Chapter 119
It was in the rush hour, and Anna was stuck in traffic. She clicked on the text message and read it. After
that, she frowned and dialed him directly.
“Mr. Brown, why do I have to stay at the hotel too?”
Mr. Brown replied, “I don’t know, this is the notice from the headquarters. They probably think that if
guests have an emergency, you can handle it for them. Do you find it inconvenient?”
“My daughter is on summer vacation and stays home every day. Can I take her with me?” “Are you
serious?” Mr. Brown asked unhappily. Anna replied awkwardly, “I just asked off the top of my head.
Fine. I’ll figure it out.” After hanging up the phone, Anna stared at the screen indignantly. It was so
unfair.
I didn‘t evenin about this temporary arrangement, so howe I couldn‘t take my daughter to
check–in? Anna thought.
She decided to send her daughter to Peace’s ce. Luckily, Peace was on vacation recently and was
home every day and night.
“I didn’t want to bother you, but it came all of a sudden.”
Peace readily agreed, saying, “I’m Tammy’s godmother, so of course I’ll take care of her. Don’t worry.
By the way, tomorrow is Saturday, are you off work? Shall we go out shopping?”
Anna exined, “I have to take Tammy to swimming lessons tomorrow first. Every weekend, the
swimming pool holds a parent-child ss, and parents have to go to the ss together. If I can get out
of there early, I’ll call you.”
“What is it about? It’s not like she’s going to kindergarten,” Peace asked, feeling puzzled.
When Anna went to the bathroom, she sat on the couch, poked Tammy’s shoulder, and asked,
“Tammy, why do you suddenly want to go to swimming lessons?”
Tammy was sitting on the carpet watching cartoons. She blinked and asked, “What are you talking
about? I don’t understand.”
Peace pinched her face and said, “Your mom can’t swim at all, and neither can you. Why did you take
the initiative to learn how to swim? When you were little, you cried every time you took a bath *
Realizing that she couldn’t lie to Peace abymore, Tammy pouted and said, “I’m doing this for my
mommy’s lifelong happiness anyway You‘re my mom’s best friend. You must get her to go to the
swimming ss with me tomorrow”
Peace’s eyes lit up She asked, “Her lifelong happiness? You set up a blind date for her at the
swimming pool?”
“No, but it’s close.” “I want to go there!”
Tammy immediately refused, saying, “No, if there are too many people there, they won’t be able to be
alone.”
“You’re a smart kid, Tammy. Who on earth did you learn that from?”
Anna was humming and brushing her teeth in the bathroom and had no idea what they were saying in
the living room.
On the following day, Anna started packing her things and took Tammy to the swimming pool after
having breakfast at home.
“Let’s go.” Before leaving, Anna nced at the couch and shook her head.
Peace was lying on the couch, eating a snack and watching a movie with a mask on her face.
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Peace never went out to travel like others whenever she was on vacation but stayed at home.
“Call me.” Anna heard Peace say before closing the door. Anna frowned, thinking she was talking
about shopping.
By the time they arrived at the swimming pool, the morning session had already started. There were
quite a few parents, all of whom were young moms. Theyughed as they changed into their swimsuits
in the locker room.
Anna was changing her clothes when she realized that the women who came to the parenting ss all
seemed to know each other, which made her have a headache when hearing them talking
“Sally, why didn’t Lisae today?” “She just found that she was pregnant outst week. She has
“What kind of milk powder does your child drink?” “He only have milk imported from Australia.”
Anna had just taken off a thin jacket. The dressing room was expansive, but the two women talked
about their daily life as if no one were around, which made Anna feel out of breath.
She realized that the people who came here with their children seemed like housewives who didn‘t
work. They cared about their husbands and children and their families every day. This gave her a
strange foreboding,
She then found out that her hunch was correct.
After the coach taught the group a few simple moves, the women piled into the pool in their various
colored swimsuits. They kept talking about school, grades, and extracurricr sses were the only
topics.
After being asked several times how many children she had and where they went to school, Anna used
the excuse to go to the bathroom and left the pool.
She’d rather work overtime for a month than listen to people urging her to have more children,
She found the ss and the group of women too scary.
After changing from the locker room, she called Peace directly to ask her out for shopping.
“The ss is over already?”
“It’s too weird there, I’d better go shopping. Tammy will eat here at noon. I’ll just pick her up before
ss ends this afternoon.”
“Okay, I’ll be there soon.”
Hanging up the phone, Anna sat down on the couch in the lobby of the swimming pool to rx. Feeling
comfortable having escaped there, she squinted her eyes. Then, she saw an adult and a child walking
from a distance.
She thought she was dreaming. “What are you doing here?” Wayne’s low voice echoed down the hall.
Anna winced and opened her eyes.
It isn‘t a dream! Wayne, wearing a white T-shirt and beige cks, looked at her suspiciously.
Matthew had wrapped his arms around her legs before she had a chance to react. He looked pleased
and kept smiling.
“Why are you guys here too?” Anna had a surprised look on her face, her eyes drowsy. “Matthew came
here for swimming lessons.” Anna said in surprise, “Tammy’s taking lessons here, too. What a
coincidence!”
Wayne stared thoughtfully at Matthew, crawling up Anna’s body, and sensed that this should not be a
coincidence
Matthew had taken home a flyer earlier and told Wayne that he wanted toe to this swimming pool
for lessons. He also begged Wayne for a long time to go to the ss.
Wayne realized that Matthew was doing it on purpose.
However, he knew that he shouldn’t ask so many questions since he was here. He asked, “So what are
you doing here alone, and where’s Tammy?”
Hearing this, Anna’s eyes lit up, and she smiled a little slyly