After hanging up the phone, Christina walked up to them and asked, “Camila, Lucas, Mommy is going to take you two to a different place first, okay?”
She wanted to communicate with the kids beforehand so that they would not react strongly later on.
“What is that place?” Camila looked at Christina curiously with her eyes wide.
“Is it fun?” Lucas asked.
“Yeah. We're going to meet a lady and have a little chat with her,” Christina said.
Camila tilted her head and gave it some thought before turning toward Lucas.
The two kids exchanged glances before arriving at a consensus. “Okay,” Lucas said on behalf of them both.
Christina's lips curled into a smile when she saw that the kids had agreed to it. She then got the three of them out of bed and had them get changed.
After having breakfast, Nathaniel drove Christina and the two kids over to the psychology clinic.
Thinking that Christina was going to get them injections, Camila and Lucas didn't dare enter the building.
“Relax, I didn't bring you two here to get an injection. We're just going to meet a pretty lady and have a little chat with her,” Christina explained when she noticed the look of fear on their faces.
“Don't be scared, Camila. I will keep you company,’ Nathaniel said while picking Camila up.
With her big strong father next to her, Camila's feelings of fear reduced significantly.
The receptionist came over and led Christina straight to Ellie's clinic. She was about to walk through the door when her phone started ringing.
“Head on in with the kids, Nathaniel,” Christina said.
“All right.”
Christina made her way to an empty corner and took a deep breath before answering the call. “Hey, Grandma.”
It was Azure who called her.
“Christina...” Azure paused for a few seconds before continuing, “How have you and the kids been?”
This was her first time speaking to Christina on the phone ever since she had run away from the Gibson residence.
Christina was still displeased with Azure for what she had done, so her tone was cold when she replied, “Yeah, we're all good.”
Noticing that Christina did not sound very happy, Azure closed her eyes and said, “I found out about what happened between you and Anya. I have given her a warning, so she won't cause you any more trouble.”
This was the least she could do for Christina.
Having obtained tons of evidence against Anya, however, Christina was not afraid of her in the slightest. “This is between me and Anya, Grandma. You should just stay out of it.”
Unhappy that Christina had told her to back off, Azure said coldly, “You're still a member of the Gibson family. What sort of misunderstanding could you two possibly have?” Misunderstanding? Anya clearly tried to kill me! In fact, she almost tried to kill the kids too! There's no way I'm letting this one slide!
When Azure didn't get a response from Christina, she took a deep breath and softened her tone as she asked, “When will you come back, Christina? Your father and I miss you.”
Had Azure not tried to lock her up the other day, Christina would have felt touched when she heard that.
Although she was worried that Azure would try to set her up again, she couldn't bring herself to say no when she thought about her father, who was disabled and depressed.
“Probably a few days later. I still have some stuff to take care of.”
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