Mr. Gerard Smith, the guidance counselor, was tapping his finger on his desk while studying the four boys standing in front of him. He was the cousin of Mr. George Smith, the Math teacher.

“So you are saying that Cade bullied you? He did that to you?” Mr. Smith reiterated.

“Yes, sir,” Arthur replied.

“What do you say, Cade?”

Cade displayed an aura above suspicion as he said, “We were walking in the same corridor when he slipped and fell to the stairs. He had a lot of food in his hands, blocking his sight,” Cade said.

“Arthur, do you have witnesses?”

Arthur became mute.

“Listen, kid. Cade had no...