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Cassandra played the audio three times to her students, giving them a one-minute interval on each audio to write, then she went to sit down and let her students work.

RAIS Pov

The bell rang, signaling the end of class for the students.

Everyone got their things ready to leave, Chloe, Harmonie, Cassidy, and Corine did too, but they took their time putting their things away.

All the students in the class left except the four girls and the teacher.

Harmonie stood up and walked over to Cassandra and Adelaide, but before she could pick up her daughter she felt her phone vibrate, she took it out of her coat pocket, turned it on, read the message, and put her phone back in her pocket as she looked up and looked at Chloe with a grimace.

"What's up?" asked Chloe,

"Hmm... You have to go get Adelaide's stuff from the daycare, and I'll go get our stuff that's in the locker. Marc is waiting for us," Harmonie replied as she put on her backpack,

"Why-... Ah!" Chloe opened her eyes wide, "Don't tell me that-..." Harmonie nodded, still with her grimace.

"Seriously, Fuck!" said Chloe, running her hands through her hair,

"Chloe your language." "Watch your language," said Cassandra and Harmonie at the same time, their eyes met briefly before Harmonie turned her head to look at Chloe just as she was about to answer,

"Sorry," Chloe said softly, putting on her backpack.

"Alright, I'm going!" said Chloe before leaving the classroom,

"This is so fucked up!" whispered Harmonie thinking no one heard her, she turned around and saw the three girls looking at her with a raised eyebrow. She made a face again,

"Sorry!" Her eyes landed on her daughter, then on her watch as she thought about the situation, then said,

"Can you watch her for a few minutes, I'll be right back." The girls and the woman nodded their heads,

The girls and the woman nodded their heads,

"Thank you!" Harmonie said with a smile and left, not forgetting to give the child a last look. The child, seeing her leave, started to cry, Cassandra, on her side, tried her best to calm her down.

"Uh... Can someone explain the situation to me?" asked Corine, Cassidy shook her head,

"I'd like to have it explained to me too," Cassidy said, looking at her sister trying to calm the child down,

A few minutes later, the door suddenly opened, it was Harmonie with two duffel bags on each shoulder, out of breath. Seeing her daughter crying, she put rapidly the bags on the floor and walked toward Cassandra, who was still trying to calm the child and had not noticed her arrival.

Cassandra felt two hands on either side of her hip, gently turning her around. Even before she saw her, she knew that those hands belonged to Harmonie. Of course, she would know who those hands belonged to, however, what she felt at that moment scared her. She was afraid of what she was feeling, and also she was frightened by these electrifying sparks, where Harmonie put her hands.

Their eyes met, there was like a magnet that prevented them from looking away. Unfortunately, it didn't last long since Harmonie looked away, she then took her daughter, to calm her down which was no longer necessary because as soon as she took her in her arms, Adelaide calmed down.

And although she had her eyes on her daughter, Harmonie could feel Cassandra's gaze on her.

The door opened again, Chloe entered,

" H ! It's okay, I put the stroller in the car. However, Marc... Hm… Never mind. Let's go!"

"Can you bring the bags, please?" asked Harmonie as she looked at the bags, Chloe nodded her head and then took the bags.

When Chloe entered, Cassandra finally decided to stop looking at Harmonie and started putting her things away. So when Chloe left the classroom, they were all ready to go.

They walked towards the exit in silence, Adelaide fell asleep in Harmonie's arms and nobody dared to speak for fear of waking her up, but that didn't stop them from thinking about the situation.

They then saw Chloe running back to them, there were very few students in the school since most of them had already gone home.

She took Adelaide from Harmonie's arms,

"H?" asked Chloe,

"What's going on with your grandfather's arrival?" she asked, looking straight ahead,

"I don't know," said Harmonie,

"Do you think they're finally going to terminate the contract?"

" Peut-être. Peut-être pas. Je ne sais pas. (Maybe. Maybe not. I don't know)."

"This whole situation is ridiculous."

"Tell me about it. I'm just tired, and I hope it all ends soon because I'm really exasperated by all this..."

Chloe suddenly turned her head and looked at her friend with a sad look,

"H…" started Chloe with a frown, 'She mustn't fall for it again!'

Harmonie looked at her and understood what she was thinking, but she didn't say anything.

"H don't tell me that you are thinking about it again?" whispered Chloe with a broken voice, she knew that when Harmonie felt overwhelmed by everything, things go down real quick.

"It's not that," said Harmonie softly

"Do you promise me?" seeing that Harmonie didn't answer, Chloe stopped in her track and looked at her friend,

"H..." said Chloe sadly, after a few steps Harmonie also stopped, then start to walk again,

"H, don't tell me that-"

"I don't know Chloe. Let's go now."

The two girls forgot that three people were watching this scene. It was strange for them to witness a conversation without anyone understanding what the two girls were talking about, but they felt that what they were talking about wasn't something good, and that didn't stop them from being curious.

The three people looked at each other and then followed the two girls, but they stopped as soon as they came out of the high school building, shocked.

In front of them was a man in a suit with a hat on his head and a limousine, other presents students were also shocked.

"Marc, c'est quoi ce bordel ? (Marc, what the fuck is that?)" asked Harmonie,

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about," said Chloe,

" Désolé, mademoiselle, votre grand-père nous a demandé de venir vous chercher. (Sorry, miss, your grandfather asked us to come and pick you up.)"

"Of all the cars we have, you had to take the limo. And stop calling me, miss, I have a name."

"Actually, miss, it's your grandfather's."

"Seriously, this old man is making me so tired..." as she stroked her face, frustrated with all the events that were building up, she felt like she was about to reach her limit, and that was never a good thing,

"H, calm down," said Chloe putting a hand on Harmonie's shoulder feeling her friend's frustration, the latter let out a long sigh then said,

"Well, whatever, what's done is done. Laurine, let's go." Chloe got into the limousine with Adelaide, and Harmonie turned to Corine.

Corine snapped out of her stupor and got into the car, too.

"Goodbye," said Harmonie before getting into the limousine herself.

... ... ... ... ...

The limousine finally arrived at its destination after dropping Corine off. Mark helped Chloe

get the stroller and their things out of the trunk.

"They have so many questions..." began Chloe as she pushed the empty stroller, with Adelaide in Harmonie's arms, Harmonie understood that she was talking about the three girls,

"It's not like we're trying to hide anything... though I wonder what he has prepared for us?"

"I hope he's going to tell us about the contract..." Harmonie took a quick glance at Chloe then looked straight ahead without saying anything,

"I hope you didn't take it the wrong way H, you know very well that I want this to end because of you, you can't go on like this."

"It's too late, the situation is already complicated," Harmonie said as she opened the door,

"H, you should know that overworking yourself like that won't help you, especially if you don't-" especially if she didn't pay attention to her mental health was what she was going to say, but she was interrupted by-,

"Ah, you're finally back!" exclaimed David,

"Hello, Grandfather."

"Hello!" said Chloe with a smile,

She left the stroller with Mark and moved closer to the old man, who was also getting closer to her. She took him in her arms and David did the same,

"I hope your arrival heralds good news, and I'm glad to see you again," Chloe said as she parted ways with David. The latter smiled and nodded,

"By next week, the contract will be over."

"When?" asked Chloe, tilting her head to one side,

"Friday,"

"Oh, okay. H, do you think-" She paused after realizing that Harmonie was no longer with

them,

"She went upstairs with the little one," said David sadly,

"Don't worry, it's not your fault this time. Well, I'm going to go too," said Chloe as she kissed David on the cheek and left for the floor above,

"I hope..." whispered David as he watched Chloe leave.

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Cassidy Pov

The next day

I tried to understand what happened yesterday, but I think that my brain still has trouble integrating new information. So it's not without surprise that it ended with me pulling an all-nighter.

So I can say with certainty that I am tired, completely exhausted. I tried to sleep (several times) but the on/off button in my brain that allowed me to stop thinking, so I could fall into the arms of Morpheus has failed.

So I'm frustrated, exhausted, in a bad mood, cranky... all of which is to say that this is not my day today.

But despite my state and my lack of sleep, I was counting on getting answers to my questions, I'll get them out, I promise!

A few hours later

"Goodbye Cassidy!" said Corine, Chloé, and Harmonie at the same time.

The car left, they went away, and I stayed there watching the car disappear from my sight. I didn't move from where I was, I was lost in my thoughts, I thought about the course of this day, today was full of twits for me.

I'm like-

"What are you doing here daydreaming? I've been waiting for you since earlier," said Cassandra, pulling me out of my thoughts,

"Sorry, I'm coming!"

1 hour later

I was sitting quietly on the living room couch watching my favorite cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. Suddenly, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye, it couldn't have been Cassandra because she took at least an hour to shower and hadn't even been in the bathroom for 20 minutes.

I felt a movement again, I tightened my grip on the remote ready to knock out whoever it was with it, when the movements became figures and the figures came closer, I prepared to pounce and attack them.

Launching the attack in 5... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1... Fire!'

"Ahhhhh!" I said as I leaped up and attacked with the remote,

"AHH!" shouted two voices, 'Wait for those voices,-'

My eyes suddenly widened and seeing that I was going to hurt my father, I wanted to change the trajectory of my blow, but it was too late, so I sacrificed my father...

BOOM?!!

My dad's body cushioned my fall, I wasn't in pain, however, my dad who was underneath me was wincing due surely to the pain of the fall.

"Hi, dad!" II said with a smile, he tried to glare at me but ended up smiling back. Finding the situation funny, we started laughing.

... ... ... ... ...

"Do you mean that Harmony is back with Chloe? Moreover, she now has a child, a little girl, that you are in their class and that Cassandra is your French teacher and also your homeroom teacher to all three? Did I make a mistake somewhere?" asked Charlie, sitting on the couch with his wife on his right, Cassandra on his left, and Cassidy across from him in the armchair.

To answer his question, both sisters shook their heads, "No, you've summed it up pretty well."

"I have a question, what is Harmonie's little girl's name?" asked Charlie,

"Her name is Adelaide," Cassandra said softly, a slight smile on her face,

Seeing her expression, we understood that she had become attached to the child, and without realizing it, we in turn were smiling too.