chapter 78

Everybody's gaze landed on Lucy.Mrs. Bailey found her and stomped to her side angrily.Before anybody could stop her, her palm already landed on her cheek, resounding a loud slap.Everybody took a sharp gasp. Lucy's head tilted to the side. The burning pain in her cheek made her eyes water. She was too shocked to say anything."Lucy!"Molly was horrified as she just saw what happened. She rushed to her side and saw her cheek turning red.She glared at Mrs. Bailey. "Are you nuts? How dare you hit my friend?"The principal was just as furious. "Mrs. Bailey! Don't forget that this is my college campus. You cannot be violent towards any of my students!"Mrs. Bailey shouted. "My daughter is missing and you expect me to be calm? If anything then this girl is responsible! She is the only one who could have a grudge against my Jie."She tightly grabbed Lucy's arm, making her yelp in pain. "Tell me! Where is Jie? What did you do to her?"Mr. Bailey towered over her. "If anything happens to my Laura, then you are dead! It's in your best interests that you come out with the truth!"The principal shook off Mrs. Bailey's hand. "Enough! If you would be any more violent here, I will call the police! I understand your pain, but that doesn't give you the license to cross your limits!"Molly gritted her teeth. "You two oldies have lost it.""Hah! Of course, you would say that!"Lucy clenched her fist and shot a deadly glare at them with her tearful eyes, feeling wronged. "You know, I was feeling horrible for you two for going through this. But chuck that out! How could you slap me? How could you blame without any evidence? Did anybody see me with Laura ? Did anybody see me harm her?"Mrs. Bailey flared in anger. "Who else could it be than you? Laura was just having some harmless fun but-""Harmless?" Lucy snapped and cut her off. "She spread rumors about me, triggered the students to mock and bully me, she was embarrassing me in front of the whole college and you call this harmless? I don't care what others think about me, but if it had been any other student, do you know how it could have seriously hurt her? You are just shrugging it off as some harmless fun? You should be ashamed of yourself!"