Chapter 3 THE KING GETS IT ALL

ARNOLD JNR POV

I was already on my way coming downstairs when I heard my father's conversation on the phone. I wanted to tiptoe back upstairs without getting noticed, but I guess I wasn't so lucky, my father saw me before I could even say "Jack".

"Get back here Arnold Jnr! I'm talking to you young man!"

That was my father yelling. I don't know what's wrong with the old man, all I am trying to do is just have some fun, but I can't even do that, gosh! He's so annoying. I quickly walked out and rushed upstairs, but guess what? He followed suit, while my mother followed him, pleading and begging him not to overreact because I was only a child. I ran into my room and quickly closed the door but my dad was faster, as he pushed the door open and barged into my room.

"Aaaaahhhhh!" I shouted in pains and disbelief by the slap my father gave me. My mother covered her mouth to avoid shouting. The slap left me partially blind with my everything in my room spinning all over. My father came closer and raised up my face and looked straight into my eyes, those eyes showed anger and nothing more.

"You are over eighteen years, and you should act like an adult, but I don't know why you have decided to be a curse to me. I am your father, you are my son, you live under my roof and you will do as I say. How many times do I have to cover for you huh? All you do is create scandals in your school, you are always on top of the bullying list, and the last person you just bullied committed suicide. He was a human being like you fool!..... I think it's high time I deal with this attitude of yours".

In my mind, I am laughing so hard. I am so used to my father threatening to do all sorts of things to me, just to teach me a lesson, but in the end, he just does nothing. Being an only child of such wealthy parents is a big flex, you get to do whatever you want. I and my father just stood there looking at each other, before he left. My mum followed him, but came back a few minutes later. I was still nursing the pain from the slap I just got from my father.

"Baby boy, I'm sorry for how your father treated you. He is just overreacting, I mean how can a man, commit suicide because of what another man did to him? It just shows that the said boy wasn't man enough. Bullying is one of those memories that makes you smile whenever you remember them. You'll remember the experiences and how you scaled through". All through my mother's speech, I was smiling, despite still being in pains. My mother is the only person who has ever supported me. I got to know from her that being the only child of such a wealthy and influential man, I was a demigod and could do whatever I want and get away with it. I just hugged her and thanked her for her understanding and support "Best mother in the whole wide world" if you ask me. My mother left my room, and promised to instruct the maid to get me some ice to help ease the pain I felt on my left cheek.

I know you might be wondering, who this alpha male is, the demigod, and the one that makes people tremble just at the sound of his name. Here you have it, I am Arnold Jnr Palmer, the son of Arnold Palmer. My father named me after him. I was told he and my mom waited for quite a while before they could have me, and because of that, they so treasured and pampered me especially mum. My father has the biggest law firm in the country, the lawyers here are all top notch, and my father's law firm has never lost any case since it's inception. Asides that, my father has many other companies in his name, but wait a second, guess who is going to inherit all that not too long from now? That's me of course!. I haven't even talked about my luxurious lifestyle yet, having an entourage whenever I come to school. I live the dream life everyone would want to live, so yes, I am who I say I am. I don't care if you call it pride or arrogance, the truth is that it doesn't change who I am.

I was lying on my bed and in my thoughts, when I heard a knock on my door, I ordered anyone who knocked to come in, oh, it's the maid, and she brought the ice pack like mum ordered. I instructed her to keep it on my table and leave. I stood up and took the ice pack, I gently massaged my left cheeks with it, I can say that I did feel better. Just then, my phone rang and I rushed to pick it. I smiled when I saw the caller, it was as anticipated.

"Hello man!, how are you doing? Hope your old man wasn't too hard on you?", my friend Jeremy asked on the phone. "Well he was hard on me, and I am getting fed up, if he gets any worse, I am going to have to run away and let him look for me like he did the last time I left the house. I mean what's the big deal in having some fun and letting these poor rats know their place? I asked Jeremy.

"We are just going to stay calm for a little while, then resume making the life of those idiots more miserable than it is", Jeremy supported me. We both laughed heartily. "What about that stuff I told you to find out? The stupid girl who tried to humiliate me" I enthusiastically enquired. I had asked Jeremy to do an in-depth background research and get me every damn detail about her.

Jeremy told me that her name was Olivia and she got a scholarship to our school because of her remarkable academic excellence. To be honest, I don't care about those, my only concern is making her life miserable since she dared to challenge me, making me a laughing stock on the school's blog after that little incident with her escalated over the school's blog.

Olivia just choose to play superhero with the wrong person, and I will make sure to frustrate her to death. Well I know that my father will soon forgive me and he will put everything behind him, but there's one thing that is certain. Arnold Jnr is never going to change. I'm out to let the whole world know that I am a king, and a king does whatever he wants to do.