Now that Pamela had taken a good look at Roxanne, she realized there were indeed some similarities between Estella and her. Despite that, she still chose to be careful and confirm with Estella. “Essie, is she your aunt?”
Estella only wrapped her arms around Roxanne’s neck with her back facing Pamela. Not a single word came from her mouth. Roxanne had no choice but to pat the girl’s head to attract her attention. “Essie, your teacher’s talking to you.”
Only when Estella heard Roxanne’s voice did she slowly turn around. Flashing Estella a smile, Pamela repeated her question.
To their horror, Estella pursed her lips and shook her head, clearly looking upset. Both Roxanne and Pamela were stunned by Estella’s response.
Roxanne knew Estella was mad because she had denied being her mother. However, she could not explain the situation to Pamela either. Pamela thought that Roxanne, the woman who claimed to have a different identity, was extremely suspicious.
She picked up her phone again with a wary look written all over her face. Seeing that, Roxanne quickly said, “I can explain this. Please believe me. If I’m a bad person, why would Essie be staying in my arms so obediently?”
Again, doubts filled Pamela’s mind when she heard that. True. Essie’s really quiet in this woman’s arms.
Estella had been rejecting the teachers’ touch. The same applied to Aubree too. Estella would do everything she could to avoid her. Pamela could not help but wonder what kind of relationship Roxanne had with Essie that made the latter behave so obediently.
Pamela’s confusion was clearly written on her face.
“Miss, even if I believe you’re not a bad person, the fact that you made the children in this class cry remains. This isn’t a small matter. You need to at least give me an explanation. That way, I can answer their parents when they ask me about it.”
Roxanne glanced through the window and saw the children she frightened earlier crying while the teaching assistant was busy trying to calm everyone down.
She turned around and smiled at Pamela apologetically. “I’m really Essie’s aunt. I can give her father a call if you don’t believe me.”
Roxanne never wanted to get Lucian involved in the first place, but all the children there were from rich families. If their parents decided to take out their anger on her, only the Farwell family would have the power to make them give in.
Moreover, Roxanne had only made them cry only because she was protecting Estella. What Roxanne did not expect was that Pamela actually wanted her to make that call.
“As a teacher, I have to be responsible for the children. So…” Pamela’s intention was clear enough. That made Roxanne choke a little. She stared at Pamela for some time before taking out her phone reluctantly.
Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine having to make the call now without having any time to prepare herself. After all, she had given up on the notion after much hesitation last night.
Most importantly, she was secretly there to check on Estella. Roxanne gripped her phone, her heart pounding with nervousness. Pamela grew more suspicious the longer she waited.
Given no choice, Roxanne could only pluck up her courage and dial Lucian’s number.
To her surprise, the call was declined after the second ring. Roxanne glanced at Pamela when the automated message sounded.
“Please put Essie down. I’ll get the security guards to handle this.”
Pamela’s barely existent trust for Roxanne had shattered.
Roxanne felt utterly helpless. She knew Lucian was mad at her, but she never expected him to reject her call. Upon hearing Pamela’s words, Roxanne had no choice but to put Estella down resignedly.
After she put her down, Estella hurriedly clung to her leg, unwilling to let go no matter what anyone said. “Essie, come here.” Pamela crouched down and opened her arms. However, Estella kept her eyes fixed on Roxanne as if she had heard nothing.
The entire situation left Pamela in an awkward position. At the same time, she began to wonder what Roxanne’s relationship with Estella was.
Seeing that, Roxanne patted Estella’s head. “Be a good girl and go to your teacher, Essie.” Estella shook her head fervently and showed Roxanne her injured hand again. She whined, “My hand. It hurts!”
Roxanne’s heart ached when she saw the red mark on the back of Estella’s hand. She stroked it gently and said to Pamela, “Please help Essie to apply some medication later. Her hand was stepped on earlier.”
Of course, Pamela was unaware of that incident. When she heard Roxanne’s words, she quickly approached to examine Essie’s hand. The second she saw the mark on the back of Estella’s hand, her heart sank. “Essie, what happened? Who bullied you?”
Pamela was horrified. After all, she, as a teacher, had absolutely no idea the daughter of Farwell Group had been injured in her class. Still, Estella pursed her lips and said nothing.
Seeing that, Roxanne had no choice but to explain, “It’s the children from just now. I’ve already taught them a lesson, but please look after Essie more in the future. At the very least, don’t let her get bullied. She’s not very sociable.”
Pamela nodded vigorously, feeling more certain that the woman in front of her had some sort of relationship with Estella.
Regardless, because of Roxanne’s ever- changing answer, Pamela decided to ask Estella, “Essie, can you tell me who this lady is to you?”
Worried Estella might ignore her like how she did earlier, Pamela added, “If you don’t tell me, I have no choice but to get the police.”
Sure enough, the idea of getting the police triggered a response from Estella. “Mommy!”
Pamela felt as if she was about to break into a cold sweat. One moment, the lady claims to be her mommy. In the next, she’s her aunt. And now, Essie’s telling me the lady’s her mommy.
After some time, Pamela got to her feet abruptly and took out her phone again.
Thinking Pamela was going to make a police report, Roxanne did not stop her. After all, she knew her identity was suspicious, and she had no proof to confirm it.
The call finally connected after some time. However, the words that came out of Pamela’s mouth were “Mr. Farwell.”
Upon hearing that, Roxanne froze to the spot. She was already mentally unprepared when she had to call Lucian earlier. And now Pamela had directly given Lucian a call without a word of warning.
Furthermore, Roxanne never expected Lucian to answer it so quickly. He hung up on me just now….
Lucian said something into the phone, to which Pamela explained, “A lady suddenly came to the kindergarten looking for Essie, and Essie seems to be close to her. The problem is that this lady claimed to be Essie’s mother at first and aunt the next. I couldn’t confirm her real identity, so I’m calling you to get your verification.”
Cold sweat trickled down Roxanne’s back when she heard Pamela even recounting the incident where she had claimed to be Estella’s mother.
“May I know your last name?” Pamela suddenly looked at her. “Jarvis,” Roxanne replied in a hoarse voice. Once Pamela heard the answer, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly notified Lucian.
I’ve never heard of the Farwell family having any relationship with a family with the surname Jarvis. Thus, this woman will certainly not be any relative of Essie. Luckily, I call Mr. Farwell in time to confirm it.
However, the person on the other end of the line fell silent after she told him Roxanne’s last name. It made her a little worried, and she wondered if she had done anything wrong.
“Get her to wait. I’m heading over right now.” When Pamela was about to apologize, Lucian’s deep voice suddenly rang out.
She looked at the woman before her in confusion and hastily agreed. Roxanne noticed Pamela’s gaze and felt her heart drop.
After hanging up the phone, Pamela looked at Roxanne solemnly and said, “Mr. Farwell said he’ll be here soon. Please leave Estella to me.”
Lucian’s tone on the phone just now somehow. made Pamela subconsciously think that Roxanne was an enemy of the Farwell family.
Roxanne, however, only heard the first half of Pamela’s sentence. She was stunned in place and didn’t respond at all.
Pamela got a little anxious and reached out to pull Estella over, but the little girl wrapped her arms around Roxanne’s legs and refused to let go.
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