Chapter 195: Suspended
After Ari finished his very detailed complaint to the overly concerned lady on the phone, he handed PD Emily her phone and stared blankly out of the window while she continued driving, the only sound in the car being her fingers tapping the steering wheel.
After a long moment of silence, she finally spoke out.
"You know I have to suspend you from the program. For the foreseeable future."
"Why? None of what she said is true." Ari asked even though he could guess the answer.
After all, what happened today was a mess.
"Don’t ask me stupid questions, you’re smarter than that. This was a public mess; you basically got arrested, your guardian made a lot of problematic accusations and also got arrested, and it ruined the performance opportunity for other contestants. And then I wasted the rest of my day following you around with cops who are wasting my tax dollars because they clearly have nothing better to do, not to mention you yelling at staff members earlier. Today was an entire shit show."
Ari remained silent, as he couldn’t really disagree, but it seemed that PD Emily wanted him to say something, as she began nagging.
"Why so quiet? You usually have something to say. At least I’m not kicking you out of the program, right?"
"I don’t know what the difference is between getting kicked out and suspended?"
"The difference is that as long as your rank is not within the elimination level, I will argue for you to stay on the program; however, you can’t be back on the show until you turn 18, and you have to clear your name yourself since we will not put out a statement. Lucky for you, we’re about to get a little break."
Ari thought over the schedule before getting to the main point.
"But my birthday is in two weeks? I’ll miss the next performance and the elimination that comes after it. And I don’t know if I can clear my name."