"Overboard?" As if she had heard something ridiculous, Rose slammed the table and sneered, "Mr. Lore, in your eyes, Toby and Sonny dealt with this a bit too seriously, didn't they?"
"Is that not the case?" Harry was visibly upset now. "Yes, Lynette is in the wrong, but she didn't mean it. Does Toby need to cut ties with my family just because of this? Isn't it enough when we've apologized?"
"So, this is your stance on this situation." Rose smirked. "In my opinion, I think they did the right thing. I don't care if your granddaughter intended this or not, I only know that she did it without verifying the truth and concluded it one-sidedly. She was so sure that Sonny had betrayed Toby and uploaded the pictures. Her aim? To let Sonny suffer under the public's criticism. Yet, have you ever thought about what would happen if Sonny was not tough enough to face the backlash?"
"I'm aware, Madam." Mary peered at Harry coldly. "Miss Reed might suffer from mental breakdown and commit suicide. Since this happens often, the number of people who die because of cyberbullying is actually quite high."
"That's right." Rose nodded. "That means that your granddaughter nearly killed Sonny. Toby loves her a lot. Since he nearly lost Sonny, what makes you think he won't cut ties with you after the incident? Who told you to mess with the person he loves the most? This is why I'm in favor of their response."
Harry was rendered speechless by their words.
After a while, he finally replied, "But this isn't as serious as you make it out to be. Isn't Miss Reed fine?"
"Sonny is fine, but that doesn't mean that she should forgive your misdeeds." Rose snorted.
Clenching his fist, Harry continued, "It is our fault. We are willing to apologize to Miss Reed. We are even willing to compensate her, but she… Sigh. She doesn't want to let this go and keeps wanting to argue this. She even brought Toby into this. He wasn't like this in the past."
"What's with the sudden comparison?" Rose's expression darkened. "Are you implying that Toby was negatively influenced by Sonny?"
Harry quickly waved his hands. "Oh no, I didn't mean that. What I meant was that the reason Toby wouldn't forgive us was because of Miss Reed too. Perhaps, she doesn't want him to forgive us. I know that you like Miss Reed very much, Old Mrs. Fuller, so I implore you to not get angry at what I'm about to say. Think about it. Toby is my student. Our families are very close with the public knowing that Toby respects me alot. If the masses knew that he cut all ties with my family just because of a few words from Miss Reed, how would they view him? Wouldn't they think that Toby turned on his teacher just for a mere woman? This would harm his reputation."
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