The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back by Juliette Vaughan

Chapter 24

The small surveillance room was so quiet that the drop of a pin could be heard. The school's burly security guards, usually a force to be reckoned with, seemed downright fragile standing in front of Dominick.

Dominick stood before the screen, arms crossed, his brow furrowed, exuding an air of authority that could make anyone feel small.

Michelle personally called up the footage from the incident and then stepped aside to let Dominic watch it. The video, although silent, offered a clear view due to the camera's perfect angle, and with only the three kids in the frame at that moment, everything was easy enough to follow.

At first, Grayson was sitting by the small pool and reading alone. Stella wasn't in the picture at all. A few seconds later, Serena appeared in the frame. She bounced to Grayson with a painting in her hand. Paisley's eyes immediately locked onto the painting. Though the camera angle was distant, she recognized it right away-it was her painting. The boy in the painting was Grayson.

That explained why Serena had approached Grayson. She knew Grayson was her brother.

Paisley felt a pang in her chest, her grip on Serena tightening slightly as she processed this revelation. The video continued to play. Serena stood about three feet from Grayson, holding up her drawing and showing it to him.

That was when Stella showed up. She shoved Serena to the ground without hesitation. The push was hard-Serena's body flew about two feet away before crashing onto the ground with a heavy thud. Paisley's heart twisted painfully as she saw the scene. She quickly ran her hands over Serena's back and hips to make sure nothing was out of place.

She then checked on Serena's hands and found her palms were dirty and covered with deep scrapes. Paisley's breath caught in her throat and she felt her heart break.

Dominick noticed Paisley's actions and also saw Serena's injuries. They were much worse than those on Grayson or Stella.

But in the video, Serena didn't cry. Despite being hurt, she got up, dusted herself off, and went back to Grayson, still trying to show him the painting.

But Stella wasn't done. She grabbed the painting from Serena's hands, ripped it up, and tossed it in the trash.

Paisley's eyes filled with tears as she watched the video. Serena ignored the filthy trash bin and reached in, trying to get her painting back, but she got nothing.

something to her, and Serena finally lost her temper. She charged at Stella

Grayson rushed over to check on Stella and got angry at Serena. He pushed her again and again until she was knocked down

to her limit. She scratched Grayson's

had thrown the first punch. Serena hadn't freaked out for no reason-she'd simply

bitter laugh. "Mr. Vanderbilt, is this what

clear that Stella had started things and had lied about it. Anxious that Dominick might be mad at her, Marissa quickly shot a sharp look at Stella and scolded, "Stella, how could you lie to us? I'm disappointed in you. I told you, lying is not what a good kid should do. "Now, look at you, you even dragged Sonny into

came to the office. Now, being seriously scolded by her aunt,

who got close to Sonny is a bad kid... You even said she's

went wide with shock, her grip on Stella tightening as she quickly cut

still upset, reluctantly muttered, "I'm

Marissa snapped, her attitude completely different from how she acted

said with sobs, "I'm

coldly, his

Marissa and refused to

Dominick said again, his voice low but

eyes squeezed shut and

inconsolable tears.

apology, she

shouldn't have bumped Stella... or scratched my

convince herself that Grayson

kids apologized to each other, Michelle and the teachers in the room all let out a collective