"Simon, why are you disobeying me?" Lola 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, Simon dashed out.
"Simon…" Lola and her bodyguard gave chase.Now, there were only Miss Joria, Miss Zane, and Carla's family left in the principal's office. All of them were equally stunned.
"Erm…" Miss Joria stated awkwardly, "Miss Wigston, why don't you head home with the children first and let me discuss the matter with the Staytons. After that, I'll give you a call?"
"Sure, but please give me a copy of the security footage." Carla smiled smugly. "In case it disappears, the truth will be buried again."
"Miss Wigston, is that necessary? Since Simon has requested not to let Elisa leave school, the matter can be resolved easily…"
"Miss Joria!" Carla interrupted the principal. She asserted solemnly, "Let me be clear. From what Simon said, it's obvious he is the one who has bullied Venus 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."
Carla 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…" Miss Joria began to panic. She assumed everyone was just as afraid of the Staytons as she was and would choose to take the humiliation quietly. Little did she expect Carla to be someone that's not easily cowed.
"Miss Wigston, please don't be angry, " Miss 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." Miss Joria 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."
Carla 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. Lola was rude and intimidating to my children, and yet you wrongly accused them without any basis. In fact, you even punished them."
She added, "When the truth was revealed, you chose to bow to their status and influence. You even force us to leave school. Since you are unable to mete out justice fairly, I have no choice but to seek recompense for my children another way."
"What do you want?" Miss Joria asked impatiently.
"Simple!" Carla quipped.
"Firstly, hand over the security footage to prove my children's innocence. Secondly, get Mrs. Stayton and Simon to apologize to my children. Thirdly, you and Miss Zane will also have to apologize too. In fact, you will have to announce it to the whole school."
"Miss Zane and I can apologize to you. But it would be impossible to get Mrs. Stayton and Simon to do the same." Miss Joria explained matter-of-factly.
"Your family lives in Aymo City too. Hence, offending the Staytons does you no good. A word from Mr. Stayton is enough to get you blacklisted. You won't be able to find a job or get them into schools. What are you going to do when that happens?"
"If I can't even protect my children, I'm not fit to be a mother!" Carla was further infuriated by the principal's words. "Since that's your stand, I'll just make a police report. I want to see how powerful the Staytons are."
Just as she spoke, Carla took out her phone to call the police.
"Miss Wigston, please don't!"
Miss Joria was desperate and tried to grabbed Carla's phone.
"What are you doing…"
"Stop!"
A loud voice barked from behind. At the same time, a pair of hands pushed Miss Joria away and pulled Carla into its embrace.
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