Upon reaching home, Joseph looked for his daughter straight away. “Where’s Ari? Hasn’t she come back yet?”
He appeared anxious. At this moment, Eloise sat in the living room, sipping tea and watching TV. She replied unhurriedly, “Isn’t she at the company? Why are you back so early today?”
“It’s urgent!” Joseph yelled anxiously. “Why hasn’t Ari come home yet? I left the company when I saw her leaving. Why hasn’t she arrived home yet? Did something happen to her on her way home?”
Eloise glanced at him in surprise and said, “Hey, you’re a weird one. Since you watched her leave, why didn’t you call out to her? You could’ve talked to her at the company, but why did you have to wait till you got home?”
Joseph was in a foul mood and rebuked, “You know nothing! There are so many people at the company, and there are some things that we can’t discuss there. I was thinking of talking to her at home, but why isn’t she back yet?”
He took out his phone to make a call as he spoke. When he heard an automated voice, he grew even more frustrated. “Ugh! She turned her phone off!”
“She’s probably occupied. It’s not like you don’t know she doesn’t come home straight after work sometimes. What’s with the rush? She’s going to be fine.” Eloise leaned forward, refilled her cup, and then slowly picked it up again to sip on it.
“She’ll be fine, but I won’t be! The company has a huge problem now, do you know that?” Joseph hysterically roared as if he wanted to tear the whole house apart with his voice.
Eloise threw him a glance again and said, “Why are you yelling at me then? What can I do now that there’s a problem at the company? I’m just a housewife, and I only know how to manage the things at home and the Tanner family’s trivial matters, including taking care of all of you. I can’t help with anything when it comes to the company’s matters.”
“You just don’t get it!” Joseph waved and continued to dial Arianna’s number, still frustrated. However, her phone was still unreachable.
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