[Ellie's P.O.V.]
I admitted that it was my fault, but I was just doing it in passing. "If you weren't here, perhaps I wouldn't have used you. But you can't bear to see your son being called a b*stard, can you?"
It was true. If he wasn't here, it would just turn into another episode of simple arguing with Madam Kerry, and if necessary, I might have gotten physical. After all the troublemakers I had met over the years, I was no longer afraid.
"Ellie, you're making me sad." Anton choked for a moment, then looked at me.
He was upset? The pain he inflicted on me in the past couldn't offset this bit of sadness.
"Fine, I'm sorry. I won't do it again." I apologized without any sincerity, then walked away expressionlessly.
Anton didn't catch up with me even after I left the school. I looked at the part of the school gate where parents were going in and out. I was disappointed, but then I laughed at myself.
Anton was nothing special.
