Filed to story: Leaving the Country After Divorce Novel (Lucian & Roxanne)
Roxanne didn’t really know what was going on, but she still went upstairs and knocked on his door.
The head of kindergarten’s expression also seemed strangely suspicious.
“Pippa told me you wanted to talk to me about something. What’s wrong?” Roxanne asked.
The head of kindergarten smiled in an extremely business-like way as he said slowly, “This is the problem. I’ve been observing your children for the last two days, and I feel like they are simply not suitable for our kindergarten. Maybe you should consider giving them a change of environment.”
So he just wants to expel Archie and Benny!
Roxanne frowned but remained polite. “Did they do something wrong today at school? If that’s the case, I will definitely tell them off at home. Please don’t worry. I can promise that they won’t do it—”
She wasn’t done with her promises when the head of kindergarten cut her off abruptly, “The two of them have done fine. However, I wouldn’t like them to stay in this kindergarten any longer. Of course, I will do my best to return all of the school fees you have paid.”
Roxanne began to feel like something was up. “It’s not the money I have a problem with. Since my children are doing great, then why are you expelling them? You have to give me a reason that I can at least tell my kids.”
The head of kindergarten frowned. “There’s no other reason.”
He couldn’t help but feel guilty as he said it.
Those two kids had, in fact, been doing extremely well in school. Compared to other kids their age, they acted like two small adults who never let their teacher worry and actually helped her take care of the other kids.
The kindergarten didn’t actually have any reason to expel them.
Since it was a command coming from a benefactor, though, he couldn’t back out of it.
He couldn’t even look her in the eye after speaking.
Roxanne did her best to control her anger and remain calm as she attempted to reason with him. “I sent my kids to your kindergarten because I trusted you, but you’re seriously disappointing me right now. How could you expel my kids for no reason? I can report this to the ministry of education.”
He was beginning to feel the guilt eating away at him but still answered, “Then go ahead and report me. I won’t be changing my mind.”
With the Pearson family and the Farwell family backing the kindergarten, the ministry of education probably couldn’t do anything to him.
After scrutinizing the head of kindergarten, Roxanne calmed down, and her tone turned chilly. “If this gets out and the other parents hear about you expelling two children for no reason, don’t you think they’ll become suspicious? Even if you don’t get punished by the ministry of education, the other parents might not trust you anymore and change schools. That would be a problem for this kindergarten now, wouldn’t it?”
The head of kindergarten visibly panicked at that and looked at her helplessly. “Ms. Jarvis, it’s not difficult for you to find another kindergarten with your abilities. Why are you trying to make my life harder?”
Roxanne was getting more suspicious by the minute.
From the looks of it, someone was definitely controlling him from behind the scenes. It seemed like that person was quite an important figure too.
Roxanne relaxed slightly with that thought in mind. “Okay, I’ll stop doing that, but you have to tell me who told you to do this.”
The head of kindergarten fell silent at the thought of Aubree’s parting words.
“Is it Farwell Group?” Roxanne could only think of one possibility.
The head of kindergarten hesitated before nodding slowly.
Aubree was soon going to be Mrs. Farwell anyway. It wasn’t exactly a lie to say it was the Farwell family, and since she kept bringing Lucian up, the head of kindergarten assumed that he was also on the same page.
Roxanne’s expression darkened when he nodded.
What does Lucian mean by all this?
Roxanne picked her kids up after walking out of the office.
“I’m still a little busy, so why don’t I get Aunt Madilyn to accompany you two for a bit?” Roxanne suppressed her anger and asked the two kids with a smile.
The two of them didn’t think too much of it and nodded obediently, assuming she was busy with work.
Roxanne handed them over to her best friend and returned to the car, her expression souring once again. She immediately drove off to the Farwell residence.
“Hello, Ms. Jarvis,” Catalina greeted. She was about to say more when she noticed the look on Roxanne’s face, causing her to swallow her words.
Roxanne nodded at her briefly and turned to the living room. “Is Lucian here? I’d like to speak to him.”
Catalina nodded quickly. “Yes, he is. I’ll go upstairs and call him.”
Soon after, she came downstairs with Lucian following behind her and Estella tottering down behind both of them.
Lucian still didn’t trust Estella with his parents and had waited at the kindergarten gates before they opened so that he could pick her up early.
Estella’s mood had clearly improved since she didn’t need to see that mean woman. Now that she saw that Roxanne was here, her gaze was simply sparkling with admiration, and she ran toward her with her arms out.
Roxanne’s heart softened momentarily at the sight of the child, and she caressed her head. “I have something to talk to your daddy about. Go over there and play on your own for a little, alright?”
Estella nodded and began playing with her doll on the carpet next to the couch.
Lucian frowned. “What do you want?”
Roxanne’s long-suppressed anger exploded at the sound of his voice. “Lucian, if you have a problem with me, then take it out on me. Why are you doing this to Archie and Benny? What did they ever do to you? They’ve always been so respectful of you, and they took such good care of your daughter. You have no reason to bully two kids, even on behalf of Estella.”
Lucian didn’t expect Roxanne’s sudden visit, much less her sudden outburst. He frowned even more deeply at her accusations. “What did I do to the two of them?”
Roxanne smirked coldly at his confusion. “Who are you trying to fool? Who else has the power to expel people from the kindergarten? Stop trying to act innocent. It won’t work on me.”
Lucian stiffened in shock and immediately started to explain, “I did talk to the head of kindergarten before, but that already—”