CHAPTER 42

TOM'S POV I could not understand. This was totally unlike Zara not to take her calls. It was her turn to pick the kids up from school and yet, she had not shown up. The teacher had to call me from work because she was tired of waiting for the mother and had to pull my number from the children's file and call me. I was at the office and busy with work but took permission from my boss to go see them. Upon arrival at the school, it was deserted already. I walked in through the corridors until I reached my daughter's classroom. There I met them seated together with the teacher. "Daddy!!!" They called out to me simultaneously as they ran to me. "Mr. Zaragoza." The teacher greeted me. "Thank you so much, ma'am." I said to her, "Please, you both should always come pick them up on time or have them use the school bus. What if I had left already?" She asked me. "I'm really sorry. Something came up with their mother and I totally forgot. It will not happen again." I apologized dearly although I