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.

a steady voice, “Can I make a call? I promised

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

herself, she relented in the end. Olivia headed downstairs to ask for Jonathan’s

a wireless landline phone

“Here you go, Madam.”

with a dejected look on her face. She then dialed Matteo’s smartwatch in

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

few seconds, a child’s voice

it was her last hope.

in a shrill

ached when

everything

she visited him

“I’m so sorry, sweetie. Something came up. But don’t you worry, we’ll attend the next one

the

cry out in rage, suddenly fell silent. He then turned to face

“What is it?”

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

number using his smartwatch even though he felt

to voicemail. “Sorry,

Matteo went

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