When their eyes met each other, Luca wondered if she was sitting too far away and that was why she could not see clearly.Luca could feel the fear in Mrs. Hudson’s eyes when they exchanged glances with each other.Why did the arrogant woman who threatened to get Tommy expelled from school yesterday have a fearful look in her eyes when she saw Luca today?Luca saw Mr. Hudson open his mouth. It was as though he said something really short. Then, the two of them walked toward her.Ashley seemed to be afraid of Mrs. Hudson. She immediately leaned on Luca. Luca held the two kids in her arms, one on the left and another one on the right.She had to protect them.Mrs. Tuffey came in when the two of them had just taken two steps forward. Mrs. Tuffey smiled as she stood on the podium. “Dear parents, please be quiet and return to your seats. The parent-teacher conference is starting soon.”Mrs. Hudson turned around and glanced at Mrs. Tuffey. She eventually pulled the man to Charlie’s s
Right after that, the parent sitting in front of Tommy piped in, “Mr. Collins, my child did well in Math too. Can he join the competition?”Mr. Collins nodded and replied, “Of course. The training is free, but there’s a limited number of participants for each school. So, the school will organize a competition before the Mathematical Olympiad takes place to pick the students who’ll participate.” The parent added, “My child is good at math. I’m sure he can do it. Mr. Collins, I’d like to register for my child first.”“Sure, Mrs. Jenkins. Let me register for you,” offered Mr. Collins.Once Mrs. Jenkins said that to Mr. Collins, other parents also came to register for their children to participate in the mathematics training program, hoping that their kids could join the competition.Mr. Collins was surrounded by the parents at once."Ms. Luca, I don't want to attend the training program after school," said Tommy. All he wanted was to go home and do his homework with Lanie and Raini
They did not expect to see Luca here at the parent-teacher conference.Mrs. Hudson turned around and glanced at Luca with a complicated look on her face.She had a feeling that Luca had something to do with the lawsuit. At the same time, she was confused about why Luke would stand up for her.Today, Luke asked his lawyer to deliver the letter to their company because of what happened yesterday. Mrs. Hudson knew Luke was capable of doing so.However, it did not look like he wanted to teach them a lesson for his child. It seemed more like he was standing up for the woman.It was because she drove Luca mad yesterday.“Myra, it’s your fault. How are we supposed to explain this to Luke Crawford and ask him not to go against our company?” Brigham, Charlie’s father, could not help but blame her.Myra felt aggrieved. Brigham had been telling her it was her fault since they received the lawyer’s letter.However, she could not be blamed for everything!Myra could not help but complain,
“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