Of course, Benny understood what they had to do. “What did Daddy tell Mommy the other day? She looked really upset! As for Daddy, he…”
Benny felt his heart ache as he recalled Lucian’s expression when he left the other day.
It’s like Daddy won’t be coming to see us anymore! Mommy and Daddy have gotten into fights in the past, but things have never gotten this bad before!
Archie shook his head as he didn’t understand the situation either.
We tried asking Mommy many times about what happened that day, but our efforts were all in vain. Even though Mommy answered all of our questions, it was obvious that she was lying to us. What happened? What is Mommy so afraid to tell us about?
“Is this about Mommy punishing Essie?” Benny suggested. “No,” Archie replied with a frown. Mommy wouldn’t have kept it from us if it were that simple. Come on, think! What could it be?
Neither Archie nor Benny had any idea what the reason was.
Suddenly, Benny thought of something and sat up straight in his chair. “C-Could it be about Mr. Damaris?”
Daddy had gotten into several fights with Mommy because of Mr. Damaris. Mommy and Mr. Damaris have gotten a lot closer ever since. Maybe Daddy is angry at Mommy because of this. Yeah, that has got to be it!
Archie’s eyes lit up when he heard that. Hmm… Benny does make a good point! “Let’s go talk to Mommy about this! We’ll tell her to stay away from Mr. Damaris because we don’t like him!”
Benny’s suggestion reflected his pure way of thinking.
Archie, on the other hand, was able to see things from Roxanne’s perspective. “But Mommy is only in contact with Mr. Damaris because of work.”
He then turned toward Benny as he continued with a frown, “We both saw how hard Mommy worked to secure this job opportunity.”
Asking Mommy to give up on this job opportunity simply because we don’t like Mr. Damaris would be unfair to her.
Benny felt his heart clench when he recalled how busy Roxanne had been back then. “But it’s possible that Daddy and Mommy are fighting because of Mr. Damaris!”
Benny was still on the fence about this. He couldn’t choose between Roxanne’s career and Lucian.
The two of them continued discussing that matter throughout the rest of the day. Being the more emotional of the two, Benny simply wanted Jack to leave so Roxanne and Lucian would get back together.
Archie, on the other hand, was more rational and didn’t want to affect Roxanne’s career. However, neither of them was able to arrive at a conclusion even when school was over.
“Archie! Benny! Look who’s there!” Pippa spotted Roxanne waiting at the front gate the moment they stepped out the classroom door.
Archie and Benny were so absorbed in their thoughts that they didn’t even notice Roxanne standing there until Pippa mentioned it.
As they glanced at the gate, they saw that Roxanne looked absent-minded as well. The look on Roxanne’s face made Archie and Benny more determined to help Lucian and Roxanne get back together.
“Mommy!” Benny called out to Roxanne while running toward her.
Having been snapped out of her train of thought, Roxanne patted him on the head before instinctively scanning the crowd.
Despite having confirmed Lucian’s feelings toward her earlier that morning, Roxanne still found herself coming over when school was over that evening.
She refused to give up, but sure enough, she still saw no sign of Estella anywhere. As Archie was walking a little slower, he clearly saw Roxanne searching the crowd for Estella.
Huh… I don’t get it… Why would Mommy keep fighting with Daddy if she cares about Essie so much?
“Let’s go home, Mommy!” Benny said softly when Archie walked up to them. Roxanne flashed him a smile and nodded in response, but her legs refused to move. Maybe I should wait just a little while longer…
Realizing her hesitation, Archie reached out to hold her hand and said, “Essie didn’t come to school today, Mommy.”
Naturally, that meant no one would be coming to pick her up. Roxanne froze in surprise when she realized Archie had seen right through her thoughts.
“Come on, let’s go home!” Archie added while giving her hand a light tug.
Having accepted reality for what it was, Roxanne replied with a wry smile, “All right, let’s go.”
She then walked hand in hand with Archie and Benny as they made their way toward her car. It wasn’t until they entered the car that Benny realized Roxanne was looking for Estella earlier.
After discussing it with Archie the entire day and witnessing Roxanne searching for Estella, Benny couldn’t help but ask, “Mommy, could you give Mr. Farwell a call and ask him how Essie is doing?”
That question caught Roxanne completely off guard and caused her to tighten her grip on the steering wheel. “Mommy?”
Roxanne had wanted to tell them that it wasn’t convenient for her to call Lucian, but she couldn’t bring herself to say that when she saw how worried they were about Estella.
After hesitating for a bit, Roxanne replied, “I’ll give him a call tonight and tell you boys about it tomorrow.”
“Okay!” Seeing how Roxanne had agreed to it so easily, Benny assumed the conflict between her and Lucian wasn’t that serious.
As he leaned back against his seat, however, Archie jabbed at his arm and gave him a look. Because of how well they knew each other, that look was all Benny needed to understand what Archie was trying to say.
Mommy’s lying! She’s not going to actually make that phone call! Benny pursed his lips in disappointment when the sudden realization dawned upon him.
He then remained silent throughout the rest of the ride home.
Roxanne and the kids had just entered the mansion when she saw Jack sitting in the living room. “Ah, you’re all home!” Jack greeted them with a smile.
“Mr. Damaris came over this afternoon. I had him wait in the living room since he’s a friend of yours, Ms. Jarvis,” Lysa said as she came out of the kitchen.
Roxanne nodded in response and motioned for Archie and Benny to go and wash their hands. However, they refused to budge and stood there staring at Jack.
We were just talking about Mr. Damaris today! Who would’ve thought we’d bump into him so soon?
Benny’s eyes were filled with resentment as he glared at Jack. Naturally, Jack was well aware of Benny’s hostility, but he pretended to not notice it.
“What brings you here today, Mr. Damaris?” Roxanne asked in confusion. Jack lifted his chin slightly and gestured at her to look at the single-seater couch on the right.
Roxanne saw a medium-sized basket on the couch, but she couldn’t make out what was inside. “What is this?” she asked with a frown.
Jack arched an eyebrow as he replied, “I told you about this before, didn’t I? Our family would grant you access to our ancient medicine books if you become our business partner. My grandfather had me bring these over. Said they might be of help to you, Dr. Jarvis.”
Roxanne’s eyes lit up when she heard that those were the Damaris family’s ancient medicine books. She quickly walked up to the couch and opened the basket.
Sure enough, it was filled with all the ancient medicine books that she had wanted really badly before. “Thank you very much, Mr. Damaris! These are just what I needed!” Roxanne said in a cheerful tone.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.