Chapter 114 Unhappy With Him

Close to an hour later, James stepped out of the room, looking quite exhausted.

Nothing had worked to the effect that he was hoping for, in spite of him having doled out every trick in the book that he knew of just to coax some manner of response from Estella.

“How did it go?” Lucian inquired anxiously.

James shook his head. “Essie has completely shut herself in. She has refused to communicate with anyone and is resistant even to me. My guess is that she must have been triggered by something. The only way to resolve this is by identifying the source of her trauma.”

Lucian’s expression dimmed when he heard that.

Seemingly unaware of the change in his friend’s mood, James continued to ask of the latter in earnest, “Has Essie encountered any situation recently that might have brought about this change in her emotional state?”

Memories of the kid breaking her silence because of Roxanne came flowing back to Lucian. The answer thus became obvious to him.After a moment’s pause, Lucian recounted the events that transpired earlier that morning.

a sharp fluctuation in Estella’s emotions. “Perhaps this woman

woman to come to

departure that morning caused Lucian’s brows to bunch up in frustration. “Got it. I’ll try to talk

James nodded.

remained completely in the dark about Estella’s

she

tone of voice and expression did not seem feigned, but she had logical cause to believe that

the doldrums but driven by concerns that her children would notice, she did

had already sorted themselves out. When they saw her enter, they approached docilely. “Are you done with the paperwork,

Roxanne nodded as though nothing was wrong. She even mentioned her meeting with Estella. “It’s done. I’ve also spoken to

Mommy!” The children expressed their gratitude

them on the head gave Roxanne a greater sense of

trio that was playing out in front of

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