Chapter 778

"I..."

"Mrs. Cornell, just be quiet!"

The principal knew this couldn't be smoothed over and looked at Mrs. Cornell with disappointment.

"Principal, Paul—"

"Save it. The police will uncover the truth."

"No wonder whenever parents asked to see security footage, we only saw it the first time," Jasmine's mother said angrily. "Every other time, you claimed the cameras were unplugged. You were destroying evidence."

"Children learn from example. Paul learned bad behavior from Ian! This is the only time he did anything wrong!"

Mrs. Cornell thought there was no evidence of Paul's previous misdeeds.

"You bought Paul a hamster," I said.

"No... no, I didn't," Mrs. Cornell stammered.

"Stop lying!" Jasmine's mother glared at her. "Do you keep frogs and mice at home too?"

"Who would keep those as pets?"

"So Paul caught them outside? A child might catch frogs, but mice would be harder. Do you have mouse traps at home?"

"Denying it won't help," said Jasmine's mother. "The police will be he