Chapter 47 Retribution (1/2)
The entire hall was silent, shocked beyond belief.
From the start, Principal Dobbins had been verbally attacking Kyle and Xing Han. She had been calling them all sorts of names and making derogatory comments as she 'revealed' that they were homose*uals. Now, she was standing smugly on stage as she showed them 'undeniable' proof of Kyle and Xing Han's 'crime'.
”I can see how everyone is shocked. The should be! Two half naked boys hugging each other so intimately! It's disgusting!”
”I think that's quite enough, Principal Dobbins,” a deep baritone voice was heard. Principal Dobbins snapped her head up, and saw a man in a grey suit standing at the entrance of the Hall. She was dumbfounded.
”Mr Robins? What are you doing here?” she asked, her eyes wide in surprise. Mr Robins was the District Representative who was in charge of the school's administration. Every school was under the purview of a specific District Office, which is dependent upon its locality and in each District Office would have a team responsible for school management. Mr Dobbins was the Head of that team. Simply put, Mr Robbins was her 'boss'.
Mr Robins was quiet, and started walking towards the stage, his steps even and steady. He stood at the podium and introduced himself, ”Good morning everyone. I am Robins Grey, the District Representative of Sakura Academy. I would like to apologize to everyone ... ” and he looked at Kyle and Xing Han, ”but most of all towards Kyle and Xing Han, for having to endure such treatment. I was a bit late in arriving, so I could not stop this sooner.”
He then looked back at everyone in the Hall, ”I hereby am announcing that Principal Dobbins is relieved from her position, effective immediately. The Vice Principal will take over temporarily until a new appointment for a Principal is made.”
Principal Dobbins stood there, her mouth gaping open and then shutting, then opened again. What just happened”?
”But Mr Robins! You can't do this! I didn't do anything wrong!” she protested, her eyes wild as she pointed at Kyle and Xing Han, ”It's those two abominations! They're the ones who are at fault here!”
”BE QUIET!” Mr Robins roared and she stepped back, gulping nervously but was still not satisfied.
As she was about to protest again, Mr Robins pointed to the picture that was screened on stage, ”It is bad enough that you've been inciting hate and hostility towards two young boys, you are basing it on your own sense of prejudice! You have been so blinded by your hate that you've started making things up!”
Principal Dobbins was shocked. Was he blind? Why did he say she was blind? She turned towards the picture, intending to point out what was so blatantly obvious when she stopped. Wait. That was not the picture she had picked. No, it was, but it was different.
On the projector screen, it was the scene of a swimming pool. Xing Han and Kyle were in the pool, and the water reached up to their waist. They were bare-chested and hugging while laughing. In the background, you could see Sam and Ali - also hugging each other by the waist - as they were holding water balloons and running towards Kyle and Xing Han. It could be seen clearly that Sam's left leg was tied to Ali's right leg, and they were holding on to each other for support. Kay was seen at the lifeguard post, a bullhorn in her hands as she appeared to be egging on Sam and Ali.
It was quite obvious that the whole picture showed a friendly game being played at the swimming pool. Sam and Ali were probably chasing after Kyle and Xing Han, who escaped into the pool. From the looks of it, Kyle and Xing Han's legs were most likely tied together as well, hence the hugging aspect.
Principal Dobbins was flabbergasted. Just what happened? It was true that that was the picture which she had chosen, but she had actually cut out everyone else from the picture. So the picture would have been only of the laughing Kyle and Xing Han hugging each other while being half naked. On its own, it was a very damning picture.
She quickly looked through all the pictures in the envelope, her face pale. She didn't know what happened. In each and every picture, everything seemed to have been restored. No longer did it show irrefutable evidence of inappropriate behaviour between two boys. Instead, it all appeared like harmless fun.
Principal Dobbins was livid. She just knew that those two were homosexuals. They just hid it very well. She had cut out the pictures because it was the only way to show them the truth. Only she could see it clearly, while everyone else would have been blinded and sidetracked by the background. That was why she had cut them out. It was to make it clearer. And she was right. Everyone was blind!! How could they not see something so obvious?!
”You are no longer fit to be an educator of young minds, Ms. Dobbins. We are here to guide, not preach. We are here to help them expand their minds, not limit it. We are here to help them find their way, not impose our own views on them. You, Ms. Dobbins, have not only failed as an educator, but you have also failed as a decent human being.” Mr. Robins was saying.