Seeing how Candace continued to side with Dawn without addressing what she had done, Evelyn figured that Candace wanted her to handle that, so she turned to Dawn.
"Dawn, you were wrong to do that to Jamal when you weren't sure he wanted to hurt you," Evelyn said sternly, not minding that Dawn was still crying, and buried her face in Candace's bosom as she cried.
"For hitting her, you are going to be disciplined," Candace said to Jamal.
"They should both be disciplined. Jamal would never have done anything to her had she not hurt him first. If we are teaching the boys not to hit girls, we should also teach the girls not to provoke boys," Evelyn said, and Candace nodded in agreement.
"You both should apologize to each other," Candace said, and they both turned away from her and looked in opposite directions.
"What can we do to them?" Candace asked Evelyn, and they both thought about it for a while before each brought up their ideas.
