Chapter 301
I’m sorry, Ms. Sanford, Mr. Aaron. Please forgive us just this once.” Tim trembled as he slapped his own face repeatedly as he begged Willow for forgiveness.
Mandy looked equally distressed. “Ms. Sanford, Mr. Aaron, I was just joking earlier. We didn’t mean any
harm. Please don’t hold it against us.”
“Dad, Mom, why are you apologizing to this woman and that stupid cripple? You said you’d make them beg on their knees. You-”
Tim raised his hand as if to slap Harlan but couldn’t bring himself to do it. He could only continue
covering Harlan’s mouth.
“Ms. Sanford, Mr. Aaron, please don’t mind Harlan. He’s just talking nonsense
“He didn’t mean it! How dare he bully Mr. Aaron? I promise I’ll discipline him severely when we get back,” Time said solemnly.
Willow disliked using her status to intimidate others, but Tim and his family had gone too far. She needed
to speak up. Her gaze shifted over the family, finally resting on Harlan.
“Harlan, Aaron’s leg is indeed injured, but he is not less than other children. He’s smart, optimistic, and
kind.
“He’s the best child in the world. So, you can’t mock him or bully him because of his physical condition.”
Harlan looked at Willow, confused. “But he walks funny.”
“If people laughed at you for the way you walk, would it make you sad?”
Harlan thought for a while, then said, “I guess so.”
He added, “Your mom is a good mom, too. I shouldn’t have said bad things about her. I’m sorry.”
Aaron was not a petty child. He graciously took Harlan’s outstretched hand. “I accept your apology,
If Tim and Mandy continued to spoil him, he would worsen. However, if they taught him properly, he could still be a good child.
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