After getting the doctor’s permission, Roxanne brought the children back.

Meanwhile, Elias and Sonya were waiting outside the kindergarten after school hours, but they saw no signs of Estella.

Soon, most of the children had been picked up, but there were still no signs of their granddaughter.

The two of them wanted to ask the teacher about what was going on, but they belatedly realized that they rarely sent and picked up Estella, so they did not even know which class the girl was in.

“There’s no sign of Essie around. I thought he said we could pick her up,” Sonya grumbled.

Elias had a grimace on his face, and he immediately called Lucian to question, “Did you talk to Roxanne about this? We’re at the kindergarten entrance, but we don’t see Essie anywhere.”

Lucian was confused when he heard that. “Give me a second. I’m going to call Roxanne. She agreed to this yesterday, so maybe something popped up.”

nothing to that, and Lucian called Roxanne after

it took her a while before she could answer the

Essie?” came Lucian’s voice. “Did

Roxanne recalled that Elias and his wife were supposed to pick Estella up that

on my side, so I picked Essie up first. Please ask if your parents mind picking her

have heard Roxanne’s words, for her already-worried expression became

to pat

brows and asked,

had a certain soothing quality to it as Roxanne did not realize she let some of

the hospital. I wasn’t thinking clearly in my hurry, so I ended up taking Essie back as

Lucian’s face. “Is it bad? Do

but she chuckled and rejected him. “No, it’s fine. Do remember that I’m a doctor, so I can treat him. I just need to trouble you to talk to your parents. If they want to come over, I’ll

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