Chapter 24
It became easy to handle now. Only, she felt a pang of regret for missing out on a golden chance to fire Thalassa. She quickly composed herself and politely said to the police, “Sir, please follow me. Evelyn is right over here”
In the office. Thalassa was halfway through tidying up, deeply troubled about her four children. She called Evelyn, “Mom, the kids showed up at my workplace just now. Are you around?” Her biggest fear was the kids running lost.
“I found them! These little rascals came back to me on their own! I just brought them out for some fresh air and to broaden their horizons, but these little devils ran off and nearly scared me half to death! What did I do to deserve this kind of torture! Evelyn roared, her voice high pitched and filled with panic from crying
Thalassa held the phone a bit further from her ear, else she’d be deafened by the yelling. Though Evelyn was complaining, Thalassa caught the main point -the kids were back with her. That was a relief.
“Mom, thanks, we all love you. Take good care of the little ones, I’ll bring some treats home after work, Thalassa said softly, trying to soothe Evelyn.
At that moment, the office door was opened and several people walked in. Thalassa spun around in alarm and saw Faye and two police officers at the door. She hurriedly said into the phone, “Mom, I’ve got some stuff to deal with now, I’ll talk to you later.” And with that, she hung up and quickly pocketed her phone.
Seeing Thalassa’s reaction, Faye’s anger and hostility grew. She had heard Thalassa’s phone call when she walked in. Those four children were definitely Thalassa’s! And one of them was Mr. Sinclair’s child!
Faye felt like she was on the verge of a breakdown from jealousy, but she had to keep her calm and deal with the situation in a polite manner.
“Evelyn, you’ve stirred up trouble. You’ll have to sort it out at the police station, despite her best efforts to remain composed, Faye’s tone was sharp and noticeably hostile when she spoke to Thalassa.
Thalassa gave Faye a slight nod in acknowledgment. She walked up to the police officers and said, “Could you please wait a moment? I haven’t found David yet. I’ll get his contact info and give him a call.
“Sure.”
Thalassa was about to head out to the Human Resources Department to get David’s contact info, but then she paused. Faye was Lysander’s secretary so she should have David’s number. Why go through all that trouble? She politely asked Faye, “Faye, could you please give me David’s number? I need to give
him a call.”
Faye was reluctant. She was wishing Thalassa would end up in jail, why would she want to give her David’s number to help prove her innocence? But with the police standing there, if she refused, it would be too obvious. A CEO’s secretary not having the assistant’s phone number would be totally unacceptable.
Suppressing her resentment, Faye gave Thalassa the number.
Thanks,” Thalassa expressed her gratitude and dialed the number.
After two rings, the call was picked up and a formal male voice came through, “Hello, this is David. Who am I speaking to?”
“David, this is Evelyn. I need your help with something.” Thalassa spoke with respect and courtesy.
At that moment, David was with Lysander. The volume on his phone was loud enough for the conversation to be heard by those nearby.
Lysander’s eyes showed a flicker of thought before he turned to David.
