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 call? I promised the children I would go the other night. They will be

“Um…” Olivia hesitated.

she relented in the end. Olivia

a wireless landline phone

“Here you go, Madam.”

dejected look on her face. She then dialed Matteo’s smartwatch in front of

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello?”

a child’s

was her last hope. “Matt, it’s Mommy. I won’t be able to attend

asked in

when she

there for her kids. She thought everything would be well

visited him

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

the wireless landline phone

about to cry out in rage, suddenly fell silent.

“What is it?”

to Ian, “Try calling Mommy’s phone

Sasha’s number using his smartwatch even though

it went to voicemail. “Sorry, the

and Matteo

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