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From Kindergarten Scam to National-Level Payback Chapter 10
Most of the parents also ended up with criminal records. Jay received the harshest sentence—eight years in prison.In the aftermath of this case, a statewide campaign was rolled out to reinforce professional ethics among educators, along with rigorous inspections targeting any teacher misconduct.A television crew came and requested an interview with me.I didn't want to accept at first, but Ms. Durham advised me to put an end to any future trouble once and for all."Too many people are involved in this case. There are bound to be some who'll want to stir up trouble again, so to ensure some peace and quiet going forward, I suggest you clear your name publicly."I thought about it and figured Ms. Durham had a point, so I agreed to an exclusive interview.The day the reporter, Pauline Gardner, came, I showed her around the orchard.The pear trees were over 300 years old, their trunks so thick that it took two people to wrap their arms around them. Overhead, their canopy stretched
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After leaving the law firm, I headed straight to the Education Bureau.They thought they could walk all over me, that I wouldn't have the guts to fight back. So, they kept pushing their luck.Well, today I was going to put my foot down and make every last one of them pay.Once I had organized all the documentation of what Mr. Dugan had done, the staff at the Education Bureau gave me an immediate response."Mr. Miller, if what you've reported is verified to be true, then Mr. Dugan has committed a serious violation of our code of ethics for teaching professionals. We will launch an investigation right away."I supplemented a few more pieces of evidence before leaving.In the evening, I went to a newly selected kindergarten to complete the transfer procedures. Although it was a bit farther from home, it was a public kindergarten with an excellent reputation.The principal who received me was a gentle woman in her 40s, Rosemarie Knapp. After listening to my brief explanation, she sm
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"Your son won't have a good ending either! Karma will come for him sooner or later!"When I read the last one, I finally couldn't hold it in anymore.I could take people insulting me, but I could never accept anyone cursing Stanley.I turned on my laptop and started organizing all the evidence. I sorted through every last piece—from Mr. Dugan's first private message to me, through the parents' slander and personal attacks, right down to Mr. Dugan's veiled threats about making things difficult for Stanley.I also wrote out in detail everything Stanley had experienced at the kindergarten. When the time came, all they would need to do was pull up the surveillance footage, and the truth would speak for itself.Finally, I opened a folder that had been gathering dust for a long time. Inside was Carmen's dossier.She had made outstanding contributions in high-altitude agriculture and had been awarded the title of National Outstanding Agricultural Worker, so she didn't deserve to be mali
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"Why did you have to call the police and get people arrested? It was just a few pears!""What's going to happen to Mr. Dugan if he ends up with a criminal record? Our kids still want him as their teacher. Don't you get it? You're destroying a man's future!""Don't you know the law doesn't apply to a crowd? With so many parents involved, do you really think the police will actually arrest us?"I hung up call after call and finally just turned off my phone altogether.But online, the public outcry was already starting to brew.Someone had posted about the incident on a local forum, but the angle had been completely twisted."A certain Green Jewel farmer maliciously jacked up prices and refused reasonable purchase offers, resulting in multiple parents being arrested. For the sake of a few pears, he got the parents of over a dozen children thrown in jail. He's just a fruit seller—did he really have to be so ruthless?"The comments under the post were overwhelmingly one-sided."Peop
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Mom called soon after. She was quite familiar with several state officials, so she must have heard about what had happened here."Douglas, are you alright? I'll be there soon!" she said urgently."I'm fine, but some of the pears were damaged," I said with a sigh.Not long after, Mom pulled up at the scene.She was nearly 60 years old now. Years of working out in the orchard had left her skin sun-darkened and weathered—she looked just like an ordinary old farmer.And that was exactly why Mr. Dugan and the others had dared to act so brazenly.In reality, though, Mom had worked for over 30 years at the State Department of Agriculture. Her orchard held the status of state-level model farm and had long maintained a working relationship with government agencies."Officers, even if these pears are meant for some state banquet, you can't treat us like this."Some of the parents began to voice their dissatisfaction."Yeah, we didn't know they were for a state banquet, and Douglas never
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When they saw the row of black SUVs, the parents who had just been frantically looting the pears froze in place, completely at a loss.At the very front stood a gray-haired official, radiating an authority so natural it required neither anger nor volume to make itself felt."Every single one of these pears has a serial number, weight, and Brix reading on file. Do you have any clue the kind of liability you'd be facing if you damaged so much as one pear?"Julie Lockwood, the governor of Queenton, was absolutely livid.The staff behind her immediately stepped forward to begin inspections.The parents across from them had gone completely pale, especially Mr. Dugan, who was even subconsciously shrinking back into the crowd."No one is allowed to leave! Everyone is to submit to the investigation!"The officers who got out of the police cars barked into their radios, ordering all the parents to stand together.The parents who had been so brazen just moments before now looked utterly
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