Matt's mother supported her husband. "Yes!"
Corinne smirked and turned to the principal. "We should review the surveillance footage before coming to a decision. May I know where I can access that footage?"
The principal glanced embarrassedly at Corinne, and then at Matt's parents. "I..."
Matt's father snorted. "Just show us the surveillance footage, then! I'm appalled at her claims that our children were fighting when her boy was completely unharmed. Let's see if she'll come up with some other excuse after watching the footage."
Seeing as both sides had agreed to check the surveillance footage, he escorted them to the surveillance room together.
Matt had been crying anxiously in his mother's arms, and he timidly reached out to tug at the hem of his father's clothes when he heard that his father was going to see the surveillance recordings.
Thinking that Matt was still traumatized by what happened, the man patted his son's head and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Matt. We'll get justice for you. I'll make sure that bully will kneel to you and say sorry!"
He took Matt from his wife's embrace and strode to the surveillance room with the principal. Meanwhile, his wife followed right behind him.
The principal nodded and asked Matt's parents to sit in front of the monitor. He did not even bother to show Corinne the courtesy of inviting her to watch the video. With a click of a button, the video began to play.
A teacher was initially present inside the classroom, but the teacher went out to investigate a noise she heard outside. After that, the teacher returned to the classroom and instructed Joey to come to the front row and sit on a small chair to face the entire class. The teacher told the class she had to step out for a while, and she tasked Joey with reading a storybook to the class while she was out. The children all agreed obediently.
With the classroom door securely closed, the teacher left and Joey opened the storybook to begin reading. After barely one paragraph in, a large boy in the last row left his seat and snatched a butterfly hairpin from the head of a little girl in the front row. The little girl's hair was disheveled, and she burst into tears as she demanded the boy to return the hairpin.
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