BXBX NOVEL Chapter 559 A Responsible Mother
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After yesterday\'s talk, we woke up early this morning, had breakfast, and then went to my daughter\'s high school. I decided to go inside the school with her, and greeted her friends as I did. Although I tried to look for Monica with my daughter\'s and Anna and Elisa\'s help, we couldn\'t find her, it seemed as if she either was coming late today, or wouldn\'t come to school today, which worried me.
What if that poor girl ends up doing something awful because of the bullying? Dropping the school isn\'t even the worst that could happen… I prayed to whatever gods there was out there for her safety, as the classes were soon to begin, I finally meet my daughter\'s teacher, Miss Helene.
We explained to her what was happening with my daughter and her friends help, three witnessers were enough for her to get worried about it. Despite being the main class teacher, she only taught math to the class, and she said she had never seen any strange behavior before.
"I-I\'m so sorry…" Helene apologized. "I was completely unaware that Monica was being bullied at all. During my classes, all the girls always act correctly and politely. I only thought that Monica had a hard time communicating because she was a bit of an introvert…"
"So you didn\'t knew?" I sighed. "Girls, does Monica get bullied in any class?"
"No, never during class." Anna said. "She often gets harassed in breaks."
"Yeah…" Elisa sighed. "At first I really didn\'t gave it much thought, but now that Lady Elayne has explained this properly, I\'ve come to realize this is actually very awful… Ugh, now I feel bad for Monica…"
"W-Well yeah, maybe I was seeing this too lightly myself…" Anna sighed. "Sorry about this, Elena…"
"It\'s fine, and you shouldn\'t be sorry to me…" Elena said.
"Well, no teachers watch over breaks. Usually I only see them within the cafeteria. But if this happens inside the classrooms themselves, then… it does seems possible." Helene sighed. "Our school prides itself for having a great quality for all our students… I\'ll immediately talk with the director about this to see if we can find a solution. I think putting teachers to watch over ever classroom on breaks would be ideal."
"Can\'t we just call the girls that usually bully her and reprimand them?" Asked Elena.
"Well, pointing fingers at students wouldn\'t be the best either, it would only cause more enmity between everyone." Helene explained. "We\'ll be careful for this to not happen, and if it ever happens again, please tell any professor immediately, they\'ll rush to Monica\'s help.. And, well, maybe this isn\'t something I should say but…" Helene sighed, glancing back at us.
"If this happens again… Film it, take a video of it. With that evidence, it will be easy to expulse the students bullying Monica." Helene said. "But only do it when it is too extreme… If possible, could you girls protect her? Stay around her… I know it might be hard, seeing how popular Elena is but…"
"Sure." Elena nodded. "I\'ll call her to our side."
"E-Eh? But… Ah, fine." Anna sighed, she looked slightly jealous.
"I guess it is the natural thing to do." Elisa smiled. "Nobody mess with me because they know which family I belong to anyways, so as long as Monica\'s around me, she\'ll be safe from bullying."
"You girls… Thank you for being so considerate." I sighed in relief. "I know that something can\'t be done immediately, but I\'m hoping that if these bullies persist, that they can be punished accordingly, Professor Helene."
"I will do my utmost to see them being punished if they continue their harassment." Helene nodded. "Monica is a girl that needs special care. I see talent in her, and a lot more that she often hides. Maybe if she can have friends… She\'ll be able to slowly break out of her shell." She smiled sincerely.
Like that, we did what we could. I didn\'t wanted to ruin the bullies lives either. Maybe if they stop doing it, they can redeem themselves. However, if they continue… I\'ll make sure that they pay for what they\'ve done. Young girls or not, they\'ll learn that their actions have consequences.
Too many bullies always get away with what they do, and live completely normal lives, after having ruined another person\'s life… I don\'t want to be pushed to this limit though, so… I\'ll try to give them a chance.
If they don\'t take it, there\'ll be no more chances.
Though… Look at me, worrying for a girl I\'ve never meet in person. But well, if my own daughter is so worried, I really can\'t help it. Her brave and heroic heart inspired me to do better too. I am no longer a powerless schoolgirl myself.
I am a grown adult now, I have to take responsibility, and do the things that adults can do, the things I wished anybody could had done for me when I was younger… If Rita wasn\'t there for me, I don\'t know what would had been of me.
"Thanks mom." Elena said. "I don\'t think I would had been able to do this without your help…"
"Yeah Miss Elayne, that was good! You didn\'t even let miss Elene take a break! She looked so scared!" Laughed Anna.
"I bet that if this is known by people outside the school, the reputation of it could lower a lot, which could translate to parents taking away their daughters from our school, and losing money to the school altogether." Elisa said.
"Well, I did what I could. If anything happens again, tell me right away, I\'ll do what I can to convince the professors to step in." I nodded. "Now, I\'ll be going, take care!"
"Sure, take care mom." Elena smiled. "Oh, Monica\'s here."
I quickly heard my daughter say those words, as the young Monica slowly walked to the classroom, she had long messy black hair, tired-looking eyes, and a very depressed expression in her face. She looked lost.
"Monica! Hello there." Elisa said. "Wanna sit at my side?"
"E-Eh? A-Ah… W-Wha?!" Monica immediately was left shocked.
"Let\'s get along." Elena smiled gently.
"Huh? S-S-Sure…" Monica sighed.
With a slight smile in my face, I walked back home.
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