Bullies Sla-pped New Girl Cheerleader — Unaware Her Father Is A Hell Angels
Chapter 29
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She held up her left wrist. The leather bracelet was there. The new clasp caught the fluorescent light for just a moment."The bracelet was made for me by my father when I was 12 years old," she said. "After my mother died. I've worn it every day since. I'm not telling the committee that to create sympathy. I'm telling you because you should understand what was done and what it was meant to do."The room was very still."I have not been disruptive," she said. "I have been targeted. Those are different things. And I'd ask this committee to consider which one is actually in front of you today."She sat down. Beside her, she heard Coach Reeves exhale slowly.The committee chair looked at Tyler's side of the room. "Mr. Greer, you're listed as a witness for the complaint. You'd like to speak?"Tyler's attorney leaned over and said something in his ear. Tyler nodded. He stood. He was good at this. He had to be. He'd been performing his version of himself in this town his entire life.He stood up straight. He looked at the committee with an open, reasonable expression. He spoke in a measured way about how the team atmosphere had been difficult since the new student arrived. About how some members had felt uncomfortable. About how he'd simply been trying to support his cousin's team.He described in some detail the hallway incident. He described where he'd been standing, what he'd said, how Malone had been the one who escalated, who'd made things uncomfortable for everyone present. And in describing it, he was precise, too precise. He used the word "hallway" three times. He described the specific location near Cass's locker. He mentioned the crowd of students, the direction Cass had walked. He referenced, without meaning to, the exact angle of the confrontation—details you would only know if you'd been there.He sat down. Nobody in the room said anything for a moment.Then Amber Cole stood up. She didn't wait to be called. She just stood.Marsh looked at her. "Ms. Cole, you're listed as a witness for Ms. Malone.""Yes," Amber said. "I'd like to speak now if that's okay.""Go ahead."Amber reached into her bag. She took out her phone. She looked at it for a moment, then she looked at the committee."On Wednesday of last week," she said, "I was in the hallway when the incident with the bracelet happened. I made a recording on my phone. The footage isn't clear enough to identify faces, but the audio is there."She paused.