“Mind your words!” Charlotte rebuked her.

“That’s the truth,” Luna slyly replied.

“Shut up,” Amanda interjected and gazed intensely at Luna.

Then, she turned and looked towards Charlotte.

“Be it that the bracelet was stolen or lost, that is not important. Nonetheless, it is undisputed that your daughter is the culprit of this unfortunate event. We’re reasonable people and do not intend to be hard on the child. Hence, we invited you here to resolve the situation. Now, how do you suggest we solve this?”

Ever since she was punished by Zachary during the last auction, Amanda had adopted a different strategy.

Now, she was pretending to be reasonable and courteous towards Charlotte. This way, even if Zachary were to find out, she would not be reprimanded.

“Please give me some time to figure this out,” Charlotte urged.

Charlotte was a reasonable person. It didn’t matter that the mother-daughter duo were nasty and absolutely despicable. If Ellie did lose the bracelet, she would have to bear the responsibility.

home to celebrate my grandson’s birthday.” Amanda checked the time on her

 

asked Mrs. Berry softly, “Mrs. Berry, didn’t I

true. However, when I was sending off the three babies to the school bus, Ms. Cheney was not there. Therefore, I instructed Ellie to hand

Berry blamed herself for

towards Ellie and gently touched her

bracelet to Ms. Cheney, I realized that the bracelet was gone…”

make mistakes. Mommy is

prison?” Ellie’s

it was as though her mother would disappear if she were to release her

will be fine. Ellie will be fine too! Trust me.” Charlotte

on the back again and signaled

to Ellie. “Ellie, let’s go to your brothers. They’re still helping you to look for

Mrs. Berry. After taking a few steps forward, she looked back at Charlotte and said, “Mommy, we’ll return once

Charlotte

how can you let the child leave like this?

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