"I already told you that you'd pay ten times over for what you've done. I'm giving you one last chance. Apologize to me and my daughter. Otherwise, in ten minutes, every single person here is going to deeply regret coming to this little gathering."
Finally, I fixed my stare on the teacher who had watched the entire thing without lifting a finger.
"This is exactly how you stood by when my daughter was being tormented at school, isn't it?"
Ursula scoffed.
"Playing the victim? When you were busy destroying someone else's family, did you ever stop to think that Owen is only six years old?"
"Someone like you has no right to point fingers at anyone."
With the teacher leading the charge, the other parents grew bolder, some even clapping in agreement.
"The teacher's already spoken. What are you still doing here, making a scene? Does anyone here actually want their kid in the same school as some illegitimate child?"
"Throw them both out! Let everybody see what happens when you wreck a family!"
Maria toyed with the gemstone necklace she'd just snatched, her tone dripping with arrogance.