Corinne picked up the phone and glanced at it. It was a call from the kindergarten principal. Concerned, she answered promptly, "Hello. Is something the matter?"

The principal's voice sounded rather anxious. "Could you please come to the kindergarten right now, ma'am? Joey beat up another boy, and their parents insist on meeting you!"

"What?!" Corinne stood up abruptly. It was hard for her to believe that the well-behaved Joey would resort to violence. After a moment, she composed herself and said, "I'll be there right away!" After ending the call, Corinne left hastily without explaining anything to Jason.

"Where are you going, Corinne? Did something happen?" Jason got up to follow her after sensing that something was amiss. However, the wait staff stopped him and asked him to foot the bill. By the time he left, Corinne was nowhere to be seen.

Joey as he had always been an obedient, mature, sensible, and friendly kid. The notion that he would hit someone without rhyme or reason was

might have believed it if such a thing happened to Bryan, so she suspected that Joey might have retaliated after being bullied. She rushed

there in a

vehemently apologizing to the parents of the other child, but it seemed as

supervised? How could you

of its excellent reputation,

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