he still takes care of her from afar as much as he can, Mariam has been having a couple of Health issues so that is why he can't be there for her all the time"

"but if he comes to Hillwood, wouldn't he be leaving Helga behind again?" stated the Football-Headed Boy

"You know what? You make sense, Bob told me that he is living currently in Florida because that's the best place for Mariam to get her operation, but he never mentioned as to where his daughter is exactly" said Mr. Green

"Do you think she's in Florida?"

"I highly doubt that, why would he move to Hillwood in a few months if Helga were somewhere else?"

Arnold scratched his head thoughtfully "you said that... he said that... he takes care of Helga from afar, do you think that maybe he heard that Helga is trying to move back to Hillwood, now that she's almost an adult" smiled a hopeful Arnold

"Maybe" smiled Mr. Green, "I'm sure she'll be glad to see you"

"Oh, I don't know Mr. Green, the last time I saw Helga... I was mad with her, I explained and apologized for everything in a letter but what if she didn't read it?"

"maybe she did, maybe that's why she's moving back, you never know" shrugged the man

Arnold smiled deeply, he hasn't ever been this happy for a long time

Mr. Green pulled over, "I am so not looking forward to this" he joked

Arnold laughed

After the two men unloaded the truck, The two stood on the sidewalk talking, "Do you happen to have Mr. Pataki's Phone Number?" asked Arnold

"I'm afraid not Arnold, he called me from a private number"

that disappointed Arnold, even if he didn't think much of Mr. Pataki, he still had the answer as to where Helga was

"but why do you want to talk to him?" asked Mr. Green

G was not too far from home, both she and Mrs. Vitello agreed on that Arnold must've had a long day, but he wasn't the only one

There was a new employee in the shop where Arnold and G were employed, after all these years Mrs. Vitello expanded her Business throughout the city, so since she needed help with her first shop she brought in a very trusted person from a different location to manage it

G didn't click much with the not-so new guy, but not that it mattered anyway, it's not like if she had 5 months at the least in Hillwood anyway, That's when G is going to turn 18 and become a legal adult, no more boarding house, no more Hillwood and no more Alex, she couldn't wait

"I just wanted to ask him about Helga, I want to know more" said Arnold as he leaned on the truck, while brushing his hands through his hair

G paused when she heard her old name come out of Arnold's lips, why was he talking about her?

"well, if he calls again I'll sure ask him for you, I'll try to get as much info as I can" smiled the man

"okay, Thank You" replied Arnold

Mr. Green patted the truck announcing that he was ready to leave, "well look at the time, I gotta go catch the game over at a buddy of mine"

"Alright, take care Mr. Green," said Arnold, noticing G's presence

"You too Arnold" said the man as he started the engine and drove off

"Hey G" said Arnold as he walked up to her

G bit her lip "I need to find out what and why they were talking about me, but how?" thought G, "how?"

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