Years After (Completed)

62 - Due Process

Dei decided not to attend the meeting in Eloisa's school to discuss about the case. She does not want the same incident will happen and other people would witness it.

Laura on the otherhand, decided to join Victor in the meeting. And now, they are face-to-face with each other together with Eloisa's school principal and guidance counselor.

"Excuse me Mrs. Romero, I would like to ask something first before we begin." Elise said.

"Go ahead, Mrs. Wong. What would you like to ask?" Mrs. Romero asked.

"Why are you entertaining complains from outsiders? Technically, this is a personal matter and it is just right not to involve the school on matters such as this." Elise asked.

"I agree with you, Mrs. Wong. This could have been a personal matter and our school should stay out of it. But, we want you to know that we found the complain serious and we could not just take it for granded." Mrs. Romero explained.

"And why is that so? The incident did not happen in your school. There is not concrete evidence on the involvement of my daughter in the misconduct of her friends." Elise said.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Wong but the school authorities found the complain valid. That is why we invited both parties to talk about it. I think we should begin so that all the inquiries of Mrs. Wong can be addressed." Mrs. Tomas, the guidance counselor said and Elise just rolled her eyes and did not speak anymore.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As what Mrs. Tomas mentioned earlier, we choose to invite you here to talk about the complain we received from Reyes and Monteiro family against one of our student, Eloisa Wong. Just for the record Mrs. Wong, when we received the complain from Mr. Monteiro and Mr. Reyes, we take immediate action on it in favor of our student, Eloisa. We did not accept the complain quickly and we first ensure the validity of their complain. Based on the documents submitted to us, we find the complain valid, that is why we immediately invite you today to air your side." Mrs. Romero said.

"We deny the accusation, Mrs. Romero." Elise said.

"Very well, can you provide us proof to nullify their claim?" Mrs. Romero said.

"First, how can they claim my daughter's involvement in the incident if she was at school that time and working on a special school activity? Second, you know how my daughter behaves in your school. Not to mention she is a consistent honor student and best in deportment awardee. She knows her value and she will not ruin it for something very petty." Elise said.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Wong, locking-up someone in an isolated room is not petty. It almost cost the life of Thirdy and Althea." Laura butted in.

"You don't have proof on Eloisa's involvement in that locking-up incident. Marga maybe her friend but it does not mean she has something to do with that." Elise said.

"We understand your predicament, Mrs. Wong. As we said, the other party submitted proofs of their claim." Mrs. Romero said.

"And what proofs are those?" Elise said.

"Eloisa, we have a copy of a social media post here. This is actually Marga's instagram post last Sunday and can you validate if this account who commented on her post is your Instagram account?" Mrs. Tomas asked.

"Yes, Miss. That is my IG account." Eloisa replied.

"According to this post, Marga was thanking you for giving her the bag she posted. Is it true you gave her an expensive signature bag?" Mrs. Tomas continue asking.