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.

so she continued in a steady voice, “Can I make a call? I promised the children I would go

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

in the end. Olivia headed downstairs to ask for Jonathan’s permission in

landline phone

“Here you go, Madam.”

the window with a dejected look on her face.

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

a child’s

the phone as if it was her last hope. “Matt, it’s

asked in a shrill

heart ached when she heard

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

when she visited him at the military base

so sorry, sweetie. Something came up. But don’t you worry,

then tapped the wireless landline

rage,

“What is it?”

gave it some thought and said to Ian, “Try calling Mommy’s phone to see if

Sasha’s number using his smartwatch even though he

voicemail. “Sorry, the

and Matteo

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