“Why should I? You’re too soft! You need to stand your ground with these people; show them you’re not to be messed with, so they won’t dare extort you again.”
Just then, Elena walked up to the classroom door.
Seeing the scene in front of her, Elena immediately realized what had just happened. She stepped forward and said, “What are you causing a scene for?”
“That’s how you talk to your mother? How have I raised you? You’ve only been out of the house a few months, and now you won’t even call me as your mom anymore?”
Evelyn’s tone sharpened; she was clearly displeased by Elena’s words.
Elena ignored her and instead looked at Henry, who was clutching his face.
Seeing Henry like this, Elena quickly understood what her mother had done.
Her expression darkened. “Who gave you the right to hit one of my classmates? We could call the police for this.”
“The police? You’ve certainly grown bold!”
Evelyn grabbed Elena’s arm. “I should be asking you-where did you get the nerve? How could you be so vicious-extorting your own sister?”
Hearing her words, Elena immediately looked toward Sarah standing beside Evelyn.
She quickly realized Sarah must have told her mother that.
Sarah said, “Mom, please stop… I gave the money willingly…”
“Sarah, stop defending this sister of yours! It was the right decision for our family to cut ties with her; the Delaney family has no such daughter!”
“The keyboard was a gift from Henry. Sarah destroyed it; asking for compensation was perfectly reasonable. But since you hit Henry-well, I won’t argue with you about that; the Foster family will deal with you themselves.”
“Foster family? What kind of family raises a child like that? And now they think they can come after me? I haven’t even gone after them yet!”
Evelyn was always unreasonable.
Elena gave a cold laugh. “Good-glad you’re not afraid.”
She then walked over to Henry. “Henry, call your parents. Have someone come and deal with this.”
Henry shot a cold look at Evelyn and quickly understood what Elena meant.
Evelyn was the type to bully the weak and fear the strong.
If they didn’t push back, she would really think she could do whatever she wanted here in Haicheng.
Without another word, Henry called his parents.
After briefly explaining what had happened, he ended the call.
Evelyn was still sitting in the classroom. “Where’s the 400 dollars now? Return it immediately.”
As she spoke, she glanced pointedly at Elena.
It was clear she believed Elena had pocketed the money.
Sarah stood by, too afraid to even breathe.
The commotion in Class 6 soon reached the dean’s office.
When the dean hurried over, sure enough, he saw Evelyn again.
“Madam Evelyn, what are you causing a scene about this time?”
This wasn’t Evelyn’s first outburst at school.
The teachers had long grown tired of her.
She constantly made unreasonable demands; whenever her daughter got in trouble, she always blamed the school or the teachers.
She was truly a troublesome parent.
“I’m here because someone extorted my daughter for 400 dollars! Honestly, what kind of students are you raising? Extorting classmates for money-if I hadn’t found out, would my daughter have been bullied in silence?”
“Extortion? Impossible. Our students would never do such a thing.”
The dean wasn’t about to believe that a Class 6 student had extorted anyone.
Besides, these kids were wealthy; even if they weren’t, Class 6 students never stooped to extorting girls.
“Sarah, tell the dean-who extorted you?”
Evelyn shoved Sarah forward.
Sarah looked pale; under the dean’s gaze, she grew even paler and couldn’t get a word out.
“I…”
“Say it! Why are you stammering? I’m here to back you up-you have nothing to fear!”
Evelyn stood behind Sarah, full of confidence.
Sarah could only say weakly, “It… it was Elena. Elena extorted me for 400 dollars.”
“Elena?”
The dean looked at Elena in disbelief. “Elena, is that true?”
“Miss, the 400 dollars is correct; but it wasn’t extortion, it was compensation.”
Elena calmly took out her phone and showed the dean surveillance footage she had prepared in advance.
“It was Sarah who stole my keyboard and deliberately damaged it. The keyboard was a gift from Henry, worth exactly 400 dollars. Since Sarah destroyed it, asking for compensation was perfectly justified. In fact, I should be raising the issue of Sarah bullying and damaging someone else’s property.”
She had thrown the ball squarely back into Sarah’s court.
Sarah’s already pale face turned even paler.
“What kind of evidence is that?”
Evelyn casually tossed Elena’s phone onto the floor.
The phone had originally been in the dean’s hand; Evelyn’s action showed no regard for the dean at all.
The dean’s face turned grim as he said, “Madam Evelyn, what are you doing? How is this not evidence? Sarah deliberately damaged Elena’s personal property; it is perfectly reasonable to ask for compensation. How can you call that extortion? Are you even capable of reasoning?”
“What do you mean, unreasonable? Elena left something as valuable as an electronic wallet in her drawer; wasn’t she practically asking someone to steal it? She wanted to perform a piano piece at the New Year’s Eve party, but she’s never even learned to play the piano. If she embarrassed herself, it would reflect poorly on the Delaney family. Sarah was trying to spare the family from that shame.”
The dean was stunned by Evelyn’s logic. How could someone be this shameless?
“Teacher, Sarah’s parent just hit Henry without any cause. I want to report this to the police. Henry isn’t her child; she had no right to lay a hand on him. And even if it were her own child, a parent hitting them is still a crime.”
“You child! How can you…”
Before Evelyn could finish, the dean cut her off. “Madam Evelyn, did you lay a hand on another student?”
“I was just trying to discipline them. Isn’t it perfectly normal for adults to discipline children?”
Evelyn sneered. “He lured my daughter away; of course I had to teach him a lesson.”
“What nonsense!”
Henry was furious the moment he heard that.
Evelyn, however, spoke with conviction. “If you had nothing going on with Elena, why did you buy her an electronic keyboard? And why are you defending her like this? Don’t tell me there is nothing between you two; I will never believe that.”
“You old hag! Shut your filthy mouth!”
Henry’s face darkened as he moved toward Evelyn, but Elena stopped him just in time.
Outside the door, no one knew how long Nolan had been standing there listening. By the time everyone noticed him, his face had already grown cold and hard.
Evelyn felt extremely uncomfortable under that gaze; this was just a teenager, yet he looked at her with the composure of someone far older.
“Whether I can discipline him or not isn’t up to me; once Henry’s parents arrive, you can take it up with them.”
Elena pulled Henry to a seat nearby.
It was supposed to be morning class already, but thanks to Evelyn’s arrival, they had already wasted twenty full minutes.
Since Evelyn had assaulted someone, she had no choice but to stay and wait.
Once Nolan entered, he asked, “Did she start this?”
“Of course she did. Came in swinging before anyone could say a word. Must be menopause.”
Henry wiped the bruise at the corner of his mouth; it felt like it might have bled.
Evelyn glanced at her watch. “Are his parents coming or not? I have other things to do; I don’t have time to sit here with you all. And you better hand over that 400 dollars soon, or don’t blame me when I get a lawyer involved.”
She assumed that as an adult, she had every right to teach these kids a lesson.
The dean and the teacher on duty could only stand by the door, helpless, watching this deranged Evelyn. These days, what kind of parents are out there?
Sarah stood with her mother, utterly humiliated.
Whatever reputation she had with the teachers was now completely gone.
Moments later, footsteps echoed through the hallway. At first there were only two people, then many more followed.
A crowd of students gathered at the door of Class 6, peeking in curiously.
No one knew what was going on; why were there so many bodyguards here?
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