When Carla reached Happy Avenue, the first thing she did was buy a phone.
This time, Carla steeled herself and bought the best phone available, hoping that it would not malfunction as easily as it did the last time.
Slotting in her phone card, Carla quickly gave Mrs. Borah a call.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Borah had thought that something happened to Carla when she couldn't contact her last night.
After explaining to Mrs. Borah that her phone broke, Carla proceeded to give her kids a video call.Carla could see that her kids had put on their thick cotton-padded jackets, but they still looked as good as ever.
Frowning, Randy worriedly queried, "Mommy, are you okay? We're worried about you."
"I'm fine. Don't worry, " Carla reassured.
Josh squeezed to the front and showed his mother his fists. "Mommy, I've been practicing martial arts recently. When I'm stronger, I'll be able to protect you."
"Thank you, Josh." Carla smiled sweetly. "Josh's the best."
"Mommy, Mommy." Venus squeezed her chubby cheeks into the frame. When she saw her mother, her large eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Mommy, Venus misses you."
Seeing Venus's tears, both Randy and Josh started tearing up as well. However, the two boys frowned as they forced the tears to remain in their eyes.
"Be good, Venus. Once I'm done dealing with the things here, I will come for you three, " Carla consoled.
"The bad guy's already been caught, and I have to fix and clean the house first so that you'll be able to return to a pretty home."
"That's great!" the children cheered.
"Mommy, we'll come and help you with the cleaning, " Randy voiced out. "We can't let you do everything alone."
Josh chimed in, "That's right. I'm a strong boy. I can do a lot of things."
The little boy proceeded to clenched his fists and showed his mother his muscles.
"I can help Mommy too."
Venus sniffled as tears slid down her chin.
"Venus! Venus!"
Hearing Venus's voice, Dori suddenly woke up. In the beginning, it spun its head around, looking for the girl. When Dori realized the children were on the screen, it moved toward the screen and screeched, "Randy, Josh, Venus!"
"Dori!"
The children were beyond excited to see their pet parrot, and they quickly waved at it.
"Miss you. Miss you, " Dori repeated at the screen.
The children scrambled to appear on the screen.
"Dori, we miss you too."
"Oh no. Dori, why is your wing hurt?"
"Dori's hurt because it tried to protect me, but a vet has already checked it. Dori's fine now. It'll make a full recovery soon, " Carla assured. "Randy, Josh, Venus, the three of you have to be good kids. Wait for me to come for you, okay?"
"Okay. We'll be good kids."
Carla's heart was filled with hope as she looked at her children.
After consoling her children, Carla went home. Reaching her house, she realized the landlady had changed the door lock and stuck a large notice on the door, warning Carla to contact her as soon as she could.
Frightened out of her wits, Carla quickly called the landlady.
When the landlady rushed over, she jabbed a finger in Carla's direction and started cursing at her. After telling Carla she would not be refunding her the deposit and rent, she demanded her to pay thirty thousand as a penalty and even told her to move out by the end of the day.
Carla tried to reason with her, but the landlady stated, "Ever since you moved in, bad things kept happening. I've already closed an eye on those who came here to cause a ruckus. But it's only getting worse. Now, there's even murder and kidnapping. What kind of place do you think this is?"
"Miss Hill, please allow me to explain-"
"I don't want to hear your excuse. Move out immediately, or I'll call the cops on you, " Peyton warned with a growl. "I've been kind to you by not calling the cops and throwing your things out. I've even waited for you to come back to discuss with you."
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