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In the end, all Mom could muster was, "I thought Julia was fine…""You thought Julia was fine?" Dad crouched down and stared her straight in the eye. "When Mr. Hodge told you her condition didn't look good, you refused to believe him. When Ian told you she'd fainted, you refused to believe that, too. She was burning up. You touched her body, didn't you? It was over 104 degrees, but you still thought nothing was wrong!"You were too busy with your class instead—too preoccupied with proving that you're the most professional teacher known to man."Dad got back onto his feet, and without looking at her, he declared, "I'm hiring a lawyer. I'll let the court deal with Chelsea. As for you…"He paused for a moment. "You can give all your excuses to Julia. Let's hope she can still hear you."And with that, he walked off.…Three days later, the autopsy results were sent to the house. My cause of death was described as multiple organ failure caused by severe heat stroke, and my estimated
When a Mother Loves Her Reputation More Chapter 8
A heavy silence filled the security room. Dad was staring at the paused frame on the screen—at the piece of paper stuck under my hand that had been rustling in the wind."Rewind the footage," he said. "Play the part that showed she was writing something."The footage was rewound to 1:40 pm. This time, everyone got a good look at what happened.When my fingers moved, it was because I was reaching toward my pocket. It took me forever to pull out my pen. I made several attempts to no avail.Mom's lips trembled as she watched the screen. She suddenly remembered that it'd been right around 1:40 pm when the chalk broke in her hand three times during the fifth period.She'd been preoccupied with writing the lesson on the blackboard when her daughter was out there, less than 250 feet away from her, using the last of her strength to hold a pen.Mom remained frozen for a full five seconds before letting out her second shriek of the day, this one more anguished than the one she'd let out on
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The door to the security room opened to reveal six lit-up screens. The security footage had been rewound to noon.Officer Payne, Mr. Stuart, Mom, and also Dad, who'd rushed over after hearing the news, had all squeezed into the tiny room less than 100 square feet in size.Dad stood in the corner. He'd come straight from the company after receiving a call from Mr. Stuart. When he saw my body covered with a white cloth, he almost collapsed to the ground and had to be supported by those around him.While he didn't shed a tear, he was glaring at Mom with a burning intensity that felt hotter than the midday sun in June."You—"But he stopped there, his teeth grinding.The footage started playing. There was no audio.At 12:07 pm, Mom sent me out of the classroom as punishment. I walked to the field alone, holding the vocabulary list. By 12:15 pm, I was standing in the middle of the track, my lips moving as I started memorizing the words.It was 12:31 pm when Chelsea showed up. At 12:
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The police arrived a few minutes after the ambulance. Two police officers came out of the car and immediately cordoned off the field with police tape. The paramedics covered my body with a white cloth.Mom sat on the edge of the flowerbed beside the track, her entire body stained with melted ice cream. Her eyes remained fixed on the body beneath the sheet, never blinking.Mr. Stuart, the school principal, and Mr. Fenwick, the dean of academics, were both standing behind Mom, their expressions grave.Leaning down, Mr. Stuart tried to help Mom up. "Ms. Campbell, why don't you head inside first and—""Don't touch me." Mom's voice was almost scratchy beyond recognition.One of the police officers approached her. He crouched down to meet her at eye level and introduced himself as Officer Payne before asking, "Are you the deceased's mother?""She's not dead," Mom fired back robotically.Officer Payne paused for a moment before flipping open his notebook."I need to understand what ha
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"Ms. Campbell… she's gone."Mom heard Ms. Emery say that, but the words didn't seem to register in her head.She was still kneeling on the track, the knees now resting on top of the puddle of melted ice cream. The pink liquid had seeped into her skirt."What did you say?" She looked up at Ms. Emery. "That's impossible. She's just suffering from heatstroke. Check her pulse again."Ms. Emery's lips parted, but she didn't move."Do it!" Mom roared at her before reaching out herself to press her fingers to my neck.My head shifted slightly from the force, but nothing else happened."Stop this, Julia. You're scaring me." She started patting my face. "If you're mad at me, you can yell at me or hit me if you want. Don't just stay silent…"Her slaps made a dull, flat sound against my cold cheek. One of the students nearby started to cry. She covered her mouth and crouched on the side, her shoulders shaking.Hearing the sobbing, Mom whipped around."Why are you crying? She's not dead!
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I floated high above the track, watching as Mom walked briskly, her figure soon disappearing into the classroom building. As the door swung shut behind her, I caught her lifting a hand to hurriedly wipe at her eyes.Alas, she had no idea that I would never get to eat the ice cream she said she'd prepared for me.Mr. Hodge was the only one left on the track.He crouched beside me, hesitating for a long time. After glancing toward the students watching from the third floor, he finally dragged my body over to the base of the flagpole, where there was a small patch of shade."Just hang in there a little longer," he said to me.After taking off his cap to cover my face, he got up and walked away with the bin of basketballs.Still, the patch of shade was far too small. As the sun started to move westward, the flagpole's shadow shrank inch by inch. Ten minutes later, it was completely gone, and I was exposed to the blazing sun once again.My body was still twitching a little, the movem
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