Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 357

Chapter 357

When they tried calling back, no one picked up.

Panic spread fast. The teachers and the principal glanced toward Carter, like drowning people reaching for the nearest lifeline.

“Mr. Biggs… you can’t just leave us like this,” the principal stammered. “We-we were just following your instructions!”

Carter’s face was still shadowed from that slap. His expression was dark, sharp-edged, barely controlled. “When,” he asked coldly, “did I ever tell you to do this?”

The principal was close to tears. “But the order did come from you-or at least that’s what we were told…”

Off to the side, Kelly’s heart sank.

The principal pressed on. “It was… Nate Hendricks. He said it himself-told us directly. He’s been your friend for years. We… we’re just ordinary people. How could we possibly afford to offend someone like him… or you?”

Carter’s face turned stormy. He pulled out his phone and dialed. “Get over here. Now.”

No explanation. No room for questions. He hung up. 1

Kelly’s fingers itched toward her phone, instinct screaming to tip Nate off. But with so many eyes in the room, pulling out her phone now would be suicide. Worse, it might expose her own part in all of this.

it didn’t matter anymore. If it came out, so

idea from the start. She only… fine-tuned it

few parents, dropping careful hints to get their kids to

him. Physical fights left marks-too obvious. Too easy to

Isolation, though…?

Sometimes, the wounds it left

to say?

anyone

the perfect kind of bullying. Invisible.

never thought it would blow

The video kept rolling.

through the full confrontation, Sharon finally understood why both Theo and Matty had kept their mouths shut about

like that, openly, by a bunch

past few days. You never told us what was happening. Is

Matty didn’t pretend. Didn’t

out, you’d worry

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I’ve ever been. I don’t care if this stuff happens to me. I only care… I only

her once talking to