Estella held her book and wrote each letter carefully. When she was done, she lifted it to show Pippa.
She wrote: Ms. Ward, I also want to be excused from school.
The little girl looked at Pippa with a serious expression.
Pippa had roughly guessed Estella’s intention, but she still asked, “Are you going to see Archie and Benny?”
Estella nodded vigorously.
Pippa frowned and thought for a while. “I can grant you leave from school, but you have to tell your daddy and let him take you there.”
Estella’s expression fell again when she heard that. She shook her head stubbornly and wrote in the notebook: No Daddy!
Seeing the big exclamation mark at the back, Pippa could not help but feel troubled.
Estella’s situation was special in the first place. During the previous parent-child event,
