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Chapter 13
I’ve been busy getting the farm ready for
planting.
My business partner, Jake, and I were either
at the agricultural university or in the fields.
I didn’t have time for the family drama.
Since I hired a lawyer, I moved out of David’s
house and into a small cottage near the farm.
I was about to make my dream come true
when I got a call from Brittany’s high school
teacher.
She said Brittany skipped school and stayed
out all night, and her grades were slipping.
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She slept in class every day.
The teacher found out she was on her phone
every night.
I needed to come to the school right away, so
I agreed.
I called David and asked him to go.
He said he was traveling and begged me to
help.
Always traveling, huh?
Before, I was always too busy with the kids to
notice.
Now I saw how weird it was.
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I went to the school.
The teacher also called Brittany to the office.
When Brittany saw me, she frowned.
“What are you doing here?” she demanded.
Teacher: “Brittany, I called your mom to talk about your grades.
Brittany knew what it was about and shut her mouth.
Teacher: “Your mom needs to pay attention to her daughter. There’s something going on. She has to be there for the emotional issues, right?”
The teacher seeme
The teacher seemed uncomfortable.
“Well, she is newly in love, and we understand
that, right?” she continued.
“It’s not like you’re the first teen who’s gone
through it.
“Well, at this age it’s not good for teenagers
to sneak out at night.
“It’s a very sensitive topic,” the teacher
finished.
Brittany’s face turned red.
I played the part of the worried mom.
“Brittany, what happened to you?” I asked.
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“Mom wanted to move closer, but you said
you could take care of yourself!”
I turned to the teacher.
“I promise to move closer to the school again
and take care of her,” I said.
“From now on, I’ll drop her off in the morning and pick her up at night. She won’t go out
again!”
I promised the teacher.
The teacher nodded in satisfaction.
“I believe you,” she said.
“Raising the best student of the middle
school means voule
school means you’re responsible.”
But Brittany was getting nervous.
She was probably obsessing over her
fantasies about Jake and didn’t want me
ruining everything.
She glared at me.
“I don’t need you,” she said.
“You’re not my mom, so stop obsessing!”
The teacher was shocked.
She looked at the teacher and said, “I’ll
change if I do something wrong.
“Don’t call this woman again, because it’s
“Don’t call this woman again, because it’s
none of her business. She got married with
my dad after breaking the relations of my
parents. Plus, now she is divorced!”
The teacher didn’t know what to say.
I smiled at the teacher and copied her real
parents‘ phone numbers on a piece of paper.
“Teacher, here’s her parents‘ numbers, so
please call them,” I said.
I wiped the tears from my eyes and left the
office.
As soon as I left, I smiled.
I wouldn’t get any more annoying calls before
the divorce
