Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1437

Pearl could tell that her son was telling the truth from everything she had seen and heard.

"So, you weren't fighting, you were actually helping out, right?" If Darius's story held up, she was ready to praise him.

The principal confirmed, "Absolutely. Darius was just trying to help someone in distress."

With nothing more to add, the discussion seemed over, but then one of the boys started crying.

"Are you just going to let him off? He broke my tooth!" The boy struggled to speak clearly, his missing front tooth causing him to slur his words.

"It's your own fault for picking on a girl. You got what you deserved!" Darius shook his fist at him, and the boy stopped talking, though tears kept rolling down his cheeks.

Despite being only about ten or eleven, he had been bested by a seven-year-old Darius. Pearl felt proud of her son.

Once everything was sorted out, Pearl didn't feel the need to speak further. To soothe the situation, she wrote out three checks and gave them to the children.

"Take this to your parents as compensation," she said.

She then nodded to the principal. "Thank you for looking after him. We'll be going now."

Darius shot a warning look at the boy before going over to the girl. "Let me know if they bother you again. I won't let them get away with it."

Later in the car, Pearl was curious about something. "Why didn't you let the girl tell you her name?"

Darius just shook his head. Despite the bruise on his face, he still looked handsome. "I don't want to know her name. I just wanted to make sure she was safe."

"Really? I thought maybe you liked her," Pearl teased.

Esther joined in, "Given how mad you were, stepping in to fight those three boys, it seemed like you might have a crush."

Darius's cheeks turned pink. "No way. I don't like anyone. I just saw them bullying her and trying to take her toy. It annoyed me, so I had to step in."