Chapter 12

Two days later, it was Monday.

It had been two days since she saw Liam. The thought that she would get to see her son again made Sylvia especially ecstatic. She took an early day off and left by noon.

She went to a nearby shopping mall where she bought large bags of ingredients, then she headed to the toy store to buy Liam and Isabel their favorite toys before making her way home.

Right after she entered the car and was just putting on her seat belt, the kindergarten teacher called her.

The teacher’s voice sounded anxious on the phone. “Miss Ross, your daughter got into a fight with someone at school. Please come as soon as you can.”

Sylvia’s expression shifted in an instant. “Okay, I’ll be right there.”

After hanging up the phone, she quickly revved the engine and zoomed off.

It took her less than ten minutes to reach the kindergarten.

She went to the teacher’s office, and as soon as she came in, she saw several children standing by the wall.

The one that immediately caught her attention was the girl whose hair was so messy that it could have been mistaken for a bird nest. The child still wore a disdainful, upset expression on her face. It was Isabel.

Next to her was Liam with what seemed like claw marks on his fair face.

Sylvia became upset and frowned. She approached the two.

She peered at them up and down to make sure they had not sustained any other injuries before she began to question, “What’s going on? Why did you two start a fight?”

were the ones who bullied my brother first. He was sleeping and wasn’t even bothering them. They were the ones who started throwing erasers at

were rather large for their age and seemed

were riddled with fresh marks; they were either claw marks or red

their heads as if cowering in fear when Isabel pointed

surely her

blame my sister. She stood up

two are siblings and should help each other. Mommy won’t blame either of

what Isabel’s temper was like. She was not the type to start trouble unless someone provoked

the thought that these two boys picked on Liam upset her just as well as it

grew more arrogant

who had provoked them and caused trouble first. Still, Isabel and Liam did more than stand up for themselves; they beat the two boys up until they sobbed and begged for mercy before stopping. The headteacher remarked, “Miss Ross, I acknowledge that those two boys were in

stated, “I’ll make sure to speak to her when

the other two boys arrived as

who had started it in the first place.

ounce of blame on Isabel either. They

after that, the children made

good care of them, and we won’t let such a thing happen again.” With that, the parents of the two boys left. Sylvia combed Isabel’s hair and grazed her finger against Liam’s face. She asked tenderly,“ Liam, what would you like to eat tonight? Mommy will make it

in as well, “Mommy, I want to have a barbecue as well, so please prepare more. I love meat.” Sylvia chuckled and patted her dear head. “Alright, your mommy’s got it. Now run along with your

left happily while holding

about to reach her parking spot, a

Sylvia was startled.

eyes and she immediately recognized

her eyes, then

chased after her and quickly caught up with just a few strides, grabbing her by the back collar, so Sylvia had

collar of her shirt and demanded, “Odell, let go.”

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