Zoey was still at her desk in the office when she heard that Nolan had injured his forehead.

She rushed to the classroom, where she found only a few drops of blood on the floor and a child crying out of guilt so hard he was nearly hyperventilating. "Ms. March, it wasn't on purpose... I didn't mean to," he sobbed.

Seeing the child hiccupping between sobs, Zoey quickly comforted him.

"It's okay, it's okay. Don't cry. Let's go check on Nolan."

The child was still clutching a stuffed cat, his eyes rimmed red. "I wanted Ms. March's cat. I didn't see him standing behind me."

Zoey felt a tug at her heartstrings, ruffled his hair gently, and said, "The cat's yours now, let's go apologize to Nolan."

"Okay."

Holding his hand, Zoey led him to the school clinic. Through the corridor window, she could see the principal was already there.

The principal's face was twitching with anxiety, and when he saw her, he came out with a tone of accusation.

"Ms. March, what happened here? It's only the child's first day in class, and such an incident occurs. How am I supposed to explain this to Mr. Haskins?"

The two spoke outside the clinic, not wanting Fitch to overhear.

edge, afraid of

the person in charge, she had to step in. "Principal, I'll

who Nolan's guardian is. If Mr. Haskins

soured, and she covered the child's

this in front of the kids. It was an accident. These little bumps and bruises are part of childhood. Why taint their innocence with the complexities of adult life?" The principal's face was aflame with anger, thinking she didn't realize

March, go ahead

his ears covered, knew the principal was angry. Tears streamed down his face, still clutching the stuffed

waved them off. "Go and see for yourself. Sometimes it's not about being harsh, but the pressure I'm

on the clinic door, taking

nurse was carefully bandaging Nolan, blood spots on his

grim expression and feeling the tension in

voice, "Will he need o stitches?"

blood clots slower than others, so it looks a

stepped forward to grab

got a

hand trembled, and he

at him

footage. The child who bumped into you didn't mean

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