I Paid My Son’s Crush to Ask Him to Prom – When I Saw Pictures from the Evening, I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes

PART 2: The Truth in the Hallway
After they left, I stayed home looking through the photos I had taken.

Ella’s smile looked forced. Her body leaned away from Jeremiah. In one picture, she almost looked afraid.

I told myself she was shy.

Then my phone buzzed.

It was Mrs. Patterson, Jeremiah’s AP English teacher.

Her message was short and urgent.

“Mrs. Carter, is this your son?”

Then came the photo.

Jeremiah was standing over Ella in a school hallway. She was pressed against the wall, crying, while he looked cold and pleased.

I drove to the school immediately.

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