CHAPTER 509 THE STUBBORN ANNA

"Yeah." Henry closed his eyes.

Joe asked, "Did you forget to take something?"

Henry didn’t respond. 1

Joe turned his head and glanced at him. He then sighed, "Well then, Mr. Lancaster, sit tight."

Joe then started the car.

After an hour and a half, they arrived at the villa.

Henry opened his eyes and got out of the car. He took his bag from Joe and walked into the villa.

As soon as he entered the living room, he heard the laughter of a child coming from the living room, and his face sank.

"What's the matter?" Henry said as he stared coldly at the little girl jumping around on the couch, "Anna, why didn't you go to school?"

Anna was shocked when she heard his voice. She quickly stopped jumping and looked at him with a pale face. "Dad..."

"Tell me, why didn't you go to school? And what were you doing just now? Did you use the couch as a trampoline?" Henry said sharply.

Anna burst out crying.

His head hurt as he heard her loud cries, and the veins on his temples were bulging from all the noise.

"Enough, stop crying!" Henry snapped.

However, Anna cried even louder.

Her cries grabbed the attention of Jacqueline who was upstairs and Sue who was in the kitchen.

Jacqueline went downstairs and hurried to Anna's side. She wrapped Anna in her arms and comforted her.

But the more she comforted Anna, the more Anna felt like a victim, so she cried even more.

When Jacqueline saw that she could not comfort Anna, she immediately took out her anger on Henry. " Henry, what did you do? Why did you yell at her?"

Henry didn’t even look at her. He looked at Sue instead. "Why is Anna still at home and not at the kindergarten?"

Sue glanced at Jacqueline and answered truthfully," It's all because of her. Anna said she didn't want to go t o school, and she agreed."

"Really?" Henry narrowed his eyes.

Jacqueline looked away as she felt guilty. "Well... This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

What’s wrong with that? Anna said that there’s a freak in school, so she doesn't want to go. Just don’t go then.

I don't want my daughter to go to school with a freak." "Freak?" Henry's face became colder. "Anna, how can

you say that about your classmate?"

"I'm not wrong." Anna replied as she sobbed, "He's dumb and can't speak. He’s different from us. Mom said that people who are different from us are freaks. I don't want to go to school with a freak. I'll turn into a freak too..."

When Henry heard this, he was furious and he clenched his hands. "Jacqueline, is this how you teach your child?"

"I'm not wrong either..." Jacqueline replied in a low voice without any remorse on her face.

Henry was completely infuriated by her attitude. After putting down the bag in his hand, he stepped forward and pulled Anna out of her arms and pushed her toward Sue. "Take Anna out and ask Joe to send her to the kindergarten. Ask the teacher to find out the child who Anna called a 'freak' and ask Anna to apologize to the child in person!"

"Yes!" Sue nodded in surprise.

She had always been uncomfortable with Jacqueline's way of teaching her child. Now that sir had intervened in this matter, she was certainly happy.

So Sue held Anna who was screaming and crying and walked quickly towards the villa gate as Jacqueline stared angrily.

Henry and Jacqueline were left alone in the living room.

Henry looked at Jacqueline condescendingly and his eyes were completely cold. "Anna is your daughter. I thought that if you brought her up, you'd be able to give her a good education, but now I know I was wrong. You can't teach a child properly. You will only teach your child to be rotten and spoiled. Starting from today, you don’t have a say in Anna's upbringing anymore. I'll ask Sue to take over."

"You can't do this!" Jacqueline widened her eyes and looked at the man in front of her in disbelief.

She couldn't believe that he would actually deprive her of her right to educate her own child.

"I have to do this for Anna. There's no room for discussion. If you think I'm her stepfather and I’m not qualified to educate her, then you can take her with you and go find her biological father." Henry's voice was ice cold.

Jacqueline shuddered and her face turned pale.

He said she could take Anna to find her biological parents.

What he clearly meant was that if she was unhappy with his decision, he would divorce her.

How could this be!

It took her so many tactics and methods to become Mrs. Lancaster. How could she abandon her glory as Mrs. Lancaster just like that?

When Henry saw that Jacqueline stopped talking, his eyes flashed and he calmed down, "Remember what I said-you're not allowed to intervene in Anna's education. If I hear anything about you trying to teach Anna your messed up thoughts again, I'll never forgive you so easily." 2

Jacqueline nodded in a panic. "I understand. I-I won’t intervene anymore."

"Good. Now go back to your room." Henry waved his hand.

Jacqueline lowered her head, got up, and walked upstairs.

As soon as she left, Sue came back.

Henry sat on the sofa and rubbed his temples. "You sent Anna away?"

"Yes, but that child is a mess. It took me and Joe a lot 0 f work to get that child into the car," Sue sighed.

Henry asked, "Does Anna skip kindergarten very often?"

"She does." Sue nodded.

Henry frowned angrily. "Why didn't you tell me?"

If he hadn't come back today, he might’ve been kept in the dark.

Sue scratched her head. "Sir, you've misunderstood m e. I wanted to tell you, but Jacqueline wouldn’t let me. She said that Anna is her daughter, so it's none of my business. Thus, I stopped caring. Besides, Sir, you

know that I hate Jacqueline."

Henry's mouth twitched slightly. "Forget it, I won't ask you anymore, but I'll leave Anna to you in the future. I've already told Jacqueline not to intervene in Anna's education. I'm afraid that if she continues to teach Anna, I don't know how Anna will end up."

"Don't worry, sir. I will teach Anna well," Sue answered.

Henry nodded lightly, and handed her a bag he had brought back. "This is for you."

Sue was surprised. "Sir, did you bring me a gift?"

Henry chuckled, "It's not me, but a business partner asked me to give it to you."

"Hmm?" Sue was stunned. "Why did your business partner get me a gift?"

"You prepared supplements for her this morning, so she said it was a gift for you in return," Henry replied casually.

Sue smiled, "I see. She’s so nice. What's in it?"

Henry didn't answer so Sue could see for herself.

Sue opened the bag cheerfully.

After unwrapping the bag, she saw several boxes of pain relief patches inside. She opened her mouth wide in surprise. "This is for lower back pain, sir. How did your business partner know that I have lower back pain?"

Henry sipped his tea and said gently, "I told her."

Sue suddenly said, "Thank you, sir, and your business partner."

Recently, her back pain had worsened and she had run out of pain relief patches. She had been planning t o buy a few boxes of them.

This really came in handy.

However, she didn't know who sir’s business partner was, so she could not thank her personally.

"Okay Sue, TH take my leave now. Keep your eyes on her, and don’t let her leave the house,” Henry glanced upstairs and reminded Sue.

Sue patted her chest. "Don’t worry, sir."

Henry believed her and stopped talking. He then got u p and walked out of the villa as he headed to the garage and drove away in one of the cars.

When he arrived at the company, Joe called, "Mr. Lancaster, the identity of the child you mentioned wasn't as simple as we thought. I took Anna to see her teacher at the kindergarten, and I wanted the teacher t o call the child over so that Anna could apologize. However, the teacher said that if we want to see the child, we must get his parents' agreement. Otherwise, they won't let us see him. They also didn't allow me to take Anna to meet the child."

Henry raised his eyebrows. "Who are his parents?"