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    Laura shook her head, “It wasn’t me, teacher. If that camera angle doesn’t cover everything, it could have been anyone. What if someone else was there?”

    But the suspicions of her ssmates weighed on Laura as if she truly did something wrong.

    Desperately at a loss and awkward, Laura asked, “Eva, you’ve got me all wrong, haven’t you?”

    Eva continued to weep to herself without reply as if Laura were some fearsome cmities.

    Growing impatient, Laura tugged at her, “Eva, say something. I left already. Why would you say I locked you in there? Aren’t you just slinging mud at me now?”

    But with just a light touch, Eva copsed to the floor, sobbing uncontrobly.

    Her cries shocked everyone to the core.

    The girls quickly swarmed around tofort her.

    The boys looked on in surprise, pointing at Laura as they burst into loudughter, “Laura, you made her cry.”

    “Laura, you are so bad, locking a girl in the restroom.” Other boysughed at Laura.

    “We thought you were an angel, but turns out you’re a demon.” A boy said. “Demon!”

    Laura grew increasingly flustered, biting her lip fiercely, “No. It wasn’t me. I didn’t lock her up. I didn’t.”

    Janelle strode forward, angered, standing protectively in front of her, “Will you boys just stop being credulity? Our Laura is kind. She’s the best girl we have met. How could she possibly lock someone up? It’s Eva who’s lying.”

    Laura bit her lip, looking expectantly at Eva for an answer.

    Hearing this, Eva cried even harder, gasping for breath without a word.

    Sheryl couldn’t stand it and scolded, “Why are you crying? When we changed, you even told us your stomach hurt and asked for someone to stay with you. Laura stepped up to help you, how can you insult her?”

    Eva protested with tears, “I didn’t. L said she was leaving because I was taking so long, so I told her to go ahead. But when I finished, I couldn’t get out. Someone had wedged a mop on the door handle. I couldn’t

    leave.”

    Eva cried bitterly as she clung to the gym teacher’s pant leg, “Teacher, I’m not lying. I am not. Please believe

    me.”

    Laura could only feel the absurdity, “If you’re not lying. Does that mean I am?”

    Eva cried even more piteously, “Stop ming me, L. I truly realize my mistake.”

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    The teacher quicklyforted Eva, embracing her, “bIt’s /bokay. I believe you’re not lying. There must be more to the story, and I’ll look into it, OK? Don’t worry.”

    Then, turning to condemn Laura, the teacher demanded, “What exactly happened? You were the only one there, so speak up. I won’t hold it against you.”

    Laura’s mind went nk with frustration, “It wasn’t me.”

    The answer wouldn’t change no matter how many times it is asked.

    Laura felt incredibly wronged, pleading earnestly, “I’ve never done such a thing. Teacher, could you please believe me?”

    But the teacher scoffed coldly, “So Laura, did Eva lock herself up? Did she jam the door with a mop and then leap into the room by herself?”

    Laura was speechless.

    The teacher’s look of disappointment grew, “Some kids who are in good backgrounds like you think they can do anything without consequence. But I am not a teacher who bullies the weak. I demand you apologize to her right now, or I will mark this on your record. Do it.”

    Laura’s eyes widened in disbelief, “I’m not wrong. Why should I apologize?”

    Looking at Eva, Laura felt utterly let down, “I haven’t hurt you, so why should I apologize? Are you misunderstanding me, or are you deliberately trying to frame me? Have I not been good enough to you?”

    Suddenly, a boy rushed up and pushed her away, righteously dering, “Laura, you’ve gone too far. How can you speak so harshly to an injured girl? She just got trapped in the restroom because of you and you’re still being so aggressive with her.”

    Others chimed in, “Exactly, you think you can bully people around just because you are rich. Do you ignore all of us?”

    “Laura got a new little sidekick today, Janelle, right? Isn’t Janelle just hanging around her because she’s rich, acting like apdog?”

    Janelle’s eyes went wide with indignation, “You can’t nder Laura like that. What does her being wealthy have to do with my choices? If anything, Laura’s igot /ibad luck running into me.”

    Theyughed at her response, “It’s the first time we’ve heard someone pride themselves on being opportunistic. Are you proud of being a social climber?”

    Janelle puffed out her chest defiantly, “Of course, I am. And don’t say something bad about Laura in front of me. She hasn’t done anything wrong. She was trying to be nice and help Eva while Eva was tricking her.”

    “Stop!” The teacher red at Laura dismissively, “You Refused to admit wrongdoing and even had friends of questionable character. Seems like I’ve expected too much from you.”

    Laura was taken aback, “But I haven’t said anything and I haven’t even presented my evidence.”

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    The teacher challenged her, “Then present it. If you can show me, I’ll believe you.”

    She was no response.

    Eva sobs even more pitifully as she clutches at herself.

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    Losing patience, the teacher pointed to another area, “Laura, you and Janelle are disrupting the ssroom. Stand over there as punishment.”

    Laura felt a chill in her heart, knowing it was futile. No surveince recorded anything. She had no way to prove Eva’s entrapment. All she could do was look at Eva, “It was intentional, right? You wanted to frame me, didn’t you?”

    Eva kept silent with tears in her eyes.

    Laura clenched her fists and her voice began to tremble, “Janelle said you were not a good girl, and I didn’t want to believe it. When Zayn rejected you, you still wanted to be friends with me, and I truly thought you were sincere.”

    Tears streamed down her face as she spoke, “In that restroom, if I were going to hurt you, I wouldn’t have left any evidence. But the same is true for you. If you wanted to frame me, you wouldn’t have left any evidence either.”

    The teacher paused and realized.

    Eva’s eyes flickered with a fleeting panic, but she remained silent, staring steadily back.

    Wiping away a tear, Laura looked at her decisively, “This is the end, Eva. I won’t be framed by you ever again.”

    With that, Laura stood tall and turned to leave with a resolution.

    Janelle put on an air of profundity, “Remember, Eva. It is Laura’s final say on the matter.”

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