Chapter 34 I'm Gary's Guardian

"That's Gary's mother," said the little girl who had praised me before. "Gary." I walked over and gently placed my hand on his head. I crouched down beside him. "What happened?" He turned and looked at me, his sad little face crumpling all at once. He threw himself into my arms, sobbing. The other kids quickly gathered around to explain. "It was Charlie's fault." "He held it up really high and smashed it down." "He tried to take Gary's prize. When he couldn't get it, he grabbed his craft and broke it." I pieced everything together and looked over at Charlie, my brows creasing. William and Alexis had already rushed over. "Charlie!" "Dad! Aunt Alexis!" Charlie looked over at them in relief, crying even louder now. "They're all bullying me!" The teacher asked us to step into the office to discuss. She asked the two kids to wait outside. "Who's Gary's guardian?" the teacher asked. Alexis spoke first. "Looks like that kid's parents haven't even shown up yet. How rude. Their so