After returning home, Grace shut herself in her room and did not come out for a long while.
When Heinz came back, he asked the butler where she was. Eventually, he found out that Grace was in their room.
It seemed that she had locked herself in their room after coming back from the school. He asked in surprise, "Has she locked herself in there since she got back? Did she not come out for anything else?"
The butler nodded and said, "Yes, Madam Grace looked really solemn when she got back. She locked herself in the room as soon as she came back. I tried talking to her as well, but she looked really out of it. She told me to stop disturbing her."
After hearing that, Heinz immediately straightened up and quickly made his way upstairs.
When Heinz opened the door to the bedroom, he saw Grace sitting on the bed. She had a hand on her belly, and was flipping through a photo album on her lap with the other.
Heinz quietly walked over and caught sight of the photo albums. He soon realized that Grace was looking at photos of Sebastian and Sylvia from when they were younger.
Her gaze was fixed on a particular photo of herself and Sylvia. In that photo, Sylvia was wearing a white dress that had a huge stain of chocolate on it.
That stain made the whole dress look dirty.
Grace looked at the photo of her daughter with a serious frown on her face.
Heinz wasn't sure whether Grace was looking at herself in the photo or Sylvia.
As he was a little uncertain, he only looked at Grace quietly. Hesitantly, he asked, "These are pictures of Sebastian and Sylvia from when they were younger, aren't they? Why are you looking through them all of a sudden? Did you go to the school? How was it? What did the teacher say?"
Hearing his voice, Grace looked up and said, "Tell me honestly. Do you really appreciate our daughter and son's talents?"
"Of course I do." Heinz shrugged his shoulders and continued, "But my requirements for our sons are more strict. I don't dote on them as much because I want them to grow up by themselves. I want them to make their own mistakes and learn from them."
Grace smiled wryly. It seemed that Heinz educated their children differently. She was the same as well.
Both of them treated their children differently.
Perhaps it was because they had too many children. They had to devise different methods to teach their children.
Even though they tried their best to educate their children the same way, there would more or less be some differences in the way they treated their children. As such, their children would eventually turn out to have different personalities as they grew up in different environments.
Grace forced out a smile.
At that moment, Heinz instantly understood how his wife was feeling. Something seemed off.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't everything go well at school? Did the teacher say something about you?" Heinz was a sensitive man. He paid a lot of attention to his wife's every move, so he instantly picked up that something must have happened.
Heinz looked at Grace in confusion.
Grace shook her head. "It was nothing. Mr. Trevino is very kind. He's a young genius. He really hit the nail on the head."
"So, what have you decided?" Heinz asked hesitantly.
Grace paused for a moment and replied, "I'm going to allow Sylvia to live on campus next year. I'm going to have a lengthy conversation with her and allow her to choose for herself. If she wants to live in the school dorms, I'll allow it."
Heinz couldn't help but ask, "That's the conclusion you've reached after talking to the teacher?"
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