Lahat ng Kabanata ng No Safety Net: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

Sienna's father, Albert Vaughn, arrived early the next morning. He slapped the enrollment receipt onto the desk hard enough for the entire office to hear."My daughter spent two months learning here, and your instructor scared her into this state. Doesn't your driving school owe us an explanation?"Mr. Cross forced a smile as he poured him a cup of water. "Mr. Vaughn, Sienna's fundamentals are solid. It's just that when it comes to safety—""Don't give me that." Mr. Vaughn cut him off. "She came home crying all night. She said Coach Sutton keeps telling her she's going to kill someone and deliberately dragged her feet so she couldn't book her road test."Sienna stood behind him, her eyes red and watery. "Dad... please, stop."The more she tried to stop him, the angrier he became."Why shouldn't I say it? We paid to learn how to drive, not to be bullied!"Mason and several other students crowded into the doorway.Mason immediately chimed in, "Coach Sutton really did go too far.

By nine-thirty that night, the training grounds were already dark.I'd just reached the parking lot when I heard the metallic scrape of the back gate opening softly, like someone was trying not to get caught.I followed the wall around and saw the headlights of a spare training car flick on.Sienna was behind the wheel. Mason sat in the passenger seat, and several other students were crammed into the back.Melody stood outside the car, looking like she was about to cry. "Sienna, please. Don't do this."Sienna rolled down the window. "If you're scared, then get lost."Mason held up his phone with a grin. "The livestream's up. Time to show everyone what a genius driver looks like after getting held back by that psycho instructor."Melody clutched her phone so tightly her knuckles turned white. She tried several times to tap the screen, but someone beside her kept knocking her hand away.I stepped out."Kill the engine. Get out."Everyone inside the car jumped.Sienna's face we

The next morning, the entrance to the driving school was packed.Some people stood outside filming the training grounds with their phones.Others flooded the comments demanding the school fire me.Mr. Cross hadn't slept all night."Harper, take a few days off from teaching."I looked at him. "Are you suspending my classes, or suspending me?"He avoided my gaze. "Just a temporary suspension from instruction until the investigation is finished."I let out a quiet laugh. "So we're smoothing things over again."A few days ago, when Sienna and the others had petitioned to replace me, he'd asked me to swallow my pride.Now she'd nearly run someone over, then turned around and blamed me. Once again, I was the one being told to step aside.I placed a document folder on his desk."Fine. But before I stop teaching, release these."Mr. Cross opened the folder. His expression changed instantly.There was a petition asking to replace their instructor signed by twelve students, the volu

Sienna wasn't ready to give up.Three days after the accountability meeting, she uploaded another long video.This time, she wasn't crying. She sat in front of the camera, pale and composed, her voice barely above a whisper."I admit I made mistakes. But Coach Sutton has taken away every path I had left. My family can't afford to pay that much money, and the driving school terminated my training."I just want a chance to start over. Why won't anyone give me one?"The sympathy started pouring back in.[The girl made a mistake, but does she really deserve to have her whole life ruined?][Isn't the instructor a little too ruthless?][What adult hasn't made mistakes?]When I saw the video, Mr. Cross was in his office, cursing under his breath. "How does she still have the nerve to play the victim?"I didn't answer.I simply sent him the last piece of evidence. It was a set of screenshots Melody had forwarded from the group's private chat.Before the accident that night, Sienna