It was five days after the gallery opened with a fantastic opening that Mike did the very embarrassing thing of giving a schoolboy concussion. The schoolboy had tried to vandalise one of Malcolm’s pieces in the Llarson Gallery’s defense. No damage suit was going to stick, the school was embarrassed, the boy in question suspended probably to be expelled for prior issues too. The boy’s parents offered compensation upon viewing the security video footage.

Claire however knew that Mike had a great deal of ability and alternative methods in his arsenal. Slapping the child hard enough to slide across the floor until he bowled the supervising teacher over was excessively violent. Malcolm of course thought it to have been Mike being extremely nice, he still had all his teeth, he still had both arms even.
Ingrid was delighted that the security system had worked. The Lazer fence had activated the firedoors and closed that section off within two seconds. The police and ambulance had been summoned within one minute and a response team was entering within two minutes. Other section of the gallery had been warned of an emergency in that section and alternative routes were advised. Two tour guides had smoothly redirected their groups and assured them the situation was under control. They had even communicated the nature of the emergency to their groups within five minutes to the applause of the groups.
Renata was onto the school before the alarm was deactivated. She had a good idea of what had happened and briefed the headmaster. Peter had the brief open before the boy was taken away in the police pickup, not an ambulance. The ambulance did not deem the injury serious enough to occupy a hospital. Read more »