Chapter225
Grandma Rong’s birthday was on Saturday. Whether Chase attended or not was irrelevant to Ashley. But Sam definitely had to be there.
To prevent Sam from sneaking off to Tanya and becoming unreachable, Ashley called her on Thursday morning. It was her first initiative to contact Sam since returning from A country. Şam was eating breakfast, Chase present. She was delighted to see Ashley’s call, immediately
etting down her utensils.“Mom!”
“Hmm,” Ashley replied, hearing the muffled sound of chewing.“Having breakfast?” “Yes! Have you eaten, Mom?”
“Yes.” Ashley continued, “I’m calling to remind you that it’s your great–grandmother’s birthday on Saturday. You need to stay with me and go to her birthday celebration, understand?”
“Ah…”
Sam hadn’t expected this call. She hadn’t been able to play with Aunt Wu last weekend and had been looking forward to making up for it this week. This news was disappointing. But she couldn’t completely disobey her mother.
Ashley could sense her displeasure, knowing exactly what she was thinking. Gripping her phone, she asked, “Is your father there?”
“Dad? Yes.” Sam looked towards Chase.“Mom, do you “Yes, give the phone to your father. I need to speak with him.”
want
to talk to Dad?”
