After Mrs. Borah left with the kids, Carla immediately ran back to the classroom and searched high and low for the bracelet…
She looked everywhere. The classrooms, the school field, the school bus, the toilets, and every single corner in the school compound.
With no choice but to persevere, she started to scavenge through the garbage bins. As a consequence, her clothes were later soiled full of dust and dirt.
As the sky darkened, the teachers and school workers left one after the other.
Miss Loka tried to persuade her, " Miss Wigston, I suggest you go home in the meantime. All of us will look for it tomorrow. Additionally, I've sent out a notice informing all school personnel about the bracelet. If anyone finds it, it will be passed to me."
"I plan to search for it longer." Carla was overhauling the garbage tin. "Miss Loka, don't mind me. I'll search for it until eight at night and I'll leave after that."
"Truth be told, we've looked around in these places…" Miss Loka wanted to convince her further. Nonetheless, she changed her mind after she saw Carla's determination. "Alright then. I have to go. Take this torchlight with you, just in case you need it."
"Thank you." Carla retrieved the torch light. "I needed this."
Miss Loka turned and walked away. Later, she met Miss Jebay at the school entrance and the two immediately discussed the incident.
"A woman trying to raise three children is not easy, " commented Miss Jebay, "where is the children's father? He's such an irresponsible parent…"
Miss Loka replied, "She should be a single mom…"
"Today, Mrs. Stayton had gone overboard by obnoxiously reprimanding the three children. It was atrocious for her to comment that the alleged theft was the result of insufficient familial education by their parents. I tried to calm her down but she threatened to have me fired instead! What an obnoxious woman!" Miss Jebay eventually disclosed her grievances.
Miss Long was uneased. "Mrs. Stayton is infamous for her arrogance and domineering behavior. Try not to mess with her."
Miss Jebay felt that it was extremely unfair for Venus. "Clearly, Simon intended the bracelet to be a gift for Venus. However, his mother now turns around and accuses Venus of theft. Such a repugnant act!"
"Unfortunately, the law is against Miss Wigston and Venus. Minors do not possess the legal capacity to bestow gifts, especially something that is so valuable. Therefore, the Whytes have the upper hand in the situation!" Miss Loka was clearly against the Whytes' conduct.
Miss Jebay replied, "I understand. Therefore, I dared not to speak up during the argument just now. Nonetheless, Mrs. Stayton shouldn't have scolded the children in such an unscrupulous manner. When it happened, Venus was crying and shivering with fear, it pains me to see her terrified look…"
"Indeed, she's a very mean and cold-blooded woman. Only when Miss Wigston arrived, did she restrain herself from scolding Venus further!" Miss Loka agreed.
Miss Jebay eventually visualized the potential catastrophe that would befall her by having Simon in her class. "True. A parent like this is horrifying. I have to pray to God that nothing bad happens to Simon during my class. Otherwise, I'm doomed!"
"Not just you, but the whole kindergarten will also be done for…" Miss Loka shivered at the thought of it.
Finally, Miss Jebay lamented, "It's extremely unfortunate to be involved with a family like this!"
While the two teachers tried their best to speak softly, they were unable to remain inaudible during the quiet and peaceful night. Inevitably, Carla managed to eavesdrop on the whole conversation.
She held onto the torchlight firmly and her eyes emanated intense fury and wrath.
Although she knew very well that the mother-daughter duo were insidious and heartless, she underestimated their level of atrocity.
They have the audacity to hurt my children with such barbaric language!
Suddenly, her phone started ringing.
Mrs. Borah was calling Carla. She immediately took a deep breath to calm herself down. After she managed to recalibrate her emotions, she answered the call. "Mrs. Borah!"
"Miss, are you still at the kindergarten?" Mrs. Borah asked.
Carla replied, "Yes. I'm searching for the bracelet. What's wrong?"
"Venus is having a fever…" Mrs. Borah broke the bad news.
Carla instantly panicked. "What? I'll come back immediately."
Carla grabbed a ride and rushed back home.
Venus laid down semi-consciously on the bed. One would notice that her chubby cheeks were flushed red.
Beside her, Mrs. Borah tried to lower her temperature by sponging her with a cold towel.
Furthermore, Randy applied an ice bag on her forehead using his right hand. Meanwhile, his other hand was measuring her temperature with a thermometer.
At the other side of the bed, Josh was trying to feed her some water. He patiently scooped the water bit by bit and put it in her mouth. While doing that, he routinely wiped off the remaining drops of liquid on the side of her mouth.
"Venus, Venus, it's Mommy…" Carla called out to her.
She held her hand over and touched Venus's forehead. Needless to say, it was blazing hot!
"Mommy…" Venus mumbled indistinctly, "Mommy, I have a daddy right? I'm not a b_____d, I'm not…"
After hearing what she said, tears uncontrollably streamed down Carla's cheeks.
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