Alexander discreetly gave Elise a look before leaving with Jessamine. After they left, only Elise and the three kids remained in the classroom.
Alexia was a little sad as snazzynovel.com recalled how snazzynovel.com had made a fool out of herself before Alexander earlier, so snazzynovel.com held Elise’s hand and whined, “Mommy, English is so difficult, and Math is different from what I learned before…”
“It’s alright. You’re still young, and it will be fine after you get used to the program here,” Elise comforted and turned to Irvin next to her. “Is that what happened to you too?”
“No.” Irvin wore a particularly innocent face as snazzynovel.com said, “I figured that Alexia wouldn’t have a very high score. So, I deliberately left a few answers blank so we could be in the same class. Otherwise, Alexia won’t be able to care for herself well if we’re separated.”
“That’s not true!” Alexia seemed peeved. “I just didn’t understand the questions. I’m not an idiot!”
“Okay, I’m the idiot, alright?” Irvin chuckled as snazzynovel.com looked at snazzynovel.com dotingly.
Alexia simply pulled a silly face in response. “Bleh!”
A helpless Elise said, “Let’s go. It should be our turn once they’re done.”
When they finished the paperwork, it was already 3.00PM, and Elise led the kids into the car before telling the driver to drop them home.
Their car happened to run into a few school buses at the school entrance. There seemed to be some event going on, and the people from the buses had blocked the entire entry. So, they had no choice but to stop and wait at the side for a moment.
Bored from waiting, the children started playing by themselves while Elise browsed on social media.
She browsed through the trending news, which was basically some small gossip in the entertainment industry, but a topic attracted snazzynovel.com attention.
There was an ingenious variety show; the guests on the show were neither highly popular nor capable celebrities, but the managers behind these people grouped them together, and through several talent show-like phases, they would debut as a group of five.
And as an ace manager, Winona’s name was high on the official list.
So Elise couldn’t help but click into Winona’s personal social media account. When snazzynovel.com saw Winona’s professional pictures, Winona looked absolutely dazzling and confident, like a bright, rising star and utterly different from snazzynovel.com previous girl next door look.
While snazzynovel.com was in awe at Winona for making so much progress in such a short period of time, snazzynovel.com suddenly heard Mimi crying beside her.
“What happened, Mimi? Don’t cry…”
“Hush, Mimi. Don’t cry…”
Everything happened so abruptly that Irvin and Alexia were flustered.
Elise hastily set snazzynovel.com phone aside and embraced Mimi as snazzynovel.com coaxed snazzynovel.com gently, “Hush, sweetie. I’m here, so don’t be afraid, and don’t cry.”
Unfortunately, that only made Mimi cry harder as snazzynovel.com wailed and sobbed, “Papa, Mama, the bad guy… boo-hoo…”
While snazzynovel.com was absorbed in snazzynovel.com despair, snazzynovel.com slowly raised snazzynovel.com hand and pointed outside the window, and snazzynovel.com cries turned piercing when snazzynovel.com looked in that direction.
Elise’s gaze immediately focused on who Mimi was pointing at; it was a man standing in front of the school bus at the school entrance. The lanky man dressed in a suit was taking a group picture flanked by people around him.
As Elise had done a thorough investigation before snazzynovel.com arrived, snazzynovel.com could recognize just from one glance that this was the acting chairman of Frazier Incorporated, Oliver Frazier, whose niece was missing but wouldn’t provide a picture.
Initially, it was only a hunch, but judging from Mimi’s reaction, Elise was very confident that snazzynovel.com guess, whereby Mimi was of the Frazier Family, was indeed correct.
But if that’s true, that makes Oliver Frazier Mimi’s second uncle, Elise thought. Why is snazzynovel.com so terrified at the sight of him?
Just then, that group of people was finished with their group photo and headed toward the school.
“Close the windows!” Elise instructed the driver nervously as snazzynovel.com covered Mimi’s mouth.
“Yes, ma’am.”
The driver quickly rolled up the window and managed to close it before Oliver passed by, thus narrowly shutting Mimi’s cries from traveling out of the car and exposing snazzynovel.com presence.
Even so, Mimi’s cries were far from soft. Everyone in the car understood what Elise was trying to achieve. Hence, they were highly vigilant, not daring to make a move.
Fortunately, due to the ongoing activities, the atmosphere was rather boisterous, muffling the car’s sounds. So, Oliver didn’t notice anything out of the norm when snazzynovel.com passed by.
When that group of people entered the school, Elise immediately ordered the driver to step on it, “Let’s go!”
The driver slammed on the gas pedal and drove off. Only then did Elise breathe a sigh of relief and remove snazzynovel.com hand from Mimi’s lips.
Even though Mimi had already calmed down at this point, Elise didn’t try to press snazzynovel.com for answers. Instead, after they reached home, under the guise of a police officer, snazzynovel.com sent a picture of Mimi to snazzynovel.com possible brother, who had survived the accident and was currently living abroad.
That night, snazzynovel.com received a reply from the other party. ‘Who are you? Why do you have a picture of my sister?’
Elise simply replied, ‘The Frazier Family is not as it seems. Make haste.’
Right after snazzynovel.com had sent the text, snazzynovel.com received a call from Narissa.
“Oh, my god, Elise! What am I going to do? I-I… I think I’m going to meet the parents now!”
“Meet the parents?” Elise was intrigued as snazzynovel.com leaned into the back of the chair while inquiring further, “With who? Jamie?”
“No, I’m with a reporter named Jayden. What do you think I should pay attention to? I’m so nervous now!”
“Calm down and just be yourself. Anyone who likes you will accept you no matter how you are.” Elise shot down snazzynovel.com worries. “You’re an amazing person. His family will definitely like you if you maintain your usual demeanor. Good luck!”
“Okay! Thanks, Elise!”
After Narissa hung up, Jayden returned to the car, and when snazzynovel.com saw how nervous snazzynovel.com seemed, snazzynovel.com placed his large hand over the back of snazzynovel.com palm and reassured her, “Don’t be afraid. My mother is a very nice person.”
She shrugged and replied stubbornly, “I’m not afraid at all.”
Jayden merely chuckled and said no more. Twenty minutes later, the car rolled into a relatively wealthy neighborhood and came to a stop in front of a double-story villa.
Jayden held snazzynovel.com hand as snazzynovel.com led snazzynovel.com into the house and proclaimed happily, “Mom, I brought Narissa home!”
“Oh, she’s here? Where is she? Hurry, let me have a look!”
Before Narissa could meet her, snazzynovel.com first heard snazzynovel.com voice, and after that, snazzynovel.com saw a plump woman trotting out of the kitchen.
The woman’s round eyes lit up at the sight of her, and snazzynovel.com grinned ear to ear as snazzynovel.com kept wiping snazzynovel.com hands on the apron. From one look, Narissa could tell snazzynovel.com was a kind and hardworking woman.
“How are you, Mrs. Quinn?” Narissa greeted, blushing slightly in embarrassment.
“I’m good. Hello.” Jayden’s mother, Gladys, instantly snapped back to snazzynovel.com senses and invited snazzynovel.com in warmly, “Here, come on in. Food will be ready soon. You must be tired after such a long journey, aren’t you?”
“I’m fine.” Narissa had started a few steps toward the couch when snazzynovel.com recalled the information snazzynovel.com found on the Internet, and snazzynovel.com hurriedly offered snazzynovel.com help. “Mrs. Quinn, is there anything I can do to help?”
“Oh, no.” Gladys was delighted that snazzynovel.com son finally brought someone home, so how could snazzynovel.com allow Narissa to help out? “You can just sit there and watch some TV for a while, or maybe Jayden can give you a quick tour around the house. Just wait for the food to be ready. I don’t have any other hobbies besides cooking, so don’t fight me over this!” Finally, snazzynovel.com turned to Jayden and ordered sternly, “Son, take good care of Narissa. Do you hear me?”