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She quickly flipped through their chat history and discovered that every morning, Isabella

would actively send Julia a message to say good morning. They chatted every day, and for a long time.

When she heard the elevator sound, Maggie pretended she hadn’t seen anything and placed

the phone back in its original spot.

Isabella grabbed her phone and, upon opening it, saw that Julia had replied. Julia mentioned that she couldn’t bear to be angry with her and hadn’t replied earlier because

she was still half–asleep.

After reading Julia’s message, Isabella immediately smiled happily.

Maggie, walking ahead, turned slightly and knew exactly what had made her so happy.

Lost in her joy, Isabella didn’t notice Maggie glancing back.

Once in the car, Isabella sat in the back, continuing to message Julia. Occasionally, she would steal a glance to see if Maggie was paying attention.

Seeing that Maggie was focused solely on driving, she felt relieved.

However, since the school was far away, after chatting with Julia for half an hour, she

stopped.

By this time, her mood had lifted, and she was ready to talk to Maggie.

“Mom, are you free this afternoon?”

Maggie didn’t turn around, “What’s up?”

say directly, but playfully asked, “What do you

a lot going on recently. I’m busy.

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smiled brightly, “Nothing… Nothing at all.”

that meant her mom wouldn’t specially come to pick her up

find Julie after school without worrying about

by her mom. Yay!

school, Maggie chatted briefly with Isabella’s homeroom teacher before

to the

the classroom door, a sweet little voice suddenly called out,

paused, and a small, soft figure suddenly rushed into

Maggie quickly bent down and

the child looked up, Maggie

a few days ago, who almost

braids, was very rosy and adorable. Her

voice and smiled, “Tommy, are

“Ah!”

sentence, Isabella suddenly pushed Tommy

Tommy to stop her from falling, “Tommy, are you okay?”

as she glared at Isabella, confused as to why she had pushed her,

rushed into Maggie’s arms. But seeing how familiar they seemed with each other, and noticing that Maggie hadn’t

of

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