Susan stared at the three of them in disbelief. These kids are ganging up on me! I’d be dead if Evan believes their story! This won’t do… I’ll have to call Evan and explain to him first!
After giving it some thought, Susan turned around and ran downstairs. By the time the kids got there, they saw that all the doors were locked.
Juan was bewildered. “What’s going on? Is she trying to lock us in?”
“Our plans will be ruined if we don’t get out of here! What do we do?”
At the same time, Susan began calling Evan as she stood in the courtyard, but there was no answer. Having no other choice, she could only sit on the wooden benches and wait for him to call back.
I’ve got to explain the situation to him! There is no way I’m going to just sit back and let those kids frame me like this!
In a state of panic, the kids called Damien and Darius for help. However, Susan refused to let them in and even threatened to kill herself if they insisted on entering.
The two then attempted to sneak in through a window on the third floor, but their phones fell out of their pockets while they were climbing the wall. With Damien’s phone shattered and Darius’ in the pond, there was no way for any of them to answer John’s calls.
“Did Susan catch you guys leaving?” John asked after understanding what happened.
“She caught us on our way out and tried to stop us, so I had no choice but to knock her unconscious.”
“You did the right thing!” Jensen expressed his approval.
“I bet she’s telling Mr. Seet about it right now. I wonder how he’ll punish us for this…” Darius said.
They all looked up at the same time.
In the study upstairs, Susan was bawling her eyes out in front of Evan.
“I really don’t know how they got those injuries, Evan! It really has nothing to do with me! You have to believe me!”
Meanwhile, Evan narrowed his eyes slightly as he observed her from head to toe. “They didn’t accuse you of anything, so why are you desperately trying to explain yourself?”
Susan froze.
Huh? But I heard Kyle telling Maya to blame it on me! They were going to frame me for it! What the hell is going on here?
She noticed Evan sizing her up and quickly explained, “I-I probably got the wrong idea or something! Their injuries look serious, and I’m really worried about them! You should have a look at them, Evan!”
“Daddy!”
“We’re back, Daddy!”
“Daddy! Daddy!”
Susan was shocked when she turned around and saw all four of them running into the study.
“Maya, Nina, y-you look fine? Where were your wounds?”
They don’t even have a scratch on them! How the hell is this possible? I remember seeing them covered in nasty-looking wounds when they left earlier!
Nina shot her a glance. “What wound? We’re not injured!”
“Yeah! You probably dreamed about us getting injured or something. See, we’re perfectly fine!” Juan continued.
A dream? That’s impossible! I know what I saw! There’s definitely something fishy going on, but I can’t argue with them in front of Evan…
“You’re right… I was probably seeing things… Anyway, I’m glad you’re all alright! Why don’t I make you kids something to eat? What would you like?” Susan asked with a smile.
“We wanna have Mommy’s noodles!” Juan said.
He wanted Susan to leave as they had something to tell their daddy.
