Lisa agreed. "You're right, Marianne. Lucas, you should get closer to Carla with this opportunity."
"Mommy, what are you saying?"
Lucas couldn't stop sneezing, his head was heavy, his thoughts blurry. He couldn't focus on Lisa's words.
"You just rest since you're not feeling well."
Lisa gently patted his back like taking care of a child.
Lucas fell asleep in her arms.
Marianne covered Lucas with a blanket. Her action was gentle, but her gaze was complicated.
Meanwhile, on the other car, Carla covered Alpha with a blanket. "Are Beta and Gamma back home?"
"They're back home, Ms. Lierger, " Freda answered softly, afraid of waking Alpha up. "They weren't willing to leave at first, but Dori came back with the news that you've found Alpha. Only then, they went back."
"Luckily, it was just a scare." Carla glanced at Rogan. "What's wrong with you today?"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Lierger." Rogan apologized, "I admit to my mistake and am willing to accept any punishment."
"You're not usually like this. What exactly happened today?" Freda was curious as well. "Did something unusual happen?"
"We were following the kids closely, but Lady Lisa said she wanted to play hide-and-seek with them. She didn't allow us to follow."
Rogan lowered her head as she explained.
"I did tell her you gave us an order to follow the kids closely. But Lady Lisa was persistent. I didn't want any trouble with her.
"Also, the kids were hyper by then. They already ran into the grape farm. We were thinking of following the girls inside but were stopped by Lady Lisa. In the end, we could merely wait outside.
"After a while, we heard Alpha was missing. We urgently went inside to search."
Carla stayed silent and started pondering her words.
"What do you mean?" Freda was confused. "You're saying Lady Lisa had done it on purpose?"
"I did suspect so initially, but why would she do that?" Rogan couldn't understand. "Alpha was fine in the end. She said she ran off because she was chasing after the rabbit."
"Let's not speculate without any evidence." Carla ordered, "I'll forgive you this time, but there's no next time."
"Understood." Rogan held her breath with her head bowed.
They have finally arrived at the villa. Carla got out of the car with Alpha in her arms. Beta and Gamma rushed to her side. "Alpha!"
Carla gestured for them to keep quiet, not to wake Alpha up.
Beta and Gamma quickly covered their mouth.
"Alpha has fallen asleep, so I'm carrying her back to her room. Why don't you girls follow us?" Carla asked the girls gently.
"Okay." Beta and Gamma obediently trailed after Carla.
"Mommy, is Alpha alright?"
Venus and Randy approached. They worriedly accompanied Beta and Gamma the entire time Alpha was gone.
"She's fine. She got lost chasing after a rabbit." Carla explained, "She was drenched in the rain and is sleeping now. Let's not disturb her tonight. All of you go to sleep too."
"Okay."
Carla took Alpha back to her room. After comforting Beta and Gamma, she ordered Rogan, "Ask Hapilia to check on Alpha. See if Alpha needs any medication for cold."
"Freda went looking for her a while ago. She's currently making ginger soup." Rogan said softly, "Go shower and change. I'll be right here."
"Wipe Alpha down and change her out of her clothing."
"Understood."
Carla saw Lisa when she exited the girls' room. The latter was coming toward her with the maids and Lucas following behind her.
Lucas was covering his sneezing nose and mouth with a handkerchief.
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