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“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
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtclassmates 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.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Madam, is this how you educate your child? How could he tell lies?" questioned Luca.
"You b*tch. Believe it or not, I'll rip your lips off if you continue to talk nonsense." Mrs. Hudson's eyes were red as
she was annoyed.
Luca saved the recorded conversation on her phone calmly. Then, she said to Mrs. Tuffey, "Mrs. Tuffey, since the
students said that this has nothing to do with Tommy, he can go back to class and get ready to attend the next
lesson, right?"
"Of course." Mrs. Tuffey nodded and said to the kids, "Back to class."
The kids immediately walked out of the office.
Luca stroked Tommy's face and said, "Off you go. Stay focused in class."
"Okay." Tommy nodded and exited the office.
There were three adults left in Mrs. Tuffey's office.
Luca looked at Mrs. Hudson and said, "Madam, I know you won't apologize to Tommy."
"Hmph." Mrs. Hudson sneered.
Mrs. Tuffey quickly smoothed things over and said, "Alright, Ms. Luca, Mrs. Hudson, since this is a misunderstanding,
let's put this behind us and stop talking about it. Mrs. Hudson, Charlie is still in the hospital. It'd be best if you head
to the hospital to take a look at him."
Mrs. Hudson did not expect her child to be accused of lying when she initially had the upper hand.
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