Severo heard that something was not quite right in Allyce’s tone, and with a slight squint, he nodded and said, “Hmm”.
Allyce opened her mouth and then thought Alonzo was still here, so she leaned back, took a deep breath and said nothing.
Severo knew she might have misunderstood and hastened to explain: “Actually, the idea came to me in the last few days, so I asked Xabat to pay attention to it, and yesterday I read about some of them, so today we’re going to have a look on the ground.
However, this explanation did little to improve Allyce’s face.
Allyce was silent for a moment and said, “Ready to go see them today?”
“Hmm.” Severo hesitated, but nodded.
Allyce stood up with a cold face: “Then I’ll go and get ready.
With that, he got up and left.
She called Ester to hand over some business before going to her room and changing clothes to go downstairs.
…
Cloud Cit is huge, with many early childhood education centres.
But, after a careful selection process, there were only three that Xabat sent to Severo.
All three are in the city centre and are considered excellent among their Cloud Cit counterparts, each with their own distinctive characteristics.
Luckily, none of the three were too far from home, and one was close to Severo’s office.
So they went to this one first.
Allyce is very happy with this early childhood centre.
“What do you think?” he asked Severo.
Severo did not answer directly, but said, “Let’s go to the other two early childhood centres first.
As he did not discard this one, he seemed to be somewhat satisfied with it.
So they looked at the other two, but finally returned to the one closest to Severo’s company.
Afterwards, the two accompanied Alonzo to try out some classes.
The reason for sending Alonzo to the kindergarten classes was not so much for him to learn anything, but simply to play with the children.
So Allyce’s main concern is the temperament and patience of the teacher.
I was very happy with the teacher in charge.
When he got home, he asked Severo for his opinion and he simply said: “Whatever you think is good.
Allyce raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “If it’s all right with me? Then from now on, Chief Betances, you’ll have to tell me when you make a decision.
She was still angry with Severo for taking the liberty of sending Alonzo to the Early Childhood Education Centre.
If it was only for this, she didn’t give it a thought.
Rather, it was because he had kept many things from her before and kept them to himself.
…
Allyce was still a little uncomfortable when she dropped Alonzo off in the early childhood class on the first day.
Severo took her by the shoulders: “You’re only sending him to a nursery school, there’s no need to be sad. If Alonzo grows up and goes abroad to study or is taken by another girl, you’ll still cry.
Allyce turned her head and looked at him, not wanting to talk to him any more.
“Come and pick up Alonzo tonight, I’m going to the office first”. With those words, Allyce pulled away from Severo’s hand and walked back to the car.
Severo watched Allyce’s car disappear before getting back into his car and driving away.
…
When it was time to leave work, Ester noticed that Allyce seemed a little anxious at all times, as if she couldn’t wait to get off work.
As her boss, she naturally left work when she wanted to, but she was a bit obsessive and didn’t usually leave early or come in late when nothing was wrong.
After Allyce checked the time once more, Ester could not resist asking her: “President Delahoz, what is wrong with you?
“Nothing, why don’t you take this and print out a copy first.” Without looking up, Allyce handed him a copy of the document.
Ester had to take it and turn away.
When it was time to leave work, Allyce got up and left.
She met some employees in the lobby who had left work even before she did. Those employees were still hesitant to initiate a greeting with Allyce because they were leaving early, and Allyce had already passed them like a gust of wind.
Although she had already made arrangements with Severo, Allyce had been concerned that Alonzo would not fit in at the centre.
But since he had handed the child over to the centre, he had to trust them, and there would be many more days like this, so he had to wait until the end of the day to pick up Alonzo.
When Allyce arrived at the centre, she saw Severo’s car at the entrance.
This children’s centre was excellent in Cloud Cit, so the families of the children in this children’s centre were also very good, and there were many who drove Bentleys, but Severo’s car was a limited edition, and his number plate, which she had memorised.
She did not expect Severo to arrive before her.
Slightly surprised, Allyce picked up her feet and headed inside.
When he entered, he saw Severo talking to Alonzo’s teacher.
Alonzo’s teacher is a middle-aged woman, not very tall, a little thin, with a friendly smile and a reassuring look.
Allyce came up just in time to hear the teacher say, “I’ve been raising children for many years, and I’ve never seen a child as well-behaved as yours, eating on his own without fuss, and without kicking the blankets off for naps ….”
The teacher’s love for Alonzo was evident in every word she said, and as she spoke, she didn’t forget to look at Alonzo a couple of times.
Alonzo was wearing a light blue tracksuit today, his little body standing next to Severo, his whole little hand wrapped tightly in Severo’s hand as he tilted his head from time to time to look at the two people talking.
As if sensing Allyce’s approach, Alonzo suddenly looked her way.
As soon as he saw Allyce, Alonzo immediately smiled: “Mom.
He let go of Severo’s hand and ran to Allyce.
The sound of her voice startled Severo and the kindergarten teacher, who looked towards her in unison.
The kindergarten teacher spoke with a smile: “Mrs. Betances”.
“Maestra Badia”, Alonzo’s teacher was called Carmen Badia.
Teacher Badia was about to say more when the phone in her pocket rang.
She looked apologetically at Allyce and hung up the phone after pulling it out and looking at it, before looking up and saying with some embarrassment, “My husband came to pick me up and called me when he saw I hadn’t left.”
“Then I won’t keep you, you go out first.” Allyce smiled sympathetically.
Teacher Badia was also worried that her husband had waited too long and said nothing more, still smiling a little apologetically before leaving.
Only after teacher Badia had disappeared did Allyce ask Severo: “What did teacher Badia say?
Severo reached out and gave Alonzo’s face a little squeeze and said, “He congratulated your son on his gentleness.
Allyce couldn’t help but glare at him, so she led Alonzo outside, asking him as she did so, “Did you have a good time today, honey?”