Flirted Wrong, Married Right-Chapter 791: Very Strange

However, before James Grant could speak, Mrs. Shaw sharply reprimanded, "Tina! Don’t be rude! Hurry up and go back to sleep!"

"I’m not sleepy!" Tina was quite stubborn, clearly spoiled at home, "Mom, you promised that when I woke up, I’d see Daddy! Where’s Daddy?"

James Grant leisurely glanced at Mrs. Shaw, his eyes deep and mysterious.

Mrs. Shaw noticed James’s gaze and realized she couldn’t hide anything anymore.

She hastily glanced at James, first going to pacify Tina.

Mrs. Shaw’s voice softened considerably, "Be good, Tina. You see, it’s still dark outside. What I meant was, you’ll have to sleep through the night, and when it’s daylight, you’ll be able to see Daddy, understood?"

Tina was half-convinced, "Really, Mom?"

"Yes, I’ve never lied to you," Mrs. Shaw forced a slight smile, "Go to sleep now, and by morning you’ll see Daddy."

Upon hearing this, Tina was finally led away by a servant, glancing back frequently as she went.

The living room was left with only Mrs. Shaw and James Grant.

James quietly stared at Mrs. Shaw, not pressing her, simply waiting for her to speak.

After a long pause, Mrs. Shaw finally spoke with difficulty, "Mr. Grant, if you truly are an old friend of my husband, I can only tell you that I really don’t know where he has gone."

James raised an eyebrow slightly, "It seems Mrs. Shaw knows that Principal Shaw’s departure was unusual. Yet, Mrs. Shaw dares not ask, dares not speak."

Closing her eyes, Mrs. Shaw exhaled deeply, "Yes."

"That strikes me as strange," James’s voice was light, "Mrs. Shaw doesn’t even know that Principal Shaw was dismissed from his position, yet she knows his disappearance is not simple. Doesn’t this sound odd to you?"

Mrs. Shaw bit her lip, finally lowering her eyes in resignation, "I truly don’t know about this. I only know that a while ago when my husband returned home, he was not in a good state. I only asked him a few questions, and he lost his temper, even at Tina. That’s when we had a huge fight, and I went back to my parents’ home."

"Yesterday, he came to apologize and brought the children and me back. I originally thought he was just having a bad day at work, so I returned home with him. But after we got back, he received a call and suddenly became irritable again for some unknown reason. This morning I prepared breakfast for him, and he didn’t take a single bite, throwing it all away."

"We had another argument, and he stormed out. I was so upset that I wanted to take the kids and leave, but that’s when I received a call."

As Mrs. Shaw spoke, her expression turned fearful, "The person on the phone told me to inform the family that my husband had gone on vacation."

James instinctively frowned, "And then?"

Logically, such a call shouldn’t be a big deal, right? What’s so unusual about going on vacation?

But Mrs. Shaw’s expression proved that this was not as simple as he initially thought.

Mrs. Shaw swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "Our family, my husband would never go on vacation. He detests such things. Even when the elder relatives requested, he would begrudge going. The only time he went on a trip was earlier this year for Tina’s birthday, and it was only after she coaxed him relentlessly that he agreed."

"You see, how could someone like that suddenly decide to go on a trip by himself, inexplicably?"

James began to understand.

Mrs. Shaw sensed that something was off, which was why she felt afraid.

In her view, her husband must have been threatened by someone, which was why she returned to her parents’ home with her children, even lying to them about seeing their father soon.

However, now there was still something that made James find the situation peculiar.