137: Sneaked Out With A Box

I dialed the number on the old phone and increased the volume so they could hear the result by themselves.

As soon as I dialed the contact, they came closer so they could hear their father and also speak with him as they wished.

As planned, a female voice was heard from the phone: "The number you dialed is currently switched off; please try again later."

I let out a sigh of joy inwardly and then glared at them. "His phone is switched off, dear," I remarked, pretending to be sad about it.

Their faces were saddened upon hearing that. "Mommy, could you try his other line? Daddy has two phones," Amelia stated, making me so infuriated that I wished to slap her immediately for saying that. Just now that I had thought I had succeeded in deceiving them, Amelia came up with a logic.

"Well, I would have done it if I had the number, but unfortunately, it was only this contact number of his that I had because it's always active all the time. Hence, I did not bother asking him for his other number