"Ryder Sharp doesn't have a mom. He's a motherless kid, haha..."
"Everyone has a mom. Why doesn't he?"
Ryder Sharp leaned back against the driver's seat. The moment he closed his eyes, his mind flashed back to the taunts from his classmates at school, not long after his mother's death.
And Sylvie Lockwood, who had been sitting far away from him, went off like a little firecracker.
She stormed over, pinned the boy who was mocking him to the ground, and gave him a harsh beating.
Adorably fierce.
She must have used every bit of the military-style boxing and self-defense Lockwood had taught her. She beat the boy so badly he was wailing.
Afterward, they were both called into the teacher's office.
When she came back, she smiled at him and passed him a note saying she was fine.
When she got home, she got another lecture from Lockwood.
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