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.

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

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

Olivia headed downstairs to

a wireless landline phone

“Here you go, Madam.”

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

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

a few seconds, a child’s voice

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

Matteo asked in a

ached when she heard

wanted to be there for her kids. She thought everything would be well and dandy when she made

agreed to it when she visited him at the military base the next

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

the wireless

to cry out in rage, suddenly fell silent.

“What is it?”

and said to Ian, “Try

dialed Sasha’s number using his smartwatch even though

“Sorry, the number

Matteo

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