Chapter 815The Best Way to Escape her Original Family
Eleanor nodded.
Then she stood up, sobbing.
As she left, she would pass by the ward where Ms. Dashwood was.
Eleanor glanced inside.
Ms. Dashwood was also looking out, her eyes filled with resentment and fear.
Eleanor took a quick look, wiped away her tears, straightened her always hunched back, and walked briskly ahead.
After all the performances were over.
With the family gathered Kenny booked a very nice restaurant, mainly because Thalassa had been craving the food there the previous night and couldn't sleep.
Everyone got into their respective cars and headed to the destination.
Fiona glanced at the message Nathan had sent her earlier.
When she saw the moment Ms. Dashwood almost strangled Eleanor, Fiona couldn't help but frown.
Darwin looked at her.
Fiona handed Darwin the phone and scooped up Chicago, who was chattering endlessly with Charles.
Fiona hugged Chicago tightly.
"What's wrong, Mommy?" Chicago looked puzzled.
"Nothing, you are so cuddly; I just want to hug you," Fiona said.
Chicago chuckled and then hugged Fiona's neck, planting a kiss on her forehead, saying, "I'm growing up, you are getting smaller, and now you want to be spoiled by me!"
The slight cloud over Fiona's heart immediately dispersed.
Fiona said with a smile, "Exactly..."
After Darwin finished reading, he also found it very absurd.
His two children, let alone laying a hand on them; even a minor bump would make him nervous.
When they arrived at the restaurant's courtyard, Chicago immediately ran over to Thalassa and Janna.
Judging by Chicago's expression, she was probably talking about Fiona spoiling her.
"What's wrong, Mommy?" Charles asked.
"Chicago's classmate Eleanor almost got strangled by her mother today," Fiona said irritably.
Charles frowned and asked, "Eleanor?"
"Yeah." Fiona nodded.
The incident with Eleanor caused quite a stir, and Frank even came over to tell Charles about it.
The rumor was that Eleanor and Chicago had a dispute over the lead singer position, and when they couldn't win, they got their parents involved and caused a scene at the school.
"If that's the case, why not just avoid that mother?" Charles's thoughts were very simple.
"Yeah," Fiona patted Charles's head and said, "You go and look after Chicago; don't run around and fall again."
"Okay," Charles replied and walked off slowly.
Fiona looked at Darwin.
"Let's go with the plan we discussed earlier, have the principal intervene, say there's a spot available for studying abroad, and send Eleanor overseas to study," Darwin suggested.
When Darwin first had the idea to help Eleanor, Fiona made up her mind.
In any case, Eleanor couldn't go to school with Chicago anymore.
Sending Eleanor abroad to study was the best way to help her quickly escape her original family.
They could help her find a reliable foster family over there.
"Eleanor has to agree to go abroad," Fiona said and patted Darwin's hand. Let's think about it later. This restaurant is delicious. You brought me here first, and then I brought Thalassa here. She fell in love with it since then."
Darwin seemed to know about Fiona's penchant for food.
He wasn't a person with many desires, but when he was in a good mood, he liked taking her to various restaurants. It was as if he had done his homework in advance, and the food was usually good.
"Have I done a good deed?" Darwin joked.
"Of course," Fiona replied.
The couple exchanged a glance, and both burst into laughter.
After a pleasant lunch, Kenny and Janna had to go to work.
The rest of them headed back home leisurely.
"The final exams are coming soon," Chicago entered the house and started planning out his study schedule, saying, "I need to study hard!"
In the last exam, Chicago was still several places away from being first in the grade.
Ethan had previously mentioned that if he ranked first this year, he would continue to be Chicago's tutor during the holidays.
"Does Ethan have time? Should we ask Ethan to come back as a tutor?" Stuart asked quickly when he saw how nervous Chicago was.
Darwin cleared his throat and said, "Ethan also needs to prepare for the final exams."
"Yeah, I can't delay Ethan's chance to be first!" Chicago was quite distressed. "I won't talk to you two more; I'll go do two sets of questions first!"
Darwin leaned on his cane, watching Chicago trot upstairs, muttering about not wanting to delay Ethan. He had mixed feelings.
"Mr. Solomon, are you being too cautious?" Thalassa teased Darwin as she playfully placed her hand on Charles's head.
"You'll understand when your daughter is born." Darwin glanced at her.
"What am I afraid of? We've agreed that if this is my daughter, Charles will have to marry me; I'm not worried at all!" Thalassa chuckled.
Charles fell silent.
Wasn't this matter over yet?
"Charles, don't you have a meeting at 3:00 p.m.?" Fiona glanced at her watch and reminded Charles.
Charles nodded and looked at Kenny slowly, saying, "According to the Marriage Law, marriage should be based on the voluntary consent of both parties."
"Alright, let's settle on that for now, and when you grow up, you can freely date first, then get engaged!" Thalassa said.
Charles opened his mouth but said nothing.
In terms of logic in this area, he couldn't beat Thalassa at all.
Charles hung his head and walked away.
"You see how you've hit Charles." Fiona shook her head at Thalassa.
Thalassa laughed even more happily.
Fiona shook her head in disbelief.
Later, Fiona went out alone again.
She met with Eleanor once more.
The bruises on Eleanor's neck looked particularly alarming.
"Are you okay?" Fiona asked with concern.
Eleanor lowered her eyelids, asking, "Did you hit Chicago?"
Before Fiona could respond, Eleanor continued on her own, "Definitely not; that day when Chicago saw my mom slap me, she was extremely surprised, as if she had witnessed something earth-shattering, but... being hit is just part of my daily life."
Fiona gently patted her shoulder and got straight to the point, saying, "Eleanor, would you like to study abroad?"
Eleanor was slightly taken aback, saying, "Abroad?"
Fiona said, "Yes, Country F, Country Y, or any other country you'd like."
"I... I don't have the money..." Eleanor struggled to speak.
Although she didn't talk much in class, she listened a lot about studying abroad from her classmates.
They always talked about which country they went to for what classes and how much money they spent.
Those figures were like astronomical numbers to her.
"Answer me first. Do you want to go?" Fiona asked softly.
Without hesitation, Eleanor nodded and said, "Yes, I do. I want to be as far away from them as possible so they can never find me..."
As Eleanor spoke, tears streamed down her face.
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