Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 129

Ethan’s P.O.V.

Noah texted me, telling me that they went to Violet’s home instead of his home as she had some work there to finish. I was glad that Violet was not here. I was sitting with my parents in our living room where Violet’s mother, Mrs. Nathalie Westfield and his second husband, Mr. Harry Westfield were sitting in front of us on the other couch. To my surprise, Kyle’s father, Mr. Knight, was also present here. Later, my mother told me that Mr. Knight talked with my father yesterday, and he was about to come in the evening today to meet Violet, but my father called him in the afternoon when he got a call from Mr. Westfield. I didn’t know why fate was being so cruel to Violet. Why did her parents have to come back in her life when she was about to be happy?

“You have to understand this, Mrs. Parker. She is my daughter. I… I agree that I left her but.. at that time.. I.. I was not emotionally unstable and didn’t know what I was going to do in my life. “I know it’s difficult for her to forgive me, but I… I know she’ll be happier with me,” Mrs. Westfield tried to persuade my mother while justifying what she did to Violet. “This is not our decision to make, Mrs. Westfield, but hers. She will be 18 in two weeks, and she is the one who suggested the adoption after her birthday,” my mother replied to her in a stiff but polite tone. “Then let me talk to her,” Mrs. Westfield immediately asked in an anxious tone.

“The thing is Mrs. Westfield that we have orders from her guardian not to let you meet her. Her psychological condition became worse after her father visited her last Sunday and none of us know how she will react if she sees you here. As her mother, you should understand her medical condition. If you don’t believe us, we have all her reports, and you also can speak with her doctor,” my father replied to her this time. “Sam cannot do this to me,” she immediately refused to believe what my father told her about Sam’s order. “You can call her,” dad said to her in a calm tone while crossing his knees, and leaned back on the backrest of the couch.

She looked at her husband who was sitting silently all this time. “Can you show her reports to us, Mr. Parker?” he asked my father in a polite and respectful tone. Dad nodded and looked at me. I had her complete medical history with me right now. I stood up and gave the file to him. “Thanks, son,” he thanked me with a gentle smile. I passed a tight smile to him before going back to the previous position beside my mother. “Where is she?” my mother asked me in a hushed tone. “At her home with Noah and other boys. I will go there after they leave,” I replied to her in a hushed tone too.

“Wh… what is this?” suddenly Mr. Westfield yelled in shock and looked at us while looking at the documents. I looked at my parents who had a calm look on their faces. “This is her medical history, Mr. Westfield that we got after my wife brought her here after an incident in the school,” my father replied to him and he looked at us angrily. “She was beaten by a group of boys inside the school and got so many minor injuries all over her body?” he asked angrily, and my father nodded. “Our son was also with her at that time, and both of them were badly injured when I first met Violet, Mr. Westfield. Later, I came to know that she was constantly bullied in school, and most of the time, she was taunted for being abandoned by her parents. Ethan told me that everyone in the school, from primary to high school, made fun of her almost every day because her parents abandoned her. She.. (mom gulped hard)… she is not wanted by her parents, and so on,” she answered him in a calm tone, but her voice cracked in the end.

Mr. Westfield immediately turned his head towards her wife while looking at her angrily. “Did you know about this?” he asked her in an angry tone while showing her Violet’s medical file. She slowly shook her head negatively. “No… S.. Sam didn’t tell me anything about this,” she replied to him while lowering her head in embarrassment. “What the hell, Nathalie? Violet is your daughter, not hers. You.. you how can you be so careless towards your one child while taking a good care of another, huh?” he almost yelled at her angrily. She lowered her head, and he just stared at her angrily.

“Violet never told Sam about her being bullied or the harassment. The poor girl bottled up everything inside her. She deserted herself with no friend or companion. She… she has made a cacoon around herself to keep herself away from more hurt and pain,” my mother said to him in a cracked tone and then looked down at her lap. I knew that she had tears in her eyes right now. “You are with her in school, right?” Mr. Westfield asked me in a soft tone and I nodded. “I have been with her from middle school, Mr. Westfield, and I am ashamed of what I did but me and my friends were one of her bullies,” I told him truthfully what we did with Violet. “What?” I lowered my head when I heard my father’s voice filled with shock.

“What are you talking about, Ethan?” this was Mr. Knight. I gulped hard but didn’t look up at them. “I am telling the truth, dad, Mr. Knight. We were also among all those children who made fun of her on several occasions for being abandoned by her parents,” I told them further and there was a thick, tense silence in the room right now. “What did Kyle do with her, Ethan?” Mr. Knight asked me in a stern tone this time. I sighed and looked up. “He… he was her biggest bully after Sia, Mr. Knight, but none of us ever physically hurt her the way Sia did from time to time.” Kyle tormented her verbally and occasionally by tearing her notebooks, but he never hit her or did anything that could be considered physical abuse, as Sia had done all these years. In fact, we never let anyone else physically hurt her and often stopped Sia too,” I told him everything truthfully in a low, shameful tone.

“I am highly disappointed in you, Ethan,” I heard my father’s saying to me angrily. “I am sorry, dad,” I apologized while lowering my head shamefully. “But you were with her when she was beaten by those boys, right?” Mr. Knight asked me and I nodded. “I tried to save her, but they were eleven and we were alone at that time,” I replied to him and he gasped in shock. His eyes widened immediately. “Eleven? You.. you two were beaten by eleven boys?” Mr. Westfield asked me in a shocked tone too and I nodded. “We will talk about this later, Ethan,” my father said in a cold tone, and I knew that I was going to have an earful from him later. “I also need to talk with Kyle. How could he bully an innocent girl?” Mr. Knight muttered angrily. I looked at my mother, who had an expressionless face right now.

“This is all your fault, Nathalie. You should have taken Violet with you instead of leaving her here with her grandmother. Your first husband is a jerk, but, see… what your decision brought for her,” Mr. Westfield scolded Violet’s mother angrily. “I am sorry,” she whispered, still hanging her head low. “You have to apologize, Violet, Nathalie, not me. That… that poor child… she paid for your mistakes,” he scolded her again and then sighed aloud in disappointment. “But now I want to amend my mistakes, Harry. I …. I want to be the mother she deserves,” Violet’s mother cried this time. “I don’t know what to say to you now, Nathalie. You didn’t tell me anything about her emotional breakdown earlier. I didn’t even let you come here,” he muttered angrily, and I looked at my mother this time.

“Please… don’t do this to me. Please let me meet her. I… I am sure that I will agree her to come with me,” she pleaded to us while crying bitterly. “You are not understanding the situation, Mrs. Westfield. Violet is already on the verge of a nervous breakdown. That girl has already suffered so much. If.. if she doesn’t meet you in a good way then,” mom trailed off while breathing aloud, trying to make her understand that it was not good for Violet to meet her. “I promise that I will not force for anything. I … I just want to talk to her…. Please call her and ask her to meet me,” she still insisted while crying bitterly.

“I am sorry, but I won’t allow her to meet with Violet with her present mental condition,” Mr. Knight gave his opinion. “You have no right to stop me,” Mrs. Westfield almost yelled at him this time. “For your information, Mrs. Westfield. My son is dating Violet now. So she is related to me too, and I also have a saying in these conditions, and that’s why I am here because my son is not in the city right now,” Mr. Knight answered her in a calm tone. “What? She … she is dating someone?” she asked while widening her eyes in shock. “Yeah… she is dating Kyle,” my mother answered her in a calm tone.

“Kyle… as if the boy who is also her bully, huh?” she asked my mother and mom nodded while looking at her calmly. “No… I will not allow this. She can’t date him,” her mother said in a stern tone while wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand. “He is also the only person in her life, Mrs. Westfield, whom she trusts the most. He is the only one whom she allows to go near to her. He is the only one who can calm her down if she gets a panic attack at any time. He is her safe heaven and I don’t think that any of us will put her life at risk by asking her to leave Kyle,” my mother replied to her in the same calm tone. Mrs. Westfield looked at my mother in disbelief. “She is not your biological daughter. That’s why you can let her date her bully, but I am her mother. I can’t let him play with her life,” Mrs. Westfield taunted my mother while putting her claim on Violet again.

My mother jumped on her feet and stood up, making all of us stand up with her immediately. “Yes, I am not her biological mother, but she is more important to me than my biological son. I.. I was here when she needed a mother figure in her life. Where were you all these years when she cried? I didn’t know how many nights she lived in fear and prayed for you to come back to her, huh? Where were you when she got injuries and cried while cleaning herself alone and wished for you to come to her, huh? Where were you when she was forced to think how to pay bills and wished for you to come back to her, huh? Where were you all these years?” my mother screamed on her while taunting her aggressively. “Rose,” my father immediately wrapped his hands around her shoulders and pulled her in his embrace.

“She is also a human being, Alex. She is not at her disposal. She can’t barge in or go out of her life as she pleases,” my mother said in an angry tone. I also put my hand on her shoulder while glaring at Mrs. Westfield. “We are still not her parents, but I can take a decision on her behalf and I am not allowing her, even near her any time soon,” my mother declared her decision in a stern tone, and Mrs. Westfield stood up immediately. “Nathalie… don’t,” Mr. Westfield immediately stopped her when she was about to take a step towards my mother and held her in his embrace. “No… she can’t take decision for her. I am her mother and I will decide for her,” Mrs. Westfield wriggled in her husband’s embrace, trying to break free.

“Just like you decided to leave her behind when she needed you the most, huh?” This time it was my father, and I knew that he was now pissed. “I am also not in favor, Nathalie. Violet has had enough emotional turmoil in her life. Don’t put her life in danger,” Mr. Westfield urged his wife too in a calm tone. “Mom, and dad,” we all snapped our heads in the direction of the door and my eyes widened in shock when I saw Kyle there standing with a confused look on his face. “Kyle,” I chirped and immediately ran toward him. He put down his bag that he was holding, and we both embraced each other tightly as soon as I reached him.

“I am so happy to see you,” I whispered to him and heard him taking a deep breath. We broke the hug after a while and we both walked back to our parents. He hugged my parents first with a small smile on his lips. Mom sniffed while embracing him and he chuckled while holding her lovingly in his embrace. He then looked at his father. I smiled widely when I saw a genuine smile on his father’s face. “Kyle,” he whispered his name, and Kyle immediately went to him. They hugged each other and I saw relief and peace on his father’s face. I was really glad that his father realized his mistake and was now trying hard to mend their relationship. They broke the hug after a while and his father kissed his forehead. I looked at my parents who also had a smile on their lips right now.

“This is all your fault, Nathalie. You should have taken Violet with you instead of leaving her here with her grandmother. Your first husband is a jerk, but, see… what your decision brought for her,” Mr. Westfield scolded Violet’s mother angrily. “I am sorry,” she whispered, still hanging her head low. “You have to apologize, Violet, Nathalie, not me. That… that poor child… she paid for your mistakes,” he scolded her again and then sighed aloud in disappointment. “But now I want to amend my mistakes, Harry. I …. I want to be the mother she deserves,” Violet’s mother cried this time. “I don’t know what to say to you now, Nathalie. You didn’t tell me anything about her emotional breakdown earlier. I didn’t even let you come here,” he muttered angrily, and I looked at my mother this time.

“How are you, son? Are you tired?” his father asked him with concern and looked at his body from head to toe. “I am fine, dad… really,” Kyle answered him in a gentle tone and then looked at Mr. Westfield, and Mrs. Westfield. “She is Violet’s mother, and he is her husband,” I told him in a calm tone and I looked back at me first before looking back at them. “O… so you are Kyle… the one who bullied my daughter, huh?” her mother asked him in an accusing tone, and I rolled my eyes internally. “I don’t want to be rude with you, ma’am… I am still nothing in comparison to you, and your ex-husband,” he gave her a sassy reply and I puffed my chest proudly. “Boy… mind your tongue,” she immediately scolded him and he chuckled.

“And why would I do that, huh? I agree with you that I bullied her by taunting her or by making fun of her, but tell me… who gave us that opportunity, huh?” he asked her in a taunting tone while smirking coldly. I could see the shock on both my father and his father’s face because they really didn’t know how rude Kyle could be if he wanted to. “Look at him and his attitude… I… I can’t let her go near him,” she immediately said to her husband in an accusing tone and I just felt a headache. “And you are talking about my girlfriend, ma’am. She is everything to me, and I promise her that I will not let anyone hurt her anymore that also includes you and your ex-husband,” he spoke again in the same sassy but determined tone.

Mrs. Westfield’s eyes widened in shock as if they would come out of their sockets any time. “Kyle,” both Mr. Knight, and my father took his name in a stern tone. “What? What did I say wrong, huh? If I can’t even protect my girl from bad people, then what is the use of me to her, huh?” he asked them while moving his shoulders up and down annoyingly. I rubbed my knuckle under my nose, covering my mouth to suppress my giggle. Now that was my bad boy. “Kyle,” this was my mother now, and I sighed helplessly. “Okay, mom,” Kyle raised his hands in the air in surrender this time. He couldn’t be rude to her at any cost. “Give her number… I want to talk to her,” Mrs. Westfield demanded in a stern tone.

Both I and Kyle rubbed our foreheads while looking at her annoyingly. “Let me call you for you,” he replied to her and then he took his phone out of his pant pocket while looking at her mockingly. I looked at my mother and saw her shaking her head while looking at Kyle helplessly. He put the phone on speaker while looking at Mrs. Westfield. “Hey.. is your shoot over for today?” Violet asked her in a light tone after picking up the call after the third bell. “Wh… what are you doing?” he immediately asked her when we heard other boys yelling behind her. It seemed that they were fighting over something. “O … we were having a pizza party right now. Want to join?” she told him and also asked him in a teasing tone.

“Uhhhh… I will deal with them later,” he uttered possessively, and I bumped my shoulder into him, indicating that everyone was now witnessing his possessiveness over her. She laughed at the other side, and I saw a smile creeping on his lips too. “I… I want to ask you something, love,” he asked her in a loving tone. “What is it?” she asked him with concern this time. “If… if I ask you not to talk with your mom… will you do that for me?” he asked her in a soft but loving tone. Mrs. Westfield gasped aloud and was about to say something when Mr. Westfield stopped her. We heard her taking a deep breath. “Do you want me, not to talk with Mrs. Parker?” she asked him back in a low and soft tone. I was looking at Mrs. Westfield to see her reaction, and her eyes almost popped out of her eyes in shock. Violet considered my mother as her mother here.

“No, love… I asked about your mother, not Mrs. Parker,” he immediately answered her. “Will you let me and Parker’s to handle this matter?” he asked her again in the same loving tone. “I know that they are at Ethan’s house, Kyle. Sam called me a while ago and told me about that,” she informed him and now my eyes widened in shock this time. She was sounding calmer right now. “You know?” he asked her in surprise while looking at me and I just shrugged my shoulders, indicating that I had no idea about that. “I trust mom and dad, and you, Kyle. You told me that your father is also coming today to meet me, and I am sure that he is also there right now. I trust them and I … I know that they can handle her better than me,” she replied in a calm tone.

I smiled widely and looked at my mother. She had tears in her eyes, but the smile on her lips was enough to tell that she was happy to hear Violet’s reply. “You mean I can’t handle it well, huh?” he asked her annoyingly, and she laughed this time. “Of course, you can, Kyle, but this is something we should leave to our elders. They have more experience and wisdom than us, and, I am sure that they will decide what will be the best for me,” the trust that she showed in our parents was something that really took me off guard. This was the first time that she had been letting someone decide for her on her behalf, and I was really proud of her for taking a step toward us now. The look on my parents and Mr. Knight’s faces was worth seeing right now. “What if she insists, huh?” Kyle asked her again in a soft tone.

She didn’t speak a word but I knew that she had tears in her eyes. “I will do what our elders decide, Kyle. “If they say I should meet her, I will; if they say I shouldn’t, I won’t,” she replied this time in a cracked tone, and that was enough for me to pick up my keys from the coffee table. I looked at Kyle and he signaled me to stop. “And I have you too now, right? I … I am confident that… that I can face any trouble now if you are with me,” she then showed her trust in Kyle, and his smile went wide immediately. I laughed internally while looking at him. My girl knew when to boost his ego and she did this at the very right time. “Violet…. Honey,” suddenly Mrs. Westfield yelled in a choked tone, and we snapped our heads in her direction.