“I did what I had to do.”
“I did too. I went into freezing water because he was drowning. I can’t swim, and I’m terrified of water, but I went in anyway.”
She looked away.
A murmur rippled through the crowd. Parents exchanged glances, but they were uncertain.
What happened next left me reeling.
What happened left me reeling.
One child moved forward, a girl with braids who usually rode my bus.
Then another, a boy in a Minecraft shirt.
“She wouldn’t hurt anyone,” the girl told the nanny. “You’re a liar!”
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