The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 303 - 300
"I’m going to hang up now," Joanna told Clara with a sigh. "It’s time to pick up the kids."
She then ended the call and headed straight to Monte Perry Kindergarten.
The streets in front of the kindergarten were always full of cars and crowded with people. All kinds of luxury cars were lined up at the Monte Perry Kindergarten gates, making it look like some kind of car exhibition was going on.
After a while, Joanna finally found a parking spot. She parked her car and was about to get out when Nancy suddenly called her.
"Hello?" Nancy’s voice was shaky with panic. "Miss Joanna, are you here yet? Come quickly! Something... something happened!"
"What happened?" Joanna asked quickly, then said to Nancy soothingly," Don’t panic... Speak slowly."
"I’m useless. Miss Joanna! I deserve to die a thousand deaths! I was about to pick up the kids just now, but the teacher told me that... that..." Nancy sounded as if she was about to burst into tears.
"The teacher told me," she continued anxiously, "that someone had already come and picked them up! I asked the teacher who it was, and they said... They said it was Adie and Abby’s daddy!"
"What?!" Joanna’s mind went blank and her whole body went numb. ’Wait for me, I’m coming there now."
Once she’d calmed herself, she got out of her car, and headed straight towards Nancy, who was standing at the school gate. From afar, she could make out Nancy clutching a teacher’s arm anxiously. It was obvious that she was so panicked that she couldn’t think straight.
"You... You should’ve known, Miss Strawberry, that Adie and Abby are raised by a single mother! They only have their mommy, they never had a daddy! Some criminal must’ve kidnapped them!"
"How could you hand the kids over to the kidnapper just like that?" Nancy continued tearfully. "You must take responsibility for this! You must go get the kids and return them to us!"
"Madam," Miss Apple, another teacher, helplessly tried to reassure Nancy, "please calm down. The man who came to pick the kids up today really was their father -1 heard them call him that myself. Besides, that man is so powerful that he could easily shut this school down if he wanted, so we really had no choice..."
"Who cares how powerful he was?! How can you just hand the kids over to him? What kind of school is this, anyway? Is it a child trafficking kindergarten? I’m going to report it to the police and have them drag you all to jail!" Nancy had no idea what to do, so she could only demand that Miss Apple return the kids to her.
"Nancy!" Joanna crossed the street and hurried over to Nancy to comfort her. "Please, calm down."
"You’re finally here, Miss Joanna! Here they are! These are the people who handed the kids over to a kidnapper! Hurry up and tell them to return the kids, Miss Joanna! If we wait any longer I’m afraid the kids will be in danger... "
"I know what to do, so leave it to me, okay? I’ll deal with this."
Joanna persuaded Nancy to let go of Miss Apple’s arm, then bowed deeply at the teacher and said in an apologetic tone, "I’m so sorry, Miss Apple. Nancy here is the one who raised the twins ever since
they were born, so it’s natural that she panicked when she found out that someone else had taken them away. Please forgive us if she said anything offensive to you. I hope you won’t take it to heart."
Miss Apple smiled hesitantly and explained, "Don’t worry about it, Miss Pierce. We know that any parent would panic when their kids are missing. It’s perfectly understandable. Still, we must assure you that we didn’t just hand the kids over to a random person. We only let the kids leave with the man because they both called him Daddy. We really believe that the man can’t possibly be a criminal."
Joanna politely asked the teacher, "Could you tell me what the man looked like, Miss Apple?"
Miss Apple looked somewhat conflicted. Her eyes darted around before she cryptically answered, "Please don’t worry, Miss Pierce. The twins are definitely fine, and I’m sure they’ll be home in no time. As for the person who took them away... Please forgive me, but I really can’t tell you anything about him."
Hearing this, Joanna dug her nails into her palms and forced herself to remain calm as she said with a sneer, "This man really is powerful, isn’t he? He’s so powerful that he can easily kidnap other people’s kids in public, and even their own mother doesn’t have the right to know about it."
"He is indeed very powerful. In fact, only a handful of people in the whole of the City would dare to go up against him, so..." Miss Apple paused for a few seconds, then told Joanna in a lowered voice, "The twins both called him Daddy without hesitation and were very friendly with him, and the man himself... is connected to the Moran family."
"Connected to the Moran family, huh?" Joanna frowned slightly as she thought about the hints Miss Apple just gave her. Then, the realization hit her.
A powerful man in the City whom the kids called Daddy and was connected to the Moran family... Who else could it be other than Ace Moran?!
No wonder he had been acting so strangely in the men’s restroom today! All those bizarre things he said, not to mention how he accused her of hiding something important from him... Could it mean that he had long discovered the existence of the twins?!
The more she thought about it, the more it made sense that he would find out, because when she thought that Ace was dead, she completely gave up on hiding the twins’ existence from the public eye.
Besides, Adie had trespassed into his territory and caused a ruckus there, so that must have attracted his attention. It wouldn’t have taken much investigating before it became plainly clear to him that Adie was his son. In fact, it was likely that he had even secretly met Adie a few times before. Could it be that the potential match that Adie kept saying he would introduce to her, whom he called the "Famous Chef of the City" was actually Ace? 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
With these thoughts in mind, Joanna started to feel uneasy.
"Miss Apple," she said, "thank you very much. I think I know who I should go to now. I’m sorry for the trouble my twins caused today; I’ll definitely bring them back here as usual tomorrow."
After speaking, there was a murderous glint in Joanna’s eyes as she waded through the crowd and left.
"Miss Joanna!" Nancy cried out as she followed Joanna, confusion written all over her face. "Have you figured out who took Adie and Abby? I didn’t even get any clues from her just now! What should we do now? The twins aren’t even five years old yet... What would we do if something happened to them?"
"Don’t worry, Nancy. The kids are fine. I’ll go get them now." Joanna then sent Nancy home and sped straight towards Moran Residence.
It was a cheerful and lively day at the Moran Residence, since it was the day that Ace had "returned from the dead". Additionally, he’d also managed to capture all the bad seeds in their corporation and had eliminated them in one smooth move. Truly, it was a victorious day for the Moran family, and was worthy of great celebration.
Old Timothy Moran, Alexander Moran, Susan, Ace Moran and other important members of the Moran family were all gathered there at the Moran Residence, enjoying a grand family banquet. Everyone at the table was merrily raising their glasses and enjoying their food when a servant came forward nervously. She seemed to have something to say but was hesitant to say it.
"Stop standing there and stuttering!" Susan barked impatiently. "If you have something to say, spit it out!"
The servant looked out of the dining hall and stammered, "Umm, Madam... There’s a... guest here. Should I stop her from coming in, or should I-" "Why so heartless, miss?"
