Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 48

Marcus Bishop’s P.O.V.

I looked around at everyone present in the room who was waiting for me to finish what I wanted to say. I got a call from Kevin last evening and he asked me to meet him. I had a tight schedule last evening, so I asked him to meet me today in the evening in the club. I felt that he had something to tell me but I didn’t imagine that it was this serious. Later, I got a message from the vice president of the disciplinary committee about this meeting today. I should have met Kevin yesterday. The embarrassment which I got today due to Sia’s wrongdoing was something that I never expected, not even in my dreams. I was shocked when I came to know that she already had a boyfriend when she asked me to pressure that Knight’s son to date her. What was wrong with my daughter? Why did she want to date another boy when she already had a boyfriend?

“We should talk to the legal guardians of Violet Parker first before deciding the punishment for these boys whether they want to proceed legally in this case or trust us for punishment”, I paused again as there was a murmur in the room once again. Mrs Parker once again stood up, getting the attention of everyone. “I talked with her guardians yesterday evening. They are angry but don’t want to file a case. They said that it’s no use as these boys will escape the lawsuit easily by using their parents’ influence and then they will make their girl’s life hell in the school which is already hell here”, she told us in a taunting tone what Violet’s guardian’s said to her. The bitterness on her face was clearly evident.

I pursed my lips into a thin line and looked straight at her this time. “They trust us on this matter and requested to do something to save another Violet here”, she finished what she wanted to tell us and then sat down again. The matter was more severe than I anticipated. I saw the boys taking a breath of relief and so did their parents. It was clear to me that Violet’s guardians were right about the lawsuit. “What do you want, Mrs Parker? Your son is also injured”, I asked her as a parent now. She glared at those boys who went pale again. They could deal with Violet because she was not rich and influential, but they couldn’t deal with Parker’s. “If the committee fails to give them a proper punishment then I will go for the lawsuit for both my son and Violet”, she said in a firm tone and I nodded understanding her point here.

“They are still children, Mrs Parker… any sort of punishment will ruin their lives”, suddenly one of the parents spoke in a worried tone. Mrs Parker snapped her head towards that lady in disbelief. I was also surprised to hear that lady. Was she real? These boys beat that girl mercilessly as if they wanted to kill her and she was saying that they are still children? Mrs Parker was about to stand up once again when I raised my hand to stop her. She stared at me for a few seconds but stayed in her seat. “The way they were beating them didn’t show that they are still children, Mrs Lesley. I am sorry to say, but I don’t agree with you”, I answered that lady. She frowned but didn’t say anything again.

“We already have enough discussion before I came, haven’t we?” I asked everyone and they all lowered their heads at once. I took a deep breath once again and then looked at Kevin and Mr Johnson before looking back at the others once again. I took a deep breath once again and then spoke again. “The presence of these boys in the school will be a threat to Violet Carter as she was their main target and a subject of constant bullying. It doesn’t matter whether she is a scholarship student or a paid student. She is our responsibility here. We have to take a decision which should be justice for that girl and also a lesson to these boys and other bullies that they are not invincible and they have to pay for their bad deeds. They are our future and we can’t let them walk the wrong path”, I paused again and most of the parents present here nodded in agreement.

“What do you want to do with them, then?” Mrs Lesley asked me in a nervous tone. “This is clear that this boy David (I pointed towards the main culprit of this whole chaos) was provoked by someone else, but he acted at his own will there and others who joined him also had the option not to get involved but they chose to beat them with David. They are mature enough to differentiate between good and bad and also can take a decision on their own. We have to discuss so many points before finalizing the punishment for them. So, I proposed the other meeting in the next two days. In the meantime, we will go through every detail and person involved in this incident including my daughter, Sia Bishop”, I answered her in a calm but firm tone and paused again while looking at those boys.

I noticed that they all went pale as soon as I took Sia’s name, especially David. “These boys will not attend the school until we decide their punishment and will take classes online so that they would not stay behind in their studies”, I announced while looking at everyone with a stern face. I could see that they were not happy with what I said. “We have a match to play coming Monday”, one of the boys spoke in a meek tone and I narrowed my eyes at him. He was looking so nervous and he immediately lowered his eyes in fear. I looked at Kevin and he nodded to confirm that the boy was telling the truth. “Okay… then they will come to school only in the morning to practice their game and Mrs Stammers and Mrs Stone will keep their eyes on them. They are not allowed to meet any other student at that time. We will decide their future in their team later with their punishment”, I announced my decision and stood up. I didn’t have time and will to listen to their argument anymore. I had enough already. Mrs Parker stood up with me and I signalled her to meet me outside. She was not happy with my decision that I could tell but I had to take care of so many things before deciding the punishment for those boys.

I walked out of the room with Kevin and Mr Johnson. “What the hell is going on in this school, Mr Johnson?” I yelled aloud right after exiting the room making him startled. “I… I…I”, he stuttered hard and I glared at him coldly. “Let’s talk in his room”, Kevin immediately interrupted us and I stormed towards the principal room. I couldn’t believe that Sia was involved in this incident indirectly. She was the one who asked to beat a girl like this. “I want to see the security footage of the last five days”, I demanded while walking ahead of them. “Yes, Mr Bishop”, I heard Mr Johnson’s meek voice behind me. We needed to change the principal first.

I went straight to his room and sat down on a chair on the other side of his chair. Kevin stayed standing behind me. Mr Johnson immediately went to his seat and opened his laptop. We heard a knock on the door and I remembered that I asked Mrs Parker to meet me. Kevin went to open the door and Mrs Parker came inside. “Give us some time. I need to talk with her”, I requested Kevin and Mr Johnson in a calm tone this time. They immediately nodded and walked out of the room while Mrs Parker took another chair on the other side of the table. I wanted to know about the condition of that girl from her and why her guardians were so hostile.

“What do you want, Mrs Parker?” I asked her in a calm tone and she raised her brows at me. “If I am not wrong then the boy who tried to protect that girl is your son, right?” I asked her in a light but serious tone. “Yes, you are right. But I am more concerned about Violet here. They touched my boy only on the heat of the moment or else they don’t have the courage to touch my boy”, she said in a confident tone and I just admired her confidence in her son. “The thing is”, she paused and took a deep breath.

“Violet is a subject of constant bullying in school. She is bullied by almost all the student who belongs to an influential family including my son”, she paused again and I was really surprised that she admitted her son’s mistake so boldly. “I talked with her guardian. She is really disappointed and worried for her niece. She told me that Violet never complained about being bullied but the last incident in the girls’ locker room put her life in danger and it was Mrs Stone who told her about the incident because she was also hospitalized for a day at that time”, she told me everything truthfully.

To be honest, I was really disappointed with school management right now. They had all the right to stop these events but they did nothing and their silence was the main cause behind all these incidents because it encouraged the students in the wrong way. “Is she alright?” I asked her in a concerned tone and she sighed aloud. She took her phone out of her bag and then did something with her phone. “You can see by yourself”, she said and then raised her phone towards me. I took her phone from her hand and looked at the screen. My eyes widened in shock when I saw red and purple circles on that girl’s body.

“There are more”, she said and I swiped the screen for another photo. I felt that someone knocked the whole air out of my lungs while looking at those photographs. “Luckily there is no fracture but muscle rupturing in all these areas. She was unconscious when I took these photographs in the presence of the doctor and nurses. I wanted to show them to everyone but couldn’t do this is a matter of her privacy too but I can show these to you because I trust you”. She told me everything and also the reason why she didn’t show these photographs during the meeting.

“I agreed with your decision, Mrs Parker, but the question about what you want now is still in its place”. I gave the phone back to her and looked at her with a serious expression. She was in touch with her guardians and she was also the one who was genuinely concerned and defensive about that girl.“I want justice for Violet and also we have to take some serious steps to prevent these kinds of incidents in the future. They needed to be controlled”, she said in a serious tone and I nodded in agreement. Now I wanted to know what my daughter was doing in school and what her role in all these incidents was.