Chapter 782

While Clara and Alice were chatting, there was a knock at the door. Alice called out, "Come in." A staff member opened the office door but didn't step inside. Standing at the doorway, she said to Alice, "Ms. Morris, there's a little girl in the store. She says she got separated from her guardian, but she knows you and wants you to take her home." Hearing this, both Clara and Alice stood up. As Alice walked out, she asked, "How old is the child?" She knew some kids, but none of them knew this shop belonged to her. Moreover, it was a school day, so the kids should be in class. The only ones who might appear on this street were either children under three—who hadn't started preschool—or those who were sick and had taken the day off. The staff member replied, "She's a very cute and pretty little girl about four or five years old. She said her grandma took her shopping, but they got separated." A five-year-old? Alice couldn't think of whose child this might be. Curious, Alice an