She saw a message from her father saying that he was waiting for her in her apartment with her mother.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLeah had thought that her father would ignore her since she had argued with her mother. Leah's father had always been more attentive to her younger brother and had rarely made tto care for or educate her, so she did not know what to expect from him.
Would he confront her and forcefully take her back to Bridgedale? Her head instantly started pounding at the thought, when suddenly, she heard Layla's voice from outside the office.
"Ms. Kennedy." Leah turned and saw Layla. She immediately walked over and asked," Layla, why are you here? Are you struggling with your homework?" Layla shook her head. "Ms. Kennedy, it's Teacher's Day tomorrow and I made a gift for you last night." She handed a card to Lead as she spoke.
Leah accepted it and opened it to have a look. "This is the most beautiful card I've ever received. I will keep it up.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm11 "You are a new teacher so this must be your first-treceiving gifts from a student, right?" George teased. "Sof the parents wishedhappy Teacher's Day a week ago. Sof them even told their kids to send gifts to me, but I turned them down. I prefer hand-made gifts like this one from Layla." "Take a closer look. Layla signed on the card. Do you know how much her autograph costs now? If you sell it, you will get a handsamount of money." Leah looked at them blankly.
"Ms. Kennedy, don't sell it yet. I will becmore famous from now on so this card will be worth even more when I becmore popular." Leah felt awkward, amused, and moved at the stime.
Once Layla and George were gone, she received a phone call from her father and grabbed her purse to head back to her apartment.
Both of her parents and Natalie were already waiting in her apartment.
Leah's heart raced, thinking that an intervention was awaiting her.
Just then, her father took the initiative and said, "Leah, your mother had been too harsh onalready spoke to her about it Let's go eat ?d&>VNS< talk about this." ē Leah followed them to the restaurant they had made a reservation at, and once they took their seats in the private room, the waiter swiftly started serving their food. I 1.ne "Leah, stop fighting your parents. They really love you. Your father wouldn't have set aside his work to csee if he doesn't care about you," said Natalie to ease the tension. "If you don't want to follow them home, that's fine; quit your current job and cto work for me. I will take care of you and your parents won't force you to go hor get married." "You had it all figured out with my parents, huh, Cousin?" "Yes." Natalie had thought that Leah would be thankful, but to her bewilderment, Leah's expression instantly darkened at her response.