“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 awyer and file a


    comint," warned Luca with a serious tone. Who could ept 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 awyer 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 awyer, 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 ss has ended. Please bring Ashley and


    the other ssmates who witnessed the incident here. Let''s see what really happened."


    Mrs. Tuffey nodded. She had no choice but to ask the students toe here. Otherwise, this was


    never going to end.


    "Mrs. Hudson, calm down. I''ll go ask the kids toe 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 ssroom. They saw what had happened. Ashley, go ahead."


    Ashley nced 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 nced 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 ssroom 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."N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    "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.


    "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 ss and get ready


    to attend the next lesson, right?"


    "Of course." Mrs. Tuffey nodded and said to the kids, "Back to ss."


    The kids immediately walked out of the office.


    Luca stroked Tommy''s face and said, "Off you go. Stay focused in ss."


    "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 used of lying when she initially had the upper hand.


    She picked up her bag and walked out of the office.


    Luca noticed that Mrs. Hudson was carrying an Hermes bag.


    She was someone who could afford to carry a designer bag, but she had such bad behavior. After Luca


    watched her leave, she turned to look at Mrs. Tuffey again.


    Mrs. Tuffey apologized, “It happened so suddenly. I''m sorry for wasting your time."


    “Mrs. Tuffey." Luca paused for a moment and continued, "I''d like you to do me a favor."


    "I''ll be d to help." Mrs. Tuffey knew she was in the wrong too.


    She did not ask the other students about the incident earlier due to the time and asion, which


    caused Tommy to be wronged.


    "I''d like to know about Mrs. Hudson''s personal information. It doesn''t have to be in detail. I only want to


    know her name and address," said Luca.


    "Are you..." Mrs. Tuffey paused for a moment. Was Luca making a move?


    If the principal found out that Mrs. Tuffey had failed to deal with the matter, it might make it hard for her


    to exin things to him.


    "Don''t worry. I''m not nning to do anything harmful to her. I''m taking legal action against her to make


    her take responsibility after refusing to apologize to Tommy," replied Luca calmly. She had the


    conversation recorded on her phone, and she was not afraid of losing.


    Mrs. Tuffey smiled and said, "Ms. Luca, about this, Mrs. Hudson is indeed in the wrong. And I didn''t


    handle it well. But there''s no need to take legal action against her. You''ll still have to meet her in the


    future. Falling out with each other might not be a good idea."


    "Tommy will remember what she said to him a moment ago. A child''s heart is fragile. Mrs. Tuffey, I


    need to do something for him. Otherwise, the child won''t dare to stand up for what''s right and will


    be an obsequious child. What should I do then?" asked Luca. She deliberately made it sound


    serious.


    Even though it was unlikely that Tommy would be affected by the incident, it was something he would


    remember for the rest of his life.


    "Kids remember everything now. How much impact will this incident have on him?" asked Luca.


    “Well." Mrs. Tuffey frowned.