Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 2786

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2786

Jinx

"I'll explain everything tonight, okay?" She planted a kiss on his face, after which Larry was willing to relinquish his hold on her.

"Hey Lucius," Joan straightened out her attire as she went out to greet him.

"We're having a parent-teacher conference at school tomorrow, Mommy." The boy threw himself into her arms. His face beaming with excitement.

"Got it." Joan laughed as she kissed her child on the cheeks.

Joan was usually the one to attend such events so she did not inform Larry about it.

Early the next day, Joan and Lucius went straight to school.

"Our homeroom teacher would like for you to make a speech on stage," Lucius told Joan in the car.

Joan nodded. She did not have much else to say as she was already quite used to it.

They arrived at the gates in short order. The school was bustling with activity. All of the parents looked so happy as they held their kids by their tiny hands. Joan, however, had absolutely no idea what was in store for her.

"Well look, isn't that Joan Watts?"

"Yeah, what's she doing here?"

"For the parent-teacher conference, of course."

A few women huddled together and talked amongst themselves in a corner not far from her.

"How does she still have the gall to show her face here?"

"That's right. What a jinx!"

"Achoo!" Joan abruptly sneezed.

"What's wrong, Mommy? Have you caught a cold?" Lucius looked up and asked in concern.

"No." She promptly shook her head in response.

For whatever reason, she kept sensing that someone was cussing at her behind her back. Joan surveyed her surroundings and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. Could she be imagining things? "Let's go, Mommy!" Lucius rocked at her arm as he led her to a classroom in the vicinity.

"Alright."

As the homeroom teacher stood at the rostrum and took names inside the classroom, Joan and Lucius sat at his seat quietly as they waited for Ms. Lee to speak.

Very quickly, there was a disturbance inside the room as everyone started pointing fingers at Joan with a look of disgust on their faces. What's going on?

Did I do something wrong? Joan's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Jinx!"

"So your mother is the jinx who killed someone, Lucius!" A girl who transferred in recently jabbed at Lucius' nose and declared aloud. "My Mommy's not a jinx! You're the jinx!" Lucius retorted in protest.

Joan was equally bamboozled at this unexpected accusation.

"You shouldn't say things on a whim, little girl." Though she cautioned gently without harboring the slightest ill-will, that girl started wailing.

Joan was dumbfounded.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing!" A rather unimpressive-looking woman who she had never seen before approached and howled at her. Joan was at a loss for words. "I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it." "That's enough. Don't mess with her! Beware of what she could do to you!" another sinister woman nearby said.

Whatever do they mean by that? Confronted by this lot, Joan was flabbergasted.

"Don't you know that the flower shop she owned cost someone's life..."

Joan finally caught on, but how was she to convince them of her own innocence? Lucius next to her started to grow silent.

The parent-teacher conference this round ought to be attended by Larry. Joan lowered her gaze in shame and patted Lucius on the head.

"Why don't I call Daddy..."

"There's no need!" Lucius interjected and looked at her in earnest. "It's okay, Mommy. I believe you!"

Joan was profoundly moved by that.