The screen showed the message she sent out yesterday at 9.13 p.m., which was a forty-over seconds voice message.

It was only a little over nine, which meant the night was still young.

Did Sebastian fall right asleep after putting the kids to bed? She recalled him mentioning that their bedtime was around ten over there.

There were still more than thirty minutes left till bedtime. Why didn’t he reply to my messages during that period of time?

Sasha was staring at her phone when her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Just then, Olivia came upstairs once again.

 

“Madam, I made you some chicken soup. You should have some since you skipped the meal just now.”

Olivia really cared about her. She was thoughtful enough to serve Sasha some chicken soup since she had not eaten anything earlier.

 

Sasha didn’t know what to make of it.

She tightened her grip on her phone. After a long while, she finally spoke up. “Who sent the kids there today?”

“Tony.”

“Does he know about the parent-teacher conference today? I was told the night before that it’s compulsory for parents to attend the meeting.”

“Old Mr. Jadeson is already aware. He will make the necessary arrangements,” Olivia assured.

that coming, so she continued in a steady voice, “Can I make a call? I promised the

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

Olivia headed downstairs to ask for Jonathan’s permission in

returned with a wireless landline phone in

“Here you go, Madam.”

phone from Olivia through the window with a dejected look on her face. She then

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

few seconds, a child’s

grip on the phone as if it was her last hope. “Matt, it’s Mommy. I won’t

asked in a

when she heard

be there for her kids. She thought everything would be well

also agreed to it when she visited him at the military base the next

Something came up. But don’t you worry, we’ll attend the next one if we ever get

tapped the wireless

in rage,

“What is it?”

some thought and said to Ian, “Try calling

dialed Sasha’s number using his smartwatch even though he

dismay, it went to voicemail. “Sorry, the number you have dialed

and Matteo

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