Chapter 553 - Family Intervention (3) (1/2)
1 June, Matthew's Villa, City K
Having heard the explanation, Dominic dropped his head, before quietly saying ”Oh!”
Knowing that her son was now ashamed of how he had reacted, Lexi said ”And…?”
”I guess that is OK, but it is not fair that you change what I had arranged.”
Trying not to show that she was overjoyed for once Dominic had somewhat apologised for his behaviour, Lexi added ”When I told them you would not be there, I explained that your godfather had gotten engaged, and we were hosting him and his fiancée for a small celebration. They were understanding, and provided that you behave we have made plans for you to go and visit next weekend.”
Dominic's eyes lit up, but Matthew added ”Those arrangements are contingent on your behaviour, it is not a given.”
”Fine…” came the somewhat growled reply from Dominic.
Not taking Dominic's bait, Matthew asked ”Have you done all your homework?”
After noticing Dominic's nod, Matthew moved over and crouched down to Dominic's level adding ”Well as your mummy and I must get everything finalised for the quiet celebration including making some phone calls, we asked the staff who would like to spend a couple of hours with you, either swimming or playing board games. Your choice, but if you go and tell Uncle Adam he has everything sorted. We will come and join you once we have things finalised.”
Without saying a word, Dominic turned and raced out of the room.
Lexi observed Matthew shake his head and between her laughter she said ”He can be so funny when he likes.”
Sitting down and looking directly at her, Matthew said ”He can, but his attitude has to stop Lexi.”
”I know, but I am frightened that we will repeat the mistakes of our parents with him, if we are too harsh on him.”
”There is a big difference between correcting behaviours and what our parents did Lexi. We are old enough to know where dealing with things cross the line. If I had displayed that attitude to my parents not only would my father have smacked me a number of times with his belt, I would have been sent to the bas.e.m.e.nt so called ”punishment” room in the villa for a number of hours.”
”Punishment room?” questioned Lexi.
”You know the movie theatre room in the Villa bas.e.m.e.nt?”
”Yes,” came Lexi's response.
”He used the so-called punishment room, which was effectively a box room, no outside light and when the door was shut if the light was not turned on became pitch black, as part of the space that is now the bar area there. He said helping the builders destroy the wall was cathartic, but I must admit using it for that is a much better revenge against our parents, because it eliminated it forever and allowed Phillip to make the Villa his. Your parents…”