“Timothy, why are you disobeying me?” Luna became desperate. “There are so many other children here and many pretty girls too. Why must it be her…”“I don’t care. It has to be her.”
After he finished screaming, Timothy dashed out.
“Timothy…” Luna and her bodyguard gave chase.Now, there were only Ms. Horner, Ms. Zane, and Charlotte’s family left in the principal’s office. All of them were equally stunned.
“Erm…” Ms. Horner stated awkwardly, “Ms. Windt, why don’t you head home with the children first and let me discuss the matter with the Sterlings. After that, I’ll give you a call?”
“Sure, but please give me a copy of the security footage.” Charlotte smiled smugly. “In case it disappears, the truth will be buried again.”
“Ms. Windt, is that necessary? Since Timothy has requested not to let Elisa leave school, the matter can be resolved easily…”
“Ms. Horner!” Charlotte interrupted the principal. She asserted solemnly, “Let me be clear. From what Timothy said, it’s obvious he is the one who has bullied Ellie and damaged his family’s car too. My children did nothing wrong and yet they were criticized and humiliated by you and the other parent. To the extent we were being kicked out of school.”
Charlotte continued, “Now, it isn’t a matter of whether they will look past this. Instead, it’s up to me whether I want to let go of this matter. If you don’t hand over the security footage, I will then make a police report and let the police come for it.”
“You…” Ms. Horner began to panic. She assumed everyone was just as afraid of the Sterlings as she was and would choose to take the humiliation quietly. Little did she expect Charlotte to be someone that’s not easily cowed.
“Ms. Windt, please don’t be angry,” Ms. Zane tried to salvage the situation. “Let talk this over. I’m sure we can come to an amicable solution.”
“That’s right, let’s talk this over.” Ms. Horner grinned widely, “It’s just a small conflict between children. Let’s just resolve this internally. I’m sure there’s no need to get the police involved.”
Charlotte sneered, “If only the other party was reasonable and you handle it fairly, it would have been a trivial matter and not escalated to this extent. Luna was rude and intimidating to my children, and yet you wrongly accused them without any basis. In fact, you even punished them.”
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