#Chapter 304: Never Do That Again

“You think you’ve won?” Ms. Hayes says. She’s laughing hysterically, her voice screeching and broken. “You think you prove some kind of threat that we’ve never faced before. Darling, naïve little children…” Her laughter stifles abruptly, and her glare flashes, hate hot in her eyes. “I’ve brought you children into this world. Who in this world has more right to take you out of it than me?” I shiver from the iciness in her voice. How could a woman, a mother, be so full of vicious hatred for her own children? “We’ll release the recording,” Neil says. He’s standing tall, voice unwavering, though he clenches his fists as he speaks. “Do what you must,” Mrs. Hayes says. “Unlike my foolish, coward of a husband, I will not cower. I will not back down. And when the people hear the recording, they will understand.” I can’t hold my tongue anymore. Beau is still holding my arm, but I wrench it free as I step forward. “The people will never understand you choosing power over you own f