“Is that so? Mrs. Tuffey doesn’t look like that kind of person.” Luca smiled. It would be inappropriate for her to show a cold expression to the parent who was talking to her.The parent shook her head and said, “Even though you don’t think so, your child is still going to be the unlucky one.”After that, she turned around and raised her hand. She told the teacher that she would be responsible for the drinks needed for the school outing. “Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Blair.” Mrs. Tuffey immediately recorded it down.Another parent came walking in right after that. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Tuffey. I’m late.”“Hello, Mrs. Glisson. It’s okay. Take a seat, please.” Mrs. Tuffey smiled. Mrs. Glisson was always late for the parent-teacher conference. Mrs. Tuffey had already gotten used to it.She heard that Mrs. Glisson was engaged in international trade, and she was usually busy. It was not easy for her to make time for her daughter's matters.“Mommy, take a seat.” Ashley let her mother sit on the
“But Tommy’s fine… I was just blowing off steam yesterday. Ms. Luca, can’t you forgive us and let us go?” Myra could not help but whimper. She was also blaming Luca for being heartless.“Why would you say that?” Luca looked at her red eyes.Luca knew Myra’s eyes were red because she cried. It was not because she felt aggrieved. She could still see the frustration in her eyes.If Tommy’s father was not Luke, this might have ended differently…“What?” Myra suddenly could not understand what Luca meant.“You said Tommy is fine. Why would you say that?” asked Luca. Since they wanted to make things unreasonable, she would give them a taste of it as well.Myra was startled for a moment. She did not know how to answer the question.Myra was not the child. How could she know that? She had no choice but to say with some embarrassment, “Look at him. Isn’t he doing fine now?”Luca gave them a cold-eyed stare and said, “Tommy’s father made these arrangements. Go and look for him if you’d l
Luca hurried to the laboratory. She realized Rhett was standing right behind the laboratory’s door. He was blocking the door, stopping others from going out.“What’s the matter?” Luca asked in a deep voice.Rhett told her what had happened on the phone, but Luca wanted Rhett to tell her about it in front of the researchers.“Dr. Craw, Ambrose took your sample.” There was this sullen look on Rhett’s face.It was obvious that he was angry.Previously, Luca had warned them not to look at her research data. Not only did they refuse to listen to her, but they also tried to make him talk.Rhett then found out that they were trying to steal the sample in the equipment and keep them for themselves when he was about to leave the laboratory.They did not say anything until the experiment report was out.If it were not for Rhett who returned to the laboratory and overheard them discussing where they should hide Luca’s sample, he would not have known.Rhett knew they had stolen the sample
Luca shook her head and paused for a moment. Then, she shook her head again.Ambrose looked at how strangely Luca was acting. He trembled with fear and dared not to say anything, waiting for her judgment.“Ambrose, you’re wrong,” Luca slowly uttered as she looked at the test tube in her hands. “If you’d like to learn from me, you’d have many chances to learn from the next research project. You shouldn’t have stolen my research sample.”Ambrose could sense the sympathy in Luca's voice. He knew it was impossible for him to continue working here.He was in despair.He initially thought Luca would not find out about it and Rhett would destroy the sample after it was analyzed. Hence, he took the sample and happily told the others that he would soon find out what Luca was working on.He did not expect Rhett to overhear their conversation.Ambrose did not know Rhett would return to the laboratory. Otherwise, he would not have shown off to his colleagues that he had the research sampl
Luca had never thought of making a big deal out of it.Ambrose was wrong, but if the police officers got involved in this, the research she was working on could be exposed.Luca did not want to get into trouble when she had made it so far.Rhett left with the employee termination letter. He had to head to the HR department and let them stamp the employee termination letter. Only then did he pass the letter to Ambrose.Luca watched Rhett leave from behind. It was none of her business now. Hence, she said, “Tommy, let’s go.”“Alright, Ms. Luca.” Tommy heard her and put his exercise book back into his school bag. After he zipped his bag, he jumped off the chair and waved to Mo Stone. “Goodbye, Ms. Stone.”“Bye.” Mo Stone smiled and waved back at him.Mo Stone touched her face after she watched the two of them leave. She wondered if she looked old. Why did Tommy address her in such a formal way?Mo Stone could not help but ponder.Luca left the office with Tommy. After they got in
In the living room.The three kids sat side by side on the sofa, enjoying their fruits.Rainie turned to look at Tommy, and she asked, “Tommy, Ms. Luca attended your school’s parent-teacher conference today. Did anything happen?”“Yes!” Tommy immediately put down his fork and started to tell his siblings what happened today. “Rainie, Charlie’s parents apologized to us!” "Charlie? Is he the one who fell in front of you, didn't dare to admit it, and blamed you for it?" Lanie knew about the events of yesterday.Tommy seemed to have mentioned Charlie’s name when he told them about it yesterday.“Yes. That’s him! His mother was terrifying yesterday. She looked like she was going to eat Ms. Luca alive. But she chickened out today. She kept on apologizing to us. Daddy sued them, so they came to apologize to keep the dispute out of court,” explained Tommy as he danced with joy.Tommy had behaved himself when he was there at the scene, but he was secretly thrilled.“They aren’t afraid
“Yes,” replied Luke.Susan had refused to move out of Crawford Manor. However, Old Master Crawford said that they were welcome to go back and stay for a few days occasionally. Still, if Susan insisted on staying in Crawford Manor, he would move out.Susan was worried that Old Master Crawford would favor Luke even more after he moved to his place. That was why she eventually agreed to move here with Louis.However, there was a condition.The reason why Susan agreed to move was that it would be convenient for her to help Louis and Yuri to look after Thea. Hence, Susan would move back to Crawford Manor when Thea was having her school holidays. She would move back to Louis’ house when classes started again.Susan did not think it was troublesome, and Old Master Crawford had no comment either.That way, Old Master Crawford could live in peace for a few months.“Is Grandma Susan moving here too?” Tommy could not help but blurt out. He did not expect Susan to organize the housewarming
“I visited Ms. Rayne and Mr. and Mrs. Norman when I went to the hospital to remove the stitches today. They seemed to be in good shape, especially Ms. Rayne. She’s feeling much better compared to the first time she received the chemotherapy treatment. But I think there’s something wrong with her caretaker, so I fired her,” said Luca as she looked down. It reminded her of what happened in Wanda’s wardroom when Luke mentioned Leia.Even though Wanda told her that she would hire another caretaker, Luca thought she should tell Luke about this.After all, it was Luca who took the liberty to fire the caretaker.“If she’s fired then so be it. It doesn’t matter. I can arrange another one for her.” Luke tidied her slightly messy hair.Her hair was messed up when she lay down on the bed.Luca was surprised and she asked, “Aren’t you going to ask me why?”“You’re not the kind of person who would easily fire someone. I trust you. You did it for her own good.” Luke trusted her.Even if Luca