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“Don’t talk to my son like that,” Mr Watcher retorted, puffing up.

“Someone needs to! Hamilton, what names?”

“Cripple, freak, gimp, I don’t know what gimp means, but it must be bad, humpback, and other stuff. Maci began to cry, and one of her mates came to get me. When I got there, he was stabbing Maci in the back with a drawing compass and hurting her.

“Her friends were trying to stop them, and Toby smacked two of them and knocked them down. So, I knocked him down and punched him hard. Nobody hurts my sister, and you shouldn’t ever hurt girls. Only pussies hit girls!” Hamilton stated with a sneer.

“What vile lies! What do you teach your children?” Mrs Watcher sneered in return.

“Maci, let Mommy see your back,” I said.

Maci leant forward, and I peered down her top. My lips tightened when I saw the drops of blood on her tee.

“I think you better call the school nurse now. Maci has been harmed,” I stated.

“What?” Mr Kane cried.

“Maci is bleeding and has been stabbed. I want the police called. My daughter has been assaulted. Have those other children been spoken to?” I snapped.

“My son wouldn’t have done that!” Mrs Watcher shrieked.

“Lie,” Maci said, her face white.

The door blew open, and I gaped as Soul appeared. His expression was as black as thunder as he stormed in.

“Did I just hear you say Maci’s been stabbed?” he growled out.

“Soul!” Maci cried.

“Who the hell are you?” Mr Watcher demanded.

“I’ve called the police!” Mrs Knight cried.

“Good. Because they can arrest that brat for common assault!” I yelled, losing my control.

Lindy reached out, held my wrist, and grounded me again.

“Call those other kids in right now and pull the CCTV footage,” Lindy ordered.

“Your son assaulted my boy!” Mr Watcher shouted.

“Your asshole kid insulted my daughter, calling her names, stabbed her with a sharp item and then hit several other children. You’re damn lucky I’m not telling Hamilton to beat him to a bloody pulp!” I snapped.

“Are you really this fuckin’ inept?” Lindy demanded of Mr Kane.

“Babe, you need to get Maci to the hospital. Take a look at this,” Soul said.

Maci was shaking as Soul rolled her top up. I blanched at how deep some of those wounds were.

“Call an ambulance, Lindy,” Soul ordered.

Sirens wailed in the car park as officers arrived.

This was now a bona fide shit show.

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Within ten minutes of the police arriving, the other children Toby had punched were being interviewed, and an ambulance was on its way. Soul stayed with Maci the whole time, as he called Slasher and asked him to meet us. Maci hadn’t been in pain because Ham had been blocking her. But now she was shaking, pale, and scared.

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