Chapter 95 Getting out of Trouble (1/2)

Whenever the Smith Twins did something their mother didn't like, one would know how deep in trouble one is in depending on how she addressed them.

If she called them by including the surname, they were in trouble but it wasn't bad yet. A prelude to the storm, if you will. However, if she started calling them by their full names ... then all Hell would break lose.

When she did so, she was also very emotional and more often than not, irrational. Not such a good trait for a social worker, one would think - but the strange thing was, she only lost control with them. Perhaps since she bottled up most of her negative emotions caused by work had stressed her out and she can only be normal with them? It gets released then?

Kyle started scratching his head. How was he going to explain to her without her going ballistic?

”Well? I am waiting!!” his mum said tersely over the phone.

Just then, he heard something over the phone. A piece of one particular familiar opening music. His eyes darted to the wall and he groaned.

It was the 5 o'clock news.

His mum always watched the news, to find out if there was an area that may need some help. Kay understood what happened and went to Davis to ask him politely if he could switch on the television to watch the 5 o'clock news.

There, right smack bang as the first news was some shaky video of Kyle scaling the wall. The reporter was saying, ”This just in! Just minutes ago, at Mall T, a brave young boy by the name of Kyle, saved a baby that had fallen!”

”KYLE REXINGTON SMITH!! IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL A SMALL MATTER?!” roared his mother. ”You - you - .... since when ... wait till I tell your Father about this ... I ... ”

Then the line went dead.

”Well, that went well,” Kyle said sheepishly, ”I'll call back after the news coverage is over.”

Davis stared at the both of them. The moment their names had been mentioned by their mum, Harrison had immediately done a background check. It wasn't hard as any basic internet search would yield a lot of results. The Smith Twins.

More importantly, the boy was the heir to the Smith Corporation. Davis knew Patrick Smith - who in the business world wouldn't? He was known to be an aggressive businessman, but generally easy going. However, when it came to his family, he was fiercely protective.

He knew that there's no way that Patrick would allow his kids to be interviewed. Patrick had made it clear that his kids were off limits. Thus, the only thing he needed to do was discuss with the Smiths was what sort of information is allowed to be shared.

Kyle and Kay watched the news in silence. One had to admit, watching it was far more impressive than actually doing it. There was hardly any commentating while the video of the rescue was going on, adding to the 'mysterious' factor bit, Kyle supposed. At the end of it, they even managed to get Cole interviewed.

He stood there, looking rather composed for being in the spotlight suddenly while answering the questions targeted at him.

”Tell me, Mr. Cole. You're the owner of Rock5 Gym and Kyle was using your harness,” began the reporter.

At that moment, there was a small square shown at the top right corner of the television, whereby it was a zoomed up picture of Kyle when he climbed over the railing the first time. The harness in front of him was circled and the logo of Rock5 Gym could vaguely be seen.

”You even helped him by throwing him the rope,” the reporter continued, ”Tell me, just who is this Kyle?”

”Well, he's someone that's a total natural and a prodigy at rock climbing. He is actually our secret weapon - though it's not secret anymore,” Cole explained.

”Secret weapon??”

”Yes. Our trump card, so to speak, for the qualifying rounds in the Rocky International Competition at the end of the year. He's been training secretly at our gym since the beginning of the year,” Cole explained.

[Nice. Cole covered for me well] Kyle said with approval.

[What would you have done if he didn't?] Kay asked.

[I took a huge gamble, I admit. I didn't know if he would keep to his word but from the way he kept pestering me to join the team, I figured he had some high stakes at hand and wouldn't bail on me.]

[Huge gamble indeed]

[Yes. If he didn't cover up for me, I would have had to deal with it accordingly. It really depended on what he would actually say, really. Couldn't cover all contingencies due to the lack of time. Luckily he followed the plan. Otherwise ... well, I would have made sure Cole regrets breaking his promise]

[Truly risky indeed. Now we 'only' have Mum to deal with]