Qiana's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone, "Is this Madam Quartley?"
Hearing Qiana's gentle voice, Madam Quartley's anger had lessened a little, "Miss Lanes."
Qiana smiled and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Madam Quartley. Montez didn't attend school today and I'm really worried about him, so I've called the registered phone number. You wouldn't be angry, right?"
"No, of course I wouldn't."
Qiana then said, "Madam Quartley, why didn't Montez come today? Did he catch a cold? Many children in kindergarten have caught a cold recently. They should be drinking plenty of water."
"He did not catch a cold." Madam Quartley sighed heavily.
"Then what happened?"
Madam Quartley suddenly thought of something. "Miss Lanes, are you free?"
Qiana paused for a moment, clearly being surprised at Madam Quartley's question.
After a while, she replied, "I don't have time now. I have a class with the children, but I will be free at noon."
"How about I go over during noon and have lunch with you? I would like to have a conversation with you."
Qiana agreed at once, "Alright then. I'll be waiting for you, Madam Quartley."
After hanging up the call, Madam Quartley returned the phone back to the butler and asked him to leave.
Yuliana felt that something was wrong when she heard the conversation.
She looked at Madam Quartley warily, "Grandma, why are you looking for Montez's teacher? Could it be..."
Madam Quartley gave Yuliana a glance and said, "Don't ask too much for now. You'll know when the time comes."
Yuliana shut her mouth and felt quite surprised.
She had been by Madam Quartley's side for many years, so she understood her behavior quite a bit. It was really peculiar that Madam Quartley had requested a meeting with this teacher so politely when she was so furious at that moment.
Could it be that Montez's teacher was actually his biological mother?
How on earth could there be such a coincidence?
Tremaine brought Montez into the ward.
Yesseca was sitting on the bed with a dull expression on her face.
Seeing Tremaine and Montez coming over, her eyes moved around a little.
Montez felt his heart aching when he saw Yesseca like this.
He held Yesseca's hand and said, "Yesseca, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
Yesseca then said in a hoarse voice, "Montez, did I frighten you last night?"
Montez was about to nod when he suddenly shook his head. "No, no. I am a man. I surely won't be frightened by anything. Yesseca, don't worry, I am a strong man."
At this moment, Montez had totally forgotten about how he was sitting on the ground crying like a crybaby last night.
Yesseca took a deep breath and asked, "Montez, did you really see a face sticking on the window last night?"
Montez glanced at Tremaine.
Tremaine narrowed his eyes a bit.
Montez could only say, "Yesseca, when I wanted to go over to your place previously, Daddy told me that there was a ghost on your window, saying that there would be a face sticking against the window, so he asked me not to go. Yesterday, I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and thought about what Daddy had told me last time, so I looked at the window, and it seemed like there was really one there. But I'm not too sure about it either. Perhaps I was just scaring myself, and there was actually nothing at all..."
Yesseca was dumbstruck.
She looked at Tremaine.
Tremaine said in a low voice, "I went to check yesterday, but there was nothing at all. It was just Montez having an illusion. He's still little after all and he will hallucinate easily after hearing all these from us grown-ups."
Yesseca lowered her eyes.
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