Dorothy was so nervous that cold sweat broke out from her palms, and the phone in her hand got wet and sticky from it.
She did not know what kind of bargaining chip that vicious woman had in her hands, but she knew that it must have something to do with her.
Ever since she started living with Rosalie in the Fisher family, she had spared no effort to humiliate and plot against her. She felt extremely proud and elated whenever she could hurt Dorothy.
Dorothy was certain that there was something wrong with her mentality.
“Dorothy, I can’t tell you just yet. My plan is very likely to be foiled if you tell Credence about it.”
Rosalie was laughing hysterically on the other side of the phone as if she had gotten hold of Dorothy’s weakness. She laughed for quite a while before she continued softly, “But, you can still kneel and beg me! Ha ha, if you beg sincerely, I might tell you. We are sisters after all.”
“Forget about it, Rosalie. You know me. I would rather beg someone else than you because you make me feel sick to the core. As if you have done little evil to me in the past to get Credence.
After all, it’s not an exaggeration to say that we are enemies! Beg you? I’m not that insane yet. If you don’t want to tell me, then so be it. I don’t have time to listen to you, anyway. If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
Dorothy suppressed the annoyed feeling she felt and hung up the phone, but she fell deep in thought. She did not feel relaxed at all despite firmly refusing Rosalie.
She had a bad feeling that something terrible had already happened.
Sure enough, as soon as Dorothy walked out of the hospital, she took a turn and reached the streets. Before she could call a taxi, she saw a black Audi speeding towards her. She didn’t have time to dodge and she was scared out of her wits.
At first, she thought that Rosalie had sent someone to deal with her. However, the car door opened and Juelz jumped out. His white T-shirt was stained with blood. He rushed towards her and shouted, “Dory, this is bad. Belle, Belle went missing in the female’s bathroom of the amusement park. Germaine was busy making a call, so she did not take a close look at Belle at that time.”
She had only answered the phone for around two minutes. Who would have known that Belle was already gone by the time she went to find her in the bathroom? We only found Belle’s favorite pink seashell bag in a trash can…”
Juelz had said a lot in one breath, but Dorothy could only hear the first few words. Belle was missing.
Her precious baby daughter was gone.
Her vision turned blurry and white in an instant.
Her first reaction was that she simply did not believe it. She desperately shook her head. “No! Juelz, you’re joking, right? You’re lying to me, aren’t you?”
Because of Belle’s sickness and she had never seen her father since birth, she developed a sensitive and well-behaved personality.
Just how well-behaved was she?
As long as Dorothy didn’t instruct, Belle would stay exactly where she was.
So, when Belle went to the bathroom with Germaine, she would never sneak out to play by herself if Germaine did not bring her out herself.
“Dory, how dare I make a joke to you about such a serious matter?”
At this moment, Juelz had already reached Dorothy’s side. He took a deep breath and saw that her eyes were red and tears were flowing down. His heart ached as he saw this.
He reached out to embrace her. He gave her a silent comfort and continued, “Dory, I’m guessing some kidnappers might have thought that Belle was too cute and beautiful, so they got greedy and took her away.
Don’t worry too much. I have already called the police. They replied quickly and said that they would search all around the amusement park for Belle.
The police are controlling every traffic in Talco City as we speak. Those human traffickers won’t be able to leave even if they tried. I think it won’t take long for us to find Belle.”
“No, we won’t be able to find Belle, we won’t! Not human traffickers, it’s Rosalie. That vicious woman had escaped prison. She hates Credence, and she hates me even more!”
Dorothy could feel her own temperature slowly turning colder. She trembled and shrunk back. However, her body was still in Juelz’s tight embrace. She could not retreat. She continued to cry and her pale lips trembled. After a long time, she finally spoke with a sob. “Juelz, Rosalie knows Belle is my lifeline. She also probably knows she is Credence’s daughter. So, she came to seek vengeance on me. She wants to take revenge on my little Belle…”
Tears rolled down her eyes as if they landed on Juelz’s heart. It hurt so much that even he was trembling.
This was the first time he realized seeing the tears of his beloved woman was even more painful than being slashed by a sharp knife.
Juelz’s fingers trembled as he wiped the tears on Dorothy’s face. “Dory, don’t cry, nothing will happen to Belle as long as I’m around. Isn’t it just Rosalie? Would a grown man like me be afraid of a vicious fugitive like her?”
“I refuse to believe that I can’t find Rosalie! I’ll f*cking turn Talco City upside down if I have to. Alright, don’t cry anymore, let me send you home first. Wait for my news there, I will find Belle and bring her back to you.”
Dorothy, who was caught up in her grief, nodded quietly. She suddenly thought of something and lowered her head. She took out her phone from her bag and searched her call log for Rosalie’s name.
Her entire body was trembling uncontrollably, her heart was beating so fast and violently that it was on the verge of breaking. She took a few deep breaths and was only able to barely suppress her boundless panic. She cried as she said, “Juelz, she called me just now and said that she had a bargaining chip in her hands that she could use against me. I didn’t know what it was, but it turned out to be Belle! It’s alright, I’ll call her back right now. I’ll ask her what she wants in exchange for my Belle.”
When she called the number, she only heard the cold mechanical female voice. “Sorry, the number you have called is unavailable. Please try again later.” She called the number five or six times in a row, but no one answered.
Rosalie did this on purpose, she had to!
At this moment, her entire vision was blurred. She trembled so hard that she could not even hold her phone firmly or see clearly.
Her phone was trembling, Juelz was shaking, even the handsome man with a sullen face standing in front of her, who she had no idea when he appeared, was also shaking.
It was not until she clearly saw that it was Credence that she felt a sense of hopefulness. It felt like seeing lifeboats while she was submerged in the deep ocean. She was excited and elated.
Dorothy raised her head and looked at the ashen-faced man, who was standing still like a sculpture. His eyes were filled with desolation and sadness. “Credence, Belle is missing, my daughter is missing. Please help me save her!”
After that, she lost the strength to support herself. She fell on her knees and on the rough cement road. She cried in a grievous and sorrowful way.