Chapter 328

Both Grace's parents and the girl's parents were informed of the fight. Grace's teacher and parents may have scolded her, but no one dared to order James around ever again after that. A few years after that incident, a boy ended up having a crush on Sophie. He mistook Sophie's adoration toward James as a sister to be romantic affection instead. The boy made a show of gathering other boys to beat up James and disfigure him. After class, Sophie called Shawn, who brought along his classmates from his police academy to teach the boy a lesson. James hadn't been bullied outside of those two notable incidents in his childhood. Grace rushed into the mob and started fighting them. Not one for fighting, Sophie ducked down to avoid them. She made her way over to James and crouched down to look at his battered face. She could see footprints all over James' blue sweater. Sophie's heart ached as she cradled James' head, tearing up as she looked at him. "Can you get up?" With much difficult