Chapter 2093

Abused

A few days passed.It was rare for Nicole to send Levi to school.Levi did not know whether he was
happy or not at school.

Every time Nicole asked him, he would ask her back, "Can I not go to school if I’m not happy?"

Oh, of course not.Levi sighed loudly like an old man with lots of problems.It seemed like Levi could put
up with this school.

When they got to school, Nicole asked him to get out of the car.She carried his school bag to the
entrance, held his hand, and could not help but sigh.

"If only you could stay this young forever." Levi gave her a look.

"It’s impossible for you to stay young forever either."

Nicole retorted, "You really are Grant’s son!"

"Yup."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

At that moment, Levi's eyes lit up when he looked behind Nicole.He waved his hand frantically and
shouted, "Chance!"

Chance ran over with a heavy school bag on his back.He was equally happy to see Levi.

When Chance saw Nicole, he was excited at first but quickly looked downcast.The expression on his
face changed so quickly.



Since his birthday party when Chatty almost drowned, Chance had been blaming himself.

Seeing Nicole here this time, Chance was really excited and ashamed.Nicole had long forgotten what
happened last time.

Chance stood three or four steps away from Nicole and hesitated to go forward.He looked at her
cautiously.

Nicole smiled and beckoned to him.

"Chance, school starts today.You look very happy!"

Chance smiled and walked over slowly when he saw that Nicole was not going to blame him for
Chatty’s incident.Nicole saw that it was almost time to leave and handed the schoolbag to Levi.

"Little Leaf, call me if you need anything.I'll get going!"

Levi nodded and waved at her.

"Goodbye, Auntie!"

Chance smiled, looked at Nicole, took out his pen and paper, and quickly wrote something on
it.However, before he could finish writing, the wind blew away the paper from his hand.

Chance chased after the paper but accidentally bumped into a passing classmate.Both students fell to
the ground.

Nicole was shocked FFq']rJN went to help him.

Unexpectedly, Nicole saw some bruises on Chance’s back and waist that were accidentally exposed.

Those were pinch marks.Some of them were new, but some marks were old.It was shocking to see.



Nicole was horrified.

Before she could touch him, Chance stood up by himself and patted the dirt from his body.

The classmate who bumped into Chance burst into tears, attracting many people’s attention.

Chance blinked and lowered his head guiltily as if he had done something wrong.He felt lost.

The teacher came over and asked what happened.She patted Chance’s little hand to reassure him
before she let him go.

The parent of the student who was crying did not want to let Chance off the hook so easily, but the
teacher stopped the parent in time and whispered something along the lines of Chance being Eric
Ferguson’s son.

The parent looked at Chance and sheepishly shut his mouth.

Levi went over to help Chance with his school bag.

Nicole pulled Chance aside.She had mixed feelings when she saw his innocent and obedient look.She
pursed her lips, squatted down, and looked at Chance.

After all, Chance was Eric’s son, the young master of Ferguson Corporation.

Why were there signs that Chance had been beaten all over? Who did it? Chance looked at Nicole and
blinked.

Nicole pursed her lips and reached out to touch his butt.

Chance was shocked, and his face turned pale.

"Who hit you? This is abuse.Did you tell your father or Mitchell?" Nicole frowned.



Seeing Chance’s panicked look, she continued to ask, "Who bullied you? Did this happen in school? Or
is it your nanny at home?"

Yasmin did not seem like someone who would do such a thing.How sick would one have to be to hit a
child? Chance lowered his eyes and did not speak.He could not saya word, but his body was tense and
stiff.He was shaking from fear.However, Nicole could not figure out why Chance was like this.

Nicole had mixed feelings when she saw that Chance would not say a word.

The Stantons had two children.

Levi and Chatty were both so pampered by the family.

They would never hit their children.

Clayton also could not bear to lay a finger on Chatty.

Chance was almost the same age as their kids.

Chance looked glorious on the surface bearing the name of Young Master Chance, but his body was
actually covered with scars.

Nicole could not figure out who did this.

Was this school violence or domestic violence? If Chance was from any other family, Nicole could rush
over to question them.

However, she could not do the same with the Fergusons.

Nicole had no right to question Eric why he treated his son like this.

As she thought about this, she felt really angry and despondent.



Seeing Nicole’s serious face, Chance felt even more uneasy.He wanted to express something, but he
was just anxious and could not do anything.

Coincidentally, the teacher came over and asked them if they needed help.

Nicole paused and asked Levi and Chance to go in first.

Levi was very well-behaved and led Chance into the school.

Then, Nicole told the teacher about her findings.

The teacher’s face turned pale in shock.

"Ms.Stanton, our school does not tolerate violence.Every student is watched carefully by a teacher,
who is under our watch at all times.Although Chance doesn’t like to speak, none of the students around
him bullies him." Nicole paused.

"You should investigate it.If it’s not from school, you can visit his family and tell his guardian about
this."This was the first time the teacher heard of this abuse, so she did not dare to hide it.Their school
was one of the best in the country with tuition fees reaching hundreds of thousands a year.If they could
not take care of a child, they would not be able to answer the parents.

"Thank you, Ms.Stanton."

Seeing that her goal was achieved, Nicole returned to the car with a heavy heart and left.

As soon as the teacher returned to school, she immediately looked for Chance.

However, Chance refused to speak.It was useless no matter what the teacher said.

The school had Eric’s contact information, but no one dared to contact him.



That was because his assistant said that Mr.Ferguson was very busy, so they should contact the nanny
for small matters, Mitchell for important matters, and Eric for extremely pressing matters.

This was an extremely pressing matter, right? The school called Eric, but their call was hung up twice.

They called Mitchell, but his phone number was not within the service area.

Thus, the teacher had no choice but to go to Ferguson Corporation to look for Eric.

Eric’s assistant saw that it was a teacher from Chance’s school and informed Eric.

After the teacher waited for more than half an hour, someone came down to bring her upstairs.

"Mr.Ferguson has two more meetings.If it’s something trivial, you may leave.He’s really busy."

The teacher nodded.

Under the reluctant gazes of several assistants, she waited for an opportunity to meet Eric.

Eric hung up the phone and let the teacher sit on the sofa.

Eric had such a strong presence and looked stern, which made it easy for others to ignore his soft
side.He looked cold, indifferent, and untouchable.

"Mr.Ferguson, please excuse me for the disturbance.I’m here today to represent the school to discuss
what’s going on with Chance."Chapter 21 Trent’s death a few days ago caused an uproar.No one knew
who the man in the ghost mask was, but Alex knew that it was James, the Black Dragon of the
Southern Plains.

James asked, "How’s the partnership going with Eternality?"

"All good, Mister Caden."



"Terminate the partnership.Tell the Callahans that Celestial will only work with Thea.Now that Thea is
no longer part of the family, the partnership is terminated.As for the rumors between you and Thea, sort
it out yourself.I don’t want Thea to be in trouble due to those rumors."

"Of course.I'll get it done right now."

Alex took a deep breath.

After he hung up, he made the necessary arrangements at once.He told whoever was in charge of
dealing with the Callahans to terminate their partnership.

At the Callahans’ at the same time.

The current executive chairman of Eternality, Howard Callahan, rushed in.He shouted, "Dad,
something’s happened!"

Lex raised an eyebrow.

"Howard, why are you still behaving like a child at this age? How am I supposed to pass the torch to
you? Can our family truly be part of the upper class?"

"I hear you, dad, but Celestial Group has terminated our partnership.They even said that..."

Lex shook, standing up abruptly.

"What? What did you say?"

Howard lost his confidence.He hung his head.

Quietly, he said, "Celestial terminated our partnership.Now, several trucks are waiting at our factory to
transport the raw materials back."



Lex fell onto the couch heavily.Sweat beaded his wrinkled face.

Working with Celestial was the Callahans’ best opportunity to rise through the ranks.

Now that Celestial had terminated the partnership with Eternality, the Callahans would lose their
chance at becoming an upper-class family.

"What else did Celestial say? Spit it out."

Lex was so angry he thumped his cane against the floor.

Howard said, "Celestial’s chairman Alex Yates said he would only work with Thea.With Thea gone, he
will never work with us."

"Then why are all of you still standing here? Go and get Thea now!"

Lex picked up his cane and started whacking Howard, Tommy, and the other Callahans who were
present.All of them left hurriedly to call and locate Thea.

Nine Dragons Street.

Common Clinic.

Thea was awake.She sat on the bed, propping her head on her knees and hugging her calves.

Quietly, she stared into space.

James sat beside her, trying to cheer her up.He told her jokes but she remained silent, never saying a
word.

Just then, her phone started ringing.She did not answer it.



James glanced at it, noticing that it was Howard.He knew what was going on at once and promptly
ended the call.

The Callahans could wait.

"Who...who was it?"

Thea twisted around to look at James.Her eyes were red and swollen, tears still pooling in them.She
looked nothing like her old spirited self.

"That was Howard."

"Oh."

Thea uttered a single syllable.Right now, she felt dead inside.She did not seem to care about anything.

"Thea, do you really want to go home? Looking at how the Callahans are treating you, I don’t think it’s a
terrible loss if you don’t go back," James said.

To be frank, he did not want Thea to return either.

"Go back? Can I still go back there?"

Thea mumbled to herself, shaking her head.

Listlessly, she said, "I can never go back.I’m cursed.I’ve caused so much trouble for my family.Now,
grandfather has cast me out.Even mom doesn’t want me anymore."

Thea’s phone started ringing again.

James grabbed the phone and held it out to her, asking, "Do you want to take it?"



Thea took the phone and answered the call.

Howard’s anxious voice sounded through the phone.

"Thea, where are you? Tell me, I’m coming to pick you up!" Thea trembled.

Her eyes lit up instantly.

Quickly, she said, "I...I’m at Common Clinic on Nine Dragons Street."

Excitedly, she hugged James, crying tears of joy.

"Jamie, uncle’s picking me up.I’m going home.I’m going home!"


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