Chapter four: Stand Your Ground
I was feeding Baby Jack when my computer screen started flashing. I couldn't read it so I brought Jack over to the computer with me. All of a sudden the screen was full of IM's. I only knew a couple of the people Iming me. The IM's all said the same things pretty much:
HYPOCRITE!
You helped murder a baby!
Murderer!
Your friends a slut and so are you!
I couldn't believe what I was reading they were flooding my screen so much that my computer was freezing. I quickly jumped up and put Jack in his high chair. I ran over and unplugged the computer. I picked up the phone and called Manny. It rang forever before someone picked up.
"Hello," Someone was whispering into the phone. I couldn't make out whose voice it was but it sounded like they were crying.
"Hi, Manny?" I waited to see if I had guessed right.
"Emma?" Manny's voice grew louder and I could tell she was crying.
"Are you okay?"
"No, hundreds Em! Hundreds of them!"
"I got them too…" Emma knew exactly what Manny was talking about.
"What are we going to do they if they keep harassing us?"
"We can tell a teacher we already know one of them is Ashley—"
"That's what she wants Em… she wants me to break down!" Manny raised her voice so Emma would hear over her own.
"Manny listen to yourself she's already gotten to you.
"Yeah but she doesn't know that…" Manny's voice went dangerously low.
"Manny, what are you going to do—"
"I'll see you in school tomorrow Em don't go online again…they'll just harass you" With that Manny hung up. She went over to her computer and turned it back on. A picture of her and Craig smiled back up at her, she had to remind herself to take it down.
Manny signed online and was immediately bombarded by hundreds of IM's. She blocked everyone except Ashley.
SwEeTtHaNg: stop harassing me Ashley or you'll be sorry.
PunkRocker: What are you going to do go to Mr. Radditch go for it who is he going to believe.
SwEeTtHaNg: Well besides the fact I have proof?
PunkRocker: If you go to Mr. Radditch things will only get worse for you!
SwEeTtHaNg You're in NO position to be threatening me!
PunkRocker: WATCH YOURSELF!
PunkRocker Signed Off.
"Yes!" Manny pumped her fists in the air. "I so got to her…" Manny sat there smiling to herself. She began printing out the IM's Ash had written.
"She's not getting off that easy," Manny had a plan to take Ashley down and it didn't involve going to Mr. Radditch.