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“Hello, Mr. Stirling, this is Harper’s teacher” My face lit up with surprise when I heard the voice but what threw me off was the panic and urgency in her voice. Was everything okay?

While enrolling Harper, Safiya and I had given our contacts to the school management including Harper’s class teacher and if I recall correctly, we had hers as well so why was this an unknown number?

My heart raced with many thoughts and questions within just a second as I remained rooted without saying a word in response to her introduction.

uld feel her “Harper’s teacher?” I heard Safiya behind me and I getting tensed. Shoot, I had mistakenly placed the call on speaker.

“Mr. Stirling, are you there?” The lady’s voice pulled back my attention and I nodded as though she could see me

“Yes, is there any problem?” I asked, my heart thumping in my ribcage. I hope my baby girl wasn’t in trouble because that’s what it seemed to be.

“S.. sir, there was an accident over here. Your daughter was pushed down the stairs while playing and she’s currently in the infirmary”

My heart sank to the bottom of my chest and I swallowed, “What?”

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“Your presence is required, sir. Please come soon” She ended the call before I could say another word.

I stared at the device, shaken, inwardly writhing in pain. My whole body went numb and I stood frozen. I came out of reverie when I felt my phone drop to my foot.

“W… What did she just say?” Safiya stammered as she rushed to my side, she had been crying earlier but now it was worse, and for the right reason. A part of me was glad she cared for our daughter.

Amidst the feeling of appreciation for her concern, I was scared for my daughter, what condition was she in at the moment?

Stay here, Safiya. Get some rest, I’ll go to Harper” I told her and. dashed out of the room but she followed. I could hear her footsteps close to me as she ran down the stairs. ad to stop and take her hand to guide her to the car. She was panting already.

When we got into the car, I drove out of the house roughly, and through the drive, I didn’t mind how many rules I had broken as long as we could make it to Harper as soon as possible. While I was trying hard not to think of how badly I would destroy the school if anything happened to my child, Safiya was in tears, inconsolable.

I tried consoling her but she wouldn’t stop so I let her be knowing that I also felt like wailing but was only holding back for whatever reasons.

Upon reaching the school, we jumped out of the car heading toward the building in search of the infirmary. When we got there, we spotted Harper on the first bed beside the door with a

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bandage wrapped around her head.

Safiya jumped to her side at once, crying harder now. Seeing my daughter lying there, pale and quiet made me want to punch something. Anything.

How careless could they be?

Tears threatened to spill from my eyes and I blinked them back, biting my lips so hard that I almost drew blood.

The teacher whom I presumed was the one who called, came running into the room after us, panting.

“What exactly happened?” I demanded angrily and she gulped, panic washing over her features.

“She was playing with a pupil when she fell down the stairs, Mr. Stirling. It was an accident. In an attempt to save her from falling, another pupil also got injured” She recounted, choosing her words carefully as she could still sense my anger.

However, after her explanation, I was left speechless. I knew accidents were common with kids at school but this was too much for me to take in. Then another pupil getting hurt because of my daughter, made me overwhelmed with emotions. Just how much purer could kids get, even during such a situation, a child tried to save her.

Loosening up from my uptight and angry expression, I

requested her for the kid, even though he or she didn’t succeed in the quest to save Harper, they tried and also got a scar for that.

“Sir, he’s right here. It was a bad fall” She said, her voice calm

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and surprisingly collected.

She pointed to the bed behind me and when my eyes fell on the child lying on it, my heart almost jumped out of my chest and this time, the tears I had tried so hard to contain came falling out of my eyes. It was Francisco. My son.

Oh my goodness!

How bad could this day get for me?

Two of my kids were lying side by side, both in pain. To think he tried to save his sister.

I didn’t know how to react, my bones felt weak and frozen. I wiped my tears as the teacher rounded to tuck him in properly.

“He must be the one who pushed my daughter. Stop making up stories, I know he did it!” Safiya’s tearful yet shrill

ice reverberated through the room. I gasped, she was accusing my

son.

How cold could she be to the reality here? Why would Cisco take the risk of harming someone else?

He wouldn’t even think to harm Harper in the first place. They were friends. He probably had run to her aid to save his friend.

“Safiya stop it” I turned to a tearful Safiya, she was cradling Harper in her arms.

“What do you mean, Kaiden? Can’t you see, that boy pushed our daughter off the stairs? I just know it!” She persisted with her accusations and I exhaled tiredly, she was worried, I get it but was there any need to cause a scene?

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I knew she only wanted to spite Freda before me but she had no idea that he was my son and I wouldn’t believe her words even if it were another child over there instead of Cisco.

“I think you’re mistaken, Mrs. Stirling. Fransisco didn’t push Harper off the stairs, he was actually attempting to save her but fell along in the process” The teacher explained, “Fransisco is a good kid, he would never try to harm anyone for any reason”