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“Sarah, I’ll sign.”
Mark wiped the tears from his eyes and
signed the papers. “Just, please, stop.”
I pushed down my anger.
Even if I hated him, I couldn’t start a fight at
the hospital. I had other things to do and I
wouldn’t let these two get to me.
That afternoon, I put on black, held up a
picture of Lily, and went to the front of his
school. I held up a sign with her smiling face
and read out her story.
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“I’m calling out the principal and Mark, who is
a teacher at this school, for abusing and
verbally attacking my daughter to death.”
I had seen so many parents like me on the
internet. I never thought that I would become
one of them.
And my oppressor was the father of my child.
How sad and ridiculous.
Even though it was winter break, I still
managed to draw a crowd.
With the cameras and the lights on me, I got
on my knees, repeating my story over and
over.
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“Mark abused and berated my daughter
because she was dropping in the ranks. He
forced her to go to the old equipment room.
When she had a heart attack and begged for
help, he told her to go die!”
The crowd gasped, and Mark showed up,
face pale, yelling, “Are you trying to die! Are
you insane? You know how much this is
gonna affect me?!”
I said that I wasn’t insane, that I just wanted
justice.
I wanted justice for Lily!
The crowd was getting bigger, and the school
principal had to ask me to come to his office.
He said that, even though this happened on.
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campus, it was a later punismny mis Chiu
and not a teacher abusing his student. He
decided to suspend Mark.
Mark went crazy, yelling at me and saying
that I ruined him.
I stayed silent. I posted a video about my
daughter’s death and paid for the promotion.
This is just the start, Mark.
The video went viral, with countless shares
and comments.
Mark made a statement, saying that my
daughter died in an accident, and as a
teacher, it was his duty to help the needy
students. He was saying that I was trying to
twist the story.
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He made himself sound like a responsible
teacher, and that I was a heartless wife. He
said I abused my daughter, had an affair with
a colleague, stole money from my workplace,
and gambled.
He also warned me that there was a God who
saw all. He said that I need to have a clear
conscience and not do evil things.
Even Jake was on video, praising Mark and
saying that he never hit the students. When I
was mentioned, he went behind Beth, crying,
asking me to stop hurting Mark.
Mark was popular with the students, so the
public was quick to jump to his defense. They
cursed at me for being heartless and
scheming to ruin my own husband.
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I stayed silent, letting them believe my story.
When they started to find my address and
workplace, I released the recording on Lily’s
smartwatch.
Her cries broke everyone’s heart. I would
listen to it over and over again.
Yes, there is a God who sees all.
