Chapter 161

The school was equipped with a signal–blocking device, so the phones had no signal.

At this moment, the police officer was able to answer the phone, and the headmaster was stunned and looked at him slightly uneasily..

Meanwhile, Paulina was fuming with rage upon hearing the officer mention a meager fifteen–day detention for Cordelia’s misconduct. “Fifteen days? That’s it?” she seethed, “My daughter can’t even step foot in school because of that brat, and this is unfair.”

The officer was still on the phone and paid her no mind.

Paulina turned to the headmaster, pleading, “Please, can’t you just overlook this one time? Merry’s really turned over a new leaf. She’s been hitting the books hard all weekend.”

The headmaster shook his head resolutely, “Rules are rules. If we let Merry stay, what message does that send? We can’t have the school upended by every rebellious student that decides to act out.”

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Shaking with anger, Paulina’s gaze landed on Merry, “Happy now? No school for you. Do you think you can just waltz off and become a streamer? Over my dead body. And Cordelia, detained for helping you escape. Is this the loyalty you brag about? Mark my words, you’ll regret dropping out when you’re flipping burgers instead of flipping pages.”

Merry clenched her fists, taking in the fear etched on her classmates‘ faces. They were all silent, all scared, just like she had been. But now, with her friend Lia facing detention for her sake, Merry could no longer hold her tongue.

“Lia didn’t make a false report,” she blurted out, the room falling silent.

Eyes turned to her, including Cordelia’s. Merry, once cowering with fear, now stood tall, wearing Cordelia’s varsity jacket like a suit of armor.

trembled but held strong. “They’d hold my head

If the school did such

Merry began, a fierce look in

A squad of armed officers burst through the door,

quite capable of fighting, would it be too much to have armed police come over?” The

to shield Cordelia, but the officers charged past, heading

teacher

toward Merry, torn between defending her

got

the network and computers, is under control, and all of the things

who now had tears brimming

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attempt to speak out. “They’ve taken nude photos of all of us,” Merry had said, a revelation that made Cordelia understand the extent of the fear that had kept

moment, Cordelia suddenly understood.

wasn’t such a weak character, after all, growing up in the Jordan

Little Parrot was just too submissive to fight back, not even daring to give her a plea for help. It

group of students didn’t

for another,

take her. She was afraid to ask for help because she had leverage over the school, but she dared to

this was what

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