With one phone call made by Rex, the police do not care whether it has been 24 hours or not any
longer. They get to the scene immediately, and start their inspection which includes the retrieval of the
surveillance videos.
Waiting is hard to endure, which makes people feel cold and miserable. The atmosphere of the scene
is so cold, as if it is filled by a layer of ice. Rex’s complexion is unprecedentedly unsightly. The thought
of Adair in danger makes his heart pound an unsteady rhythm.
As minutes pass, it feels like half a century has passed as no one speaks, as if they are treading on
thin ice. But then the police officer comes up to him and hands him the electronic data, “Mister Rex, the
surveillance camera of the side door caught the figure of the child. He was picked up by a woman and
carried to a white Volkswagen, the license plate number is 3895. They left from the back door of the
community, before merging into the traffic and driving onto the main road. We still need to check the
surveillance camera for their destination.”
Rex quietly listens to what he says, and memorizes the license number. “Check who the owner of the
car is, and tell me the final destination of the car as soon as possible. If you can’t find it, tell me from
where the surveillance is lost.”
“Yes”. The police man answers.
After the police leaves, Lily nervously leans over. “What did you find out?”
“We have found the car that Adair was taken in. It won’t be difficult to find the owner of the car. Have
patience.”
As soon as she hears this, Lily feels her heart tighten. On the sofa, Bree sits and weeps silently while
blaming herself in heart. “It is all my fault. If I hadn’t brought Adair downstairs, or if I had continuously
held his hand, this wouldn’t have happened. He is still so small; it’s all my fault...”
After spending these two days together, Bree developed a deep affection for Adair, who had also
started calling her grandmother. Now that he has disappeared from right under her nose, she really
hates herself for allowing this to happen.
Rex’s heart throbs, but his eyes hold no blame against her. “Auntie, don’t worry about it. I’ll find him and
bring him back safe and sound. This was obviously planned and couldn’t have been prevented.”
He can’t understand who would dare to take Adair away.
It hasn’t been long since he returned home. There aren’t many who could have pulled off something
like this. Except for them, the only other people who know about Adair are Karl and his Family. Of the
others, Vivian is the only one, but she would never do something this rashly.
Even if she is shameless, her family cares much about their reputation.
For the moment, Adair’s whereabouts are lacking and all they can do is to wait for a lead from the
police.
Lily’s life has changed for the worst from the moment her child disappeared. Her thoughts are about
finding Adair, and nothing else. But as time goes by, she starts to panic.
“Rex, nothing will happen to the child, right?” she asks in a low voice so that only Rex can hear.
Pursing his lips, he loosens up after a while. “No, believe me.” He says to her and also himself, his
voice firm.
As time goes by, every second is a big ordeal for the both of them.
Finally, the police call with the news that the vehicle has been tracked down and found!
Bree suddenly stands up from the sofa. “Where is the child?” she asks excitedly.
The police man looks at the address on his mobile phone, speechless and a bit embarrassed to look at
the tall man. His manner is undoubtedly upsetting in the eyes of others.
Unable to repress his mood, Rex grits his teeth. “Speak.”
“In, in…your home, Mister Rex”. The police man stutters before repeating the address. It wasn’t Rex’s
current home address, but the address of his old home – his grandparents’ home.
This address isn’t familiar to others, but Rex is very familiar with it.
As soon as he hears this, he freezes in place. He doesn’t really know what he feels, but his heart that
has felt tight for a long time suddenly relaxes when he knows that the child is okay.
But in the next second, it is as if he is being mocked. The worry, effort and tender affection now seem
like a complete joke.
He goes over it again and again. But it turns out that it is his family who has taken his child.
The people present are obviously very stunned by this sentence.
Bree raises a finger at him. “You, did you take Adair away?”
Lily feels ridiculous as she looks at Rex’s face with complicated expressions. She is speechless. He
didn’t know. The ones who have done something wrong are his family, and not him.
He doesn’t know how to make peace with the kind of embarrassment and self-blame he feels. He feels
worse than anyone else as it is something he doesn’t want.
Abby sees that no one is speaking a word, and forces herself to help resolve it. “Lily, now that Adair
has been found, you can go get him. Uncle and Auntie, it’s okay, you can rest assured.”
Haring her words, Lily strides over to Rex and looks him straight into his eyes. “Let’s go. I should go to
your old house too.”
Rex feels very embarrassed as he doesn’t know how to explain what has happened to Bree and Harry.
Lifting his own eyes, they land on the two pairs of old eyes in front of him. “Uncle and Auntie, you can
rest assured. I will bring Adair back safely.” He manages to squeeze out before turning around and
leaving.
In all these years, no matter what had happened, he’d never felt this defeated and fled before.
Downstairs, Lily gets in the car and fastens her seatbelt. In the driver’s seat, Rex closes his eyes and
heaves a deep breath before opening them up again. “You’re right, I shouldn’t have told them about the
child.”
Lily doesn’t want to take her anger out on him, but then she thinks about the fear her child must be
feeling and how he has been wronged. There is no one else around, so she doesn’t hold back. “I
expected it from the beginning, but you never believed me.”
The patriarch and matriarch of Rex’s family have a very wrong preconceived idea about her. In those
years they had been very critical of her, but now she has a child, and if considered carefully, it is not
surprises that they were able to take the child away today.
Rex starts the car. The speed is very fast as the streamlined car shuttles down the road. His are
gloomy, exuding frightful coldness.
Lily clutches the safety belt to her chest, and in spite of the fear she feels, the urge to see Adair
overwhelms her, so she doesn’t make Rex slow down the car.
They fortunately arrive safely.
Lily doesn’t wait, and gets out of the car before rushing into the house. A servant attempts to stop her,
but before he reaches out his hand, he is stopped by Rex’s gaze.
After so many years working for Rex’s Family, he’d never before seen him look like this. The servant
immediately stands aside and does not dare to say more.
As Lily enters the living room, she sees a child sitting straight on the sofa with his hands on his knees
while his two little feet hanging in the air. Seeing her, he jumps down and runs into her arms.
“Mom!”
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