When Sharon woke up, she didn't see any sign of Stanley. After she purposely went to the living room and the guest room to look, she still didn't see him.
Then she looked at the time, and it was seven o'clock in the morning.
For a long time, Sharon was stunned before she finally came to her senses that Stanley hadn't returned for an entire night.
It often happened when they first got married. There was once where he didn't even return to the villa for a month.
But ever since the two of them expressed their feelings, there had never been a situation in which Stanley hadn't been back for a single night.
Was it because of Shawn's matter yesterday, that was why he didn't come back all night?
After taking a deep breath, Sharon returned to her bedroom to wake up the children.
Today, the school was organizing the last parentteacher conference before they start their winter break tomorrow.
On the way to school, Sharon gave Stanley a call.
Actually, after she fetched the children yesterday, she wanted to tell him the news, but he didn't come back all night.
In the end, when she made a phone call, no one answered...
With a frown, Sharon did not give up and continued to give a few more calls until she accepted the fact that he was not going to answer her call.
"Is Daddy not coming to school?"
With a pair of eager eyes, Sadie looked at Sharon and asked.
However, Sharon didn't know how to tell them about it, but she didn't want them to be disappointed, so she just said, "He is coming. He will be here in a minute. We shall go to school and wait for Daddy. He will be here soon."
After Sharon comforted the two children, she sent Stanley a text and told him about today's parentteacher conference.
Since it was the last parent-teacher conference before the holiday, the parents who attended today had arrived very early. When Sharon arrived, almost half of the parents in the class were already there.
It was mostly a family of three, including fathers, mothers, and their children.
In fact, she was the only one with two children, and it made her seem a little lonely.
A few young mothers secretly glanced at her several times and then whispered to each other.
Meanwhile, Sharon brought Sadie and Seamus to a corner and sat down as she pretended not to hear or see anything.
But their voices gradually became louder, and they didn't care if she could hear them or not.
"How could she come here alone for such an important conference? Can't she see that everyone in the class came as a whole family?"
"Well, maybe she too, wanted the child's father to attend, but the child's father was not willing to come."
"Why would he not want to attend? This is very important to the child. If the child saw other people's parents attending, and only their own father is absent, the child will feel inferior."
"You don't know about this, do you? I heard that she was married to an old man in his eighties. That's why she can't bring him to this conference. Otherwise, she would make a fool out of herself."
"What? That can't be!"
"It's true. I heard that she was greedy for the family's money, so she married the old man. Now, she is just waiting for the old man to pass away so she can directly take his property!"
"Oh my god. No way, how could this woman be so vicious?"
"Shh, lower your voice, she's looking over at us..."
The rumors were getting worse. Just as Sharon couldn't bear it any longer and was about to explode, the teacher walked in from outside, so Sharon took a deep breath and adjusted her mood.
After that, the teacher gave a long speech on the podium. Although Sharon peeked at her phone secretly, she realized that Stanley didn't call her back, nor did he reply to her text messages. It made her a little disappointed.
Today was such an important day. If Stanley did not appear today, the two children would definitely not feel good.
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