Chapter 49

"I don't like that," Willow said. As Willow spoke, I looked up and saw Jessica's son standing on the slide, staring at me. His gaze lacked the cordiality of a friend's and instead held an unsettling maturity that didn't match his age. At that moment, he looked at me with pure disgust. I had initially wanted to keep my distance from them. Aside from wanting to gather evidence to expose Jessica's true nature, I had no desire to contact them again. Yet they had come right up to me. Perhaps it was because I had always endured their provocations and bullying in the past that they thought I was easy to push around. Now, they had even bullied Willow. If I didn't fight back, they would likely continue to push their luck. I masked my cold expression and gently said to Willow, "But if you run away when others are bullying you, they'll just double down on bullying you. Do you understand, Willow?" Willow obviously didn't understand. She looked at Zane and asked, "Daddy, is that so?" Zane no