“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.

she was pretending to be reasonable and courteous towards Charlotte. This way, even if Zachary were to find out,

time to figure this out,”

were nasty and absolutely

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

and calmed her down. Later, she asked Mrs. Berry softly, “Mrs.

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

blamed

to make things clear.” Charlotte turned towards Ellie and gently touched her face. She then asked,

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

“Ellie, you’re still young. It’s normal to make mistakes. Mommy is

prison?” Ellie’s arms were wrapped

though her mother

will be fine too! Trust me.” Charlotte

patted her on the back again and signaled

They’re still

After taking a few steps forward, she looked back at Charlotte and said, “Mommy, we’ll

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