Chapter 1354
Since Michael was rarely home, he was constantly worried about leaving someone who had once
shown interest in his wife in his house. But Quinton stayed home every day, seemingly not wanting to
go anywhere. Thest time he was asked toe back and teach, he had refused, so he would
probably refuse this time as well.
However, Michael felt that he needed to be ‘kicked’ out of the house.
As if he understood where Michael’s pettiness wasing from, Quinton drank the yogurt that the
student had given while agreeing. “Okay.”
That was fast…
If it weren’t because Michael could provide him with biologically engineered spare organs, he didn’t
want to live in Michael’s house all the time either. He had long wanted to move out to be a teacher at
Bayside University.
Michael was taken aback by Quinton’s quick agreement. Patting him on the shoulder, Michael said,
“Get ready then. I’ll go speak to the vice-chancellor; you can register as a teacher under the Fletcher
name.”
He made a mental note to assign him the best apartment unit that was preferably fully furnished so that
he could move in immediately.
In the ssroom, the lecturer was full of energy, delivering his lesson while the students listened
intently. All of a sudden, a high-pitched chime resounded through the room. Awoooo—
After the wolf’s howling ended, the ssroom fell silent for a second, then a flurry of snickers erupted.
Flustered, Stanley hurriedly fished out his mobile phone, only to find that Christine was calling him. His
ringtone was a wolf’s howl, and the volume had been set too high, which was why the entire ssroom
had just been filled with a sad, high-pitched cry.
“I’m sorry!” He quickly hung up the phone, then set it to vibrate. He sent a message to Christine saying
that he would return her callter before putting his phone to one side.
Sophia, who was sitting next to him, felt embarrassed.
This stupid dog is always doing stupid things.
After ss was dismissed, everyone talked andughed as they left the school. Harry came to pick
Sarah up on his bicycle while Sophia waited for Michael, who had gone to speak with the vice-
chancellor. Stanley tried to return Christine’s call, but no one picked up.
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“What happened? She’s not picking up, and she’s not replying on Messenger,” he muttered, looking
like a lovesick teenager who was being snubbed by his girlfriend.
Seanughed and reasoned, “Perhaps she’s at work!”
Stanley simply looked down at his phone and said nothing.
Apanied by Stanley and Sean, Sophia sat next to the Teaching Building while she waited for
Michael. In a rather dissatisfied tone, she said, “What are you guys waiting for? Go home by
yourselves!”
Stanley eximed, “Don’t think that we don’t know that your family is preparing a delicious meal
tonight. You want to get rid of us? In your dreams! Grand-uncle Theo has already picked Maisie up.
Tonight, the three of us will go and exploit your hospitality!”
Sean chimed in, “We’ll exploit you!”
Sophia pursed her lips. “Oh, I’m so terrified!”
After a while, Nathan was also done with his sses. As his bicycle came to a stop in front of Sophia,
he said coldly, “Get on.”
Sophia was about to speak when she saw Michael and Quinton riding over on their ofos. Michael
parked his bicycle between Nathan and Sophia, then said, “Get on.”
Sophia smiled at Nathan before jumping onto the back seat of Michael’s bicycle. He rode away as
Nathan chased after them in a huff.
When they arrived home, Sarah and Harry were already waiting. Theo had also returned from picking
up the children, and they were chattering like a flock of sparrows.
Rumors about Hope getting himself a girlfriend at the kindergarten had gotten to Sarah, and once
Sarah knew something, everyone else would too.
“Hope, what’s your girlfriend’s name? Is she pretty? Why don’t you bring her back and show Mommy?
Is it Be? Lily? It’s Little Marsha, isn’t it?”
No matter how many questions she peppered him with, Hope refused to say anything. The expression
on his face showed that he was truly living up to his nickname—Sour Face.
Since she couldn’t get an answer out of Hope, Sarah tried to ask Carmen, but she imed not to know
anything.
Afterward, Sarah had a chat with Sophia. “Why aren’t you concerned about Carmen? Maybe she’s also
gotten herself a boyfriend in kindergarten. Kids nowadays grow up so fast!”
Watching Carmen, Sophia feltpletely at ease. She knew that Carmen would not start dating in
kindergarten. Supposedly, she had had plenty of ‘experience’ with dating. Her ex-boyfriend had saved
up enough money for a pet shop, so it was obvious that she wouldn’t settle for just any ordinary boy.
As they waited for dinner to be served, everyone happily chatted away. Theo watched the news
broadcast as usual, and Cooper was forced to watch it with him. Michael and Quinton talked about
Quinton returning to school as a teacher, but Stanley kept his head low and his eyes peeled on his
phone.
He felt agitated—as if he sensed that something was about to happen.
After Christine called him, she hadn’t picked up his calls, nor did she reply to his messages. This
behavior was very unlike her.
Sophia moved closer to him with a nosy look on her face. “Stupid dog, are you really in a rtionship?”
But Stanley continued to frown, not answering her. His heart was heavy; even the joy of scrounging a
free meal had disappeared.
Sophia took his silence as tacit admission.
Soon, the food was served, and therge family gathered together. There was the Western food that
Cooper and Linus liked as well as the smander soup that everyone knew and loved. Stanley, who
would usually pounce on food like a predator attacking its prey and would want to have a sip or two of
everything including medicine, was acting out of character today; he was constantly stuck in a daze.
Sean had taken several pieces of tofu for him, but he didn’t eat much and was just ying with his food
instead.
He took only a few bites of his food, staring at his phone the whole time.
When dinner was over, Sophia contentedly drank her chicken soup. Suddenly, Stanley’s phone rang
with the familiar wolf’s howl, and he hurriedly picked it up.
They didn’t know what the person on the other side had said. All they saw was the abrupt change in
Stanley’s demeanor after just listening to a few words. He stood up and walked out without saying a
word.
“Stan, what’s the matter?” Sean asked as he chased after him.
Stanley had already put on his shoes when he answered, “Something happened to Christine.”
With that, he opened the door and left.
Sean was stunned for a moment, then he turned around and called out, “Sophia, Maisie will need to
stay at your house for a while tonight.”
He rushed off without another word. Sophia then set down her bowl to catch up to them, wanting to get
a grasp of the situation.
Judging from Stanley’s expression, it seemed that something serious had happened, so she had to go
and take a look.
The three of them left the neighborhood. Stanley drove his car and peeled down the road as fast as he
could, running numerous red lights along the way.
Throughout the entire drive, Stanley’s face was gloomy. He didn’t say a word and was solely focused
on turning the steering wheel non-stop. Seated in the passenger seat, Sean was silent as well. Sophia,
who was in the back seat, took out her phone and ran a search on the name ‘Christine Bishop’. Many
news articles began popping up.
Tonight’s headline: ‘Christine Bishop Falls to Her Death’.
Upon seeing the words ‘fall’ and ‘death’, Sophia’s mind went nk. She quickly clicked into the news
article and saw that a video was being widely circted by many media outlets. A girl in a white dress
was sitting outside the window of the eighth floor of a hotel, shouting herself hoarse. Unfortunately, no
one could understand her, as it seemed to be drunken gibberish. Several secondster, amidst the
shouts of the bystanders, she fell to the ground like a snowke, sshing blood everywhere.