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.

“Can I make a call? I promised the children I would go the other night. They will

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

herself, she relented in the end. Olivia headed downstairs to ask

returned with a wireless landline phone

“Here you go, Madam.”

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

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

a few seconds, a child’s voice rang

if it was her last hope. “Matt, it’s Mommy. I won’t be able to

asked in a

heart ached when she heard

her kids. She thought everything would be well and dandy when she made

had also agreed to it when she visited him

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

then tapped the wireless landline

about to cry out in rage, suddenly fell silent. He

“What is it?”

gave it some thought and said to Ian, “Try

number using his smartwatch even though he

went to voicemail. “Sorry, the number

and Matteo

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