Luca walked into the classroom.
The parents who were sitting in the front row already noticed her. It was Luca's first time coming here. The parents
did not know who she was, and they looked at her with curiosity.
Luca felt like she had become a specimen, standing there and letting those people stare at her.
Fortunately, she had attended Lanie's and Rainie's parent-teacher conferences before, and she had experience in
handling such situations.
Tommy noticed her and waved his hand excitedly. “Ms. Luca, here!"
Luca smiled and walked toward him.
While she was on her way walking toward Tommy, she swept her gaze across and caught some information.
The parents who came to attend the parent-teacher conference were well-dressed. Some of them even put on
jewelry, showing off how wealthy their families were.
It was a classroom, but they made it look like they were going to a banquet.
Every parent was dressed in their best clothes. They compared themselves to each other, afraid that others were
better than them.
Luca looked down and glanced at her clothes. The officewear she wore was branded, but it was nothing compared
to the designer clothes the other parents were dressed in.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was just like the car Warren drove. It was good enough for an ordinary family.
However, among all the rows of luxurious cars outside the school, it looked plain and cheap.
Luca arrived at Tommy's seat and said, "I'm here."
"I knew you'd keep your promise. Take a seat!" Tommy smiled and patted the seat beside him.
Luca sat on the chair.
Tommy behaved himself and sat on the small bench beside her. Then, he introduced Ms. Luca to his deskmate
beside him, "Ashley, meet Ms. Luca."
Ashley sized Luca up and nodded. "I recognize her. She came to see Charlie's mother on behalf of your father. Mrs.
Luca, nice to meet you. I'm Ashley, the girl Tommy helped that day. You're gorgeous."
Even though Ashley praised Luca, Tommy felt proud of it. However, he thought Ashley addressing Luca as 'Mrs'
sounded too old for her. Hence, he corrected her, "It's not Mrs. Luca, it's Ms. Luca. She's not that old."
Luca was about to say it did not matter how Ashley addressed her. Still, she did not expect Ashley to listen to
Tommy. She nodded and said, “Okay. Ms. Luca, you're gorgeous."
Luca looked at the two kids and gave them a gentle smile.
How adorable they were. Ashley was a good girl too. She could see that Ashley was a well-behaved and gentle girl.
It would be great if Nyla had such a personality.
However, Nyla already showed a little disobedience when she learned how to walk back then.
Although Luca could handle Nyla, she was worried that the Island of Despair would be a bad influence if she
continued to stay there.
The situation there would shape Nyla's character to become more arrogant and naughty.
It would be difficult to educate her when the time came.
Luca was wrapped up in sorrowful thoughts as her youngest daughter came into her mind.
She only snapped back to reality when Tommy reached out and waved his hand in front of her. "What's the
matter?"
"Ms. Luca, Ashley asked you a question!" said Tommy.
Luca immediately turned to look at Ashley and asked, "Yes, Ashley?"
"Ms. Luca, Tommy told me that you make the best cookies. Can you please teach my mother how to bake those
cookies when you're available? The cookies my mother bake taste awful," asked Ashley with an anticipated look on
her face.
"Sure. Where's your mother?" Luca noticed that Ashley was sitting on the chair. It seemed like her mother was not
here yet.
"She should be here soon," reckoned Ashley. "She's as busy as a bee. It's good enough if she can make it on time."
Tommy, who sat beside her, said, "Ashley's mom is always late."
"There's nothing she can do if she's busy with work, right? Do you have paper and a pencil?" asked Luca.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAshley took a sheet of paper and a pencil out of her drawer and handed them to Luca. "Ms. Luca, why do you need
these?"
"Didn't you ask for the cookie recipe? I'll write it down on paper. You can show it to your mother later. That way,
she'll know how to bake the cookies for you," replied Luca as she wrote the ingredients needed to bake the cookies,
the measurements, and the steps on the paper.
Baking cookies was an easy task. As long as the temperature of the oven was not too high, one could successfully
bake good cookies.
"Ms. Luca, you're awesome!" Ashley watched Luca write down the words she could not even recognize without
hesitating for a moment. It was as though the recipe was in her head. Ashley could not help but admire her.
"How nice it would be if Mommy was as good as you are," said Ashley.
The parents around them seized the chance to get to know each other and see if they could do some business
together. Some of the parents compared themselves to each other. Luca was the only one sitting there, writing the
recipe.
No one intended to talk to her.
Luca smiled and replied, “Your mommy is busy with work. That's why she didn't have time to learn how to bake. It's
perfectly normal for her to not know how to bake good cookies. But she's doing well at her job. That's what the
mothers of other kids can't do."
The reason Luca said that was because she wanted Ashley to know that her mother was an amazing person too.
Kids did not know that everyone had their own strengths and everyone was good at different things.