Chapter 78

“Fine, whatever. If you don’t want to, that’s your choice. I’m not forcing you, so just let go of me p>

Molly stepped in, pulling Cindy back. “Cindy, stay away. You don’t want to get caught up in this p>

Honestly, Molly couldn’t help but judge the guy. Someone his size, getting pinned and beaten by two girls on the cafeteria floor? What a joke.

Cindy hesitated, not ready to walk away. “But if a teacher comes, Claire’s definitely going to get in trouble p>

Molly rolled her eyes. “Why do you even care about her p>

Claire used to be untouchable. She never fought with anyone before, but now it seemed like she had lost her shine. Nobody used to dare say anything rude to her face.

“But Cindy started, still torn.

The boy was really getting worked over by Claire and her friend, and Cindy started to worry. “Claire, you guys should stop. What if you seriously hurt him? You could get sent to jail p>

Jail? Really? Claire shot Cindy a look.

Right at that moment, a teacher who was supervising the cafeteria rushed over after hearing the shouting. “Stop right there! What’s going on p>

Claire and Sophia immediately let go of the boy. Sophia’s eyes filled with tears instantly. “Teacher, you’re finally here. He was bullying us p>

Claire nodded, backing her up. “Yeah, he was picking on us p>

The teacher looked like he was about to lose it. “Don’t try to fool me. I saw you two holding him down and beating him up p>

“If he wasn’t picking on us, would we have even touched him?” Sophia fired back. Claire nodded again. “Seriously, sir, we just came here to eat. We weren’t looking for a fight p>

Oh, so they were going to make themselves sound like the victims now?

“Teacher, those two bitches hit me!” the boy suddenly wailed, tears streaming down his face. He had to be at least two hundred pounds, but now he was sobbing like a kid.

Claire and Sophia’s faces darkened when they heard him cursing. Sophia kicked him again, not caring that the teacher was watching “See, sir? Did you hear that? He’s the one with the foul mouth p>

“If he didn’t talk like that, why would we even bother with him? We’re not going around beating up random people p>

“And look at him. He’s huge. How are two girls supposed to take down a guy like that?” Sophia added.

“He’s just pretending to be the victim,” Claire said, her tone flat.

The teacher wasn’t stupid. It was obvious the boy was in the wrong, running his mouth like that. But the girls shouldn’t have gotten physical either And as for two girls not being able to handle him? Maybe that would be true for others, but not Sophia. She had a reputation. Last time someone ticked her off in the cafeteria, she dumped a whole bowl of leftovers over their head.

“Alright, what really happened? Tell me the truth. There are cameras in here, so don’t even think about lying p>

“Sir, our food just got here. Can we at least eat while we explain?” Claire raised her hand, trying to stay calm.

The teacher looked about ready to explode. Was she seriously asking to eat right now?

“Yeah, sir, we’re starving. Unlike him. He’s eaten enough for three people and now he’s just looking for trouble,” Sophia said, pointing to the boy, who was still struggling to get up.

“Fine. You can eat. But with him looking like that, I have to call your parents.” That actually got their attention.

Sophia’s parents had warned her so many times not to get into fightszat school She’d already been in trouble more than once And Claire who Would the school even call for her? Her grandma?

“Sir, do you really have to?” Claire asked.

“I’ll take care of his medical bills if it comes to that p>

“You can check the cameras, too. You’ll see exactly what happened. He started it.

He was the one provoking us p>

“He’s just a jerk,” Sophia muttered.

The boy tried to defend himself. “I didn’t do anything! I was just trying to help Claire, and they attacked me p>