Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 608

“Kick him as hard as you want! I’ll take care of the rest!” said Alex.

Ellie turned with Oscar, frowning as she heard Alex’s arrogant voice from behind. He was leading Betty by the hand, showing her how to kick and stomp on Miles, who was still lying there.

Tm tired, Betty said, her legs aching from all the kicking. Finally, the duo stopped.

Alex squatted down and grabbed the corner of the security guard’s shirt, wiping the blood off Betty’s shoes. The teachers and security guards around them were so frightened they lay flat on the ground, pretending to be unconscious.

Alex led Betty back to Ellie, and their eyes met. Alex noticed Ellie’s swollen eyes, and without thinking, he reached out to touch her face. However, Ellie instinctively turned her head away.

“Are you guys okay?” Alex asked, feeling a sharp pain in his heart as soon as he saw her eyes.

With Alex standing guard, Ellie finally had the chance to check if the kids had any injuries. As she rolled up Oscar’s sleeve, she saw several pencil–tip marks on his arm, and her heart tightened. She hugged him and asked, “Who did this, sweetie?”

“It was my desk mate,” Oscar said, looking down. “He threw my pencil case on the ground and stepped on it. When I went to pick it up, he pushed me. I pushed him back, but he stabbed me with his pencil.

my fault and

cut in, “The teacher held him back from fighting back, so I used

She raised her voice even more, her small face puffed up in anger as she glared at the people still lying

called out, and Barry handed over

broken phone into her bag. There had been no signal in the elevator, so the video she sent Aaron probably didn’t go through.

hand over his phone when he caught a glare from Alex,

Dr. Thompson, my phone is

Ellie was speechless.

can do.” Alex slowly pulled out his phone.

each other for a moment until Ellie took a deep breath and said, “Mr. Warren,

are you asking Barry?” Alex handed over his phone

phone. Just as she hung up, the police arrived. She glanced at the time on the phone. It had been exactly

should be there within twenty minutes. Ellie understood what was going on but didn’t press the

“Excuse me, I called the police twenty–five minutes ago. Why did it take so long for you

arrive?”