Sabrina usually did not like Mrs Sear very much, so her tone was slightly impatient. "Mrs Sear, I am running a little late for work today, what’s the matter?"
"Mrs Ford, I know that you don't like the few of us very much since the incident last time, but I assure you with my character, we really did not create any trouble anymore after that. In the group that we have, we don’t show off our bags or our wealth, we are just discussing some experiences of educating children."
Sabrina did not say anything.
Mrs Sear then continued, "I never forced her to join our small group because it's all voluntary anyway.
However, do you know what Susan once told me when she came home? She said Jennifer is a little unhappy i n school. We...we actually just wanted to communicate with Jennifer's mother. It’s true that she is a single mother, and being women ourselves, we just wanted t o help her."
Seeing Mrs Sear saying this with sincerity, Sabrina suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry.,.1 have misunderstood all of you."
"It's fine." Mrs Sear smiled. "Mrs Ford, you are a good person. Don't mind me for saying this, but I feel
Jennifer's mother’s kind of aloofness was different from yours back then. She has just been transferred
over recently. In just this one week or so, it seems like Jennifer and Aino already had a good relationship once Jennifer was transferred over."
Sabrina did not say anything.
Mrs Sear sighed. "I'm just trying to advise you, don't... mind me for saying too much. Don't mind me. Perhaps there is nothing at all, but it's not a bad thing to be more mindful. Mrs Ford, you have to keep a good eye o n Aino, you must take good care of her."
After saying that, Mrs Sear glanced at her watch. "I...I also have a job now. I have to go now."
What Mrs Sear said reminded Sabrina of what Ruth and Yonne said to her when they were at the mall the day before. The opinion Ruth and Yvonne had of Jennifer's mother was the same as Mrs Sear.
"Madam, what's wrong?" asked Kingston.
Ryan immediately stood up for his uncle. "Aunt Sabrina, you've really wronged my uncle. He only returned to Kidon City yesterday afternoon, and it was to accompany your grand...your grandpa to seek treatment at Kidon City."
Sabrina was stunned. After a pause, only then did she ask, "What’s wrong...with him?"
Ryan sighed. "Think about it. He’s already a ninetyyear-old man. Never mind that she had mistakenly acknowledged the wrong granddaughter, but he also almost got his true granddaughter killed. He had finally found his daughter with great difficulty, but his daughter would not acknowledge him. If it weren’t because Old Master Shaw was the kind of person who was used to facing all sorts of difficulties, he would have collapsed a long time ago." 1
Sabrina was very indifferent. "Is this not the path that he had chosen?"
"That’s true. The reason my uncle returned to Kidon City this time was to escort Old Master Shaw to seek treatment at Kidon City. Your Cousin Marcus, who cared for you the most, also went along with them!" said Ryan.
Speaking of Marcus, Sabrina immediately recalled the two soft candies with "Be happy, Grandpa Shaw" written on them that Jennifer gave to Aino, as well as that aloof lady that, whose name she still did not even know.
Sabrina immediately asked Ryan, "Do you know if my Cousin Marcus has...other relatives?”
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