The chubby boy was startled by his sudden appearance.
With Zade, he felt a bit superior, but with this boy who seemed to be the same age as Zade, he couldn't bring himself to talk back.
Whenever he parted his lips to retort, they would quiver hard and he would be unable to say anything.
Even his legs wouldn't let him get up.
He stayed on the ground for several seconds that some kids around began pointing at him.
"Mommy, that boy is on the floor."
"He's already so big and should be taking care of himself by now. What is he doing on the floor?"
"He's not a good kid. I would never roll on the floor and dirty my clothes, mommy."
Hearing the remarks of the children and his sudden inability to say or do anything made him burst into tears.
He wailed so loudly that his mother, who was on the other side of the park, heard his voice and came running to see what was happening.
"Baby, what is it? Why are you crying? Why are on the floor? Who hit you? Show me who hit you and I'll hit them even harder!"
In response to her last question, the boy stretched a shaky finger towards the boy standing in front of him.
The woman was so focused on her son that she failed to notice the children standing close to her son.
Immediately she saw them, she fumed in anger and turned to chide them loudly.
"You're still growing, but already a bully at this age? What on earth has your mother been teaching you?"
"If she failed to teach you well, then it's only right that I do the job for her!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped Jesse on his right cheek.
The boy's face instantly whipped to the side from the impact. The color of his cheeks turned into a darker shade of red and became swollen.
However, he only gritted his teeth in anger and glared at her.
Keira and Zade quickly rushed to him and shielded him protectively.
"Bad aunty, don't hit my brother!"
Seeing them, the woman huffed angrily.
"What? Bad aunty? How dare you call me that? And there's three of you? Do you have no shame ganging up on such a nice kid?"
Jesse's eyes darkened and he kept giving her an icy look.
Zade soon followed suit, feeling aggrieved when he saw her finger print on his brother's face.
However, the woman didn't feel the least remorseful for slapping a kid so hard and continued speaking arrogantly.
"Don't glare at me like that, you frighten me! Do you want me to slap you again? And you, do you want me to slap you too?"
"Insolent kids like you should be taught right so you don't cause trouble for our country when you become adults."
Jesse's piercing gaze was gnawing at her so much that she raised her hand to slap him again.
But it was at this moment that a fair and slender hand reached out to clamp it down.
Kelsie threw down the ice cream she was holding, her gaze darkening when she saw the mark on Jesse's face.
Seeing Kelsie, the woman immediately by her beauty. And seeing her lazy eyes which made it seem like she was looking down on her, made her stand on her toes.
But even when she did, she was still a few inches shorter than Kelsie. This time, Kelsie openly looked down on her.
The woman forced on a smile and scoffed, "Oh, so you're his mother. I was wondering why he had no manners, but seeing how young you are, it doesn't surprise me he's like this."
"Did you get knocked up at an early age and ended up…"
Kelsie calmly looked away from her and interrupted, "Were you taught manners then?"
"Of course I was!" The woman immediately retorted, her nose high up in the air proudly.
Kelsie's eyes grew cold as she stepped closer to the woman and snickered, "It seems you weren't taught properly then. Because if you were taught properly, you'd know than to hit a stranger's child in public."
The woman instantly felt a chill rush down her spine, but refused to let it show.
Even though it wasn't winter, they were times like this when the temperature drops. She couldn't obviously be feeling such cold because of this woman.
She stared right into Kelsie's eyes and harrumphed righteously.
"What nonsense are you spouting? I had every right to hit him. Your insolent son shoved my son to the ground."
"No, your children ganged up on my poor boy and bullied him. Shouldn't they apologize for it?"
Keira immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Mommy, he was the one who bullied and shoved me to the ground!"
"I wouldn't have had to do that if you listened to me the first time I asked you to come down!" The chubby boy immediately yelled back in defence.
His retort caused the parents around to look at him strangely.
Someone even asked, "What? You really asked her to leave when she got there before you? What happened to the other swings?"
He stared at the parent and replied casually, "I liked that one the best."
A ripple went through the crowd again.
"That kid lacks manners. Look how casually he's speaking to me! The little girl must be telling the truth!"
"I almost thought her brothers were violent. But it turns out they were just defending their sister who was being bullied. Now I feel like having kids too."
"Be careful what you wish for. They may come out like that other woman's whose son is a bully."
"Unlike her, I'll teach my kid better."
The mother of the chubby boy gritted her teeth in anger, her face growing darker with every word they said.
She made such a huge scene and demanded that they apologize to her son when he was the one in the wrong.
She gently scratched the back of her head nervously and chuckled softly.
"So that's what happened. My son is a little picky with the things he uses. He must've really had to use the swing but your daughter wouldn't let him."
"I bet it was just harmless pranks between kids their age and since no one got hurt, let's leave it as it is."
The arrogance in her previous words and tone was no longer there.
However, Kelsie chuckled and shook her head in refusal.
"Bully, mannerless, a brat. I heard you hurl those words at my son without knowing the full story of what happened."
"You quickly assumed what happened was his fault and that of my children and embarrassed him in public."
"Had I not come when I did, who knows the hurtful words you would've continued spewing from your mouth after hitting him a second time."
"As a result, I don't see what happened between them as a prank between kids. You slapped my kid, didn't you?"
"I will accept to leave it as it is if you slap yourself hard just like you did to him. But in case you find such a simple task hard to carry out, would you like me to do the honors?"