Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2642

“Why should I listen to you? I’m going to call the police if you don’t transfer the money to me. I’ll let the police officers arrest this little bastard.” Mrs. Hudson was anxious.

Luca frowned and covered Tommy’s ears.

“Madam, I’m recording our conversation. What you said is enough for me to look for a lawyer and file a complaint,” warned Luca with a serious tone. Who could accept their child being called a little bastard when the child had done nothing wrong?

The look on Mrs. Hudson’s face changed. However, she remembered that looking for a lawyer was something someone did just to threaten the other party. Oftentimes, they would just let the matter be. She replied boldly, “Go ahead and look for a lawyer, then. I’ll call the police too.”

“Fine. Go ahead. I believe in Tommy anyway. I’m sure he didn’t do anything wrong.” Luca had faith in him.

Tommy would not lie to her to evade responsibility.

Mrs. Tuffey could sense the tension in the air, and she immediately interrupted, “Mrs. Hudson, Ms. Luca, please calm down.”

The school bell rang right after she said that.

Luca turned to look at Mrs. Tuffey and said, “Mrs. Tuffey, the class has ended. Please bring Ashley and the other classmates who witnessed the incident here. Let’s see what really happened.”

Mrs. Tuffey nodded. She had no choice but to ask the students to come here. Otherwise, this was never going to end.

“Mrs. Hudson, calm down. I'll go ask the kids to come in.” Mrs. Tuffey hurried out of the office.

Mrs. Hudson sneered.

Luca let go of her hands that were covering Tommy’s ears. Then, she said in a soft voice, “Come. Take a seat.”

Tommy sat on the chair and stayed close to her.

After a while, Mrs. Tuffey and a few students came into the office. Mrs.Tuffey said, “This is Ashley. The others were seated near Tommy in the classroom. They saw what had happened. Ashley, go ahead.”

Ashley glanced at Mrs. Hudson cowardly. Mrs. Hudson looked fierce. She took a step backward.

Luca noticed that Mrs. Hudson looked scary to the kids. Hence, she said in a gentle voice, “Ashley, don’t be afraid. Tell us what happened.”

Ashley turned to look at Luca and glanced at Tommy, who was beside her. She uttered her words slowly and told the truth, “During recess, Charlie tore my stickers, and he also tried to lift my skirt. I screamed and stepped back. Tommy happened to be walking into the classroom and saw what happened. He immediately stood in front of me and protected me. I don’t know what happened to Charlie. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He hit his head on the edge of a desk.”

“Nonsense!” Mrs. Hudson immediately rose to her feet. She frowned and threw Ashley a hard look. “That’s not what Charlie told me. Are you lying to us?”

Ashley took another step back and immediately shook her head. “I’m not lying. I saw everything. Charlie is always bullying the girls, but he’s afraid of male students who are taller than him. That’s why he got scared and backed away when Tommy stood in front of me to protect me. He tripped and fell. I saw that myself. Tommy didn’t push Charlie.”

“Yes, Mrs. Tuffey. We saw that too. There was a huge distance between Tommy and Charlie. Tommy didn’t even touch him.” A male student stepped out and spread his arms wide to show how far the distance between Tommy and Charlie was.

“Yes. Tommy didn’t push anyone.” The other students went along with him.

Ashley’s voice was trembling when she spoke again, “Charlie lied. He was worried he would be in trouble. That’s why he said Tommy pushed him.”

“How do your parents educate you? You’re telling lies at such a young age!” Mrs. Hudson read her the riot act.

Luca reminded her calmly, “Yes, kids wouldn’t know how to lie if their parents had educated them well.”

Mrs. Hudson’s face reddened.

“Madam, is this how you educate your child? How could he tell lies?” questioned Luca.