Chapter 7 - Jackson’s Father Comes for Me
Grant Mercer sent the first legal letter to me personally.
Defamation.
Professional misconduct.
Bias.
Improper handling of student records.
He accused me of encouraging a “mob mentality” against Jackson.
My union attorney read the letter.
Then laughed.
“Do not laugh.”
I said.
“I’m trying.”
Grant demanded I stop discussing the incident.
I had not discussed it publicly.
He demanded preservation of all my classroom communications.
Fine.
I had already preserved them.
He demanded copies of disciplinary notes involving Jackson.
Those belonged to the district.
Then he included one line:
Mr. Davis’s continued employment may become relevant to pending litigation.
There it was.
The threat Maya had recorded.
My job.
I thought I would feel afraid.
I did.
But something else arrived with it.
Relief.
The threat was finally visible.
I forwarded the letter to district counsel.
Then to my union.
Then to the state investigator.
Grant had spent years relying on private pressure.
Now every pressure tactic became evidence.
The next morning, he withdrew the demand.
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Too late.
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