With the information he needed, Brian knew he had no time to waste. He thanked the detective and left immediately.
Ken still had no idea about the whole thing. He just followed Brian.
Brian was so worried that his hand was shaking as he tried to open the car door.
“Brian, let me do it,” Ken offered.
Brian didn’t refuse and handed him the key to the car.
While Ken drove them to the destination, he asked, “What happened?”
“Diana is in a bad situation.”
“What?”
Ken was shocked but still drove steadily. It had always been one of his skills to stay calm in tense situations.
“Faster!” Brian roared. He was sick with worry.
The sudden anger in Brian’s voice startled him, and he sped up. Brian was strict, but he had never gotten mad at him like that before. Ken knew it must be serious.
“So, what happened?” Ken asked again, anxiously.
“Antonette has kidnapped Diana,” Brian replied in a depressed voice.
“What?! How could this happen?”
“Just fucking drive!” Brian yelled.
Ken obliged this time, driving at top speed all the way.
When they arrived, Brian could see that from Antonette’s hideout, she would have been able to observe all the comings and goings at the Anderson’s Drugstore.
The problem was that there were so many flats in the building where Diana’s phone was located. He couldn’t know which room she was in.
As for Sybil and Abby, the driver had taken them back home.
Abby was quiet. She followed Sybil obediently and didn’t make any noise at all.
“Abby, do you want some juice?” Sybil asked gently.
Abby hesitated. She had been told not to accept anything from strangers. But this lady seemed like a good person.
Noticing Abby’s hesitation, Sybil tried her best to be calm.
“Aunt Sybil also has milk. Do you like milk, Abby?” Sybil asked gently.
“Aunt Sybil?” Abby was confused.
“Yes, I’m your Dad Brian’s sister.”
Abby didn’t quite understand but decided to trust what the smiley woman was saying. After all, she was Dad Brian’s sister; she surely wouldn’t do her any harm.
At that moment, Aaron, who was playing with his toys upstairs, heard the noise and peered down from the top of the stairs.
Sybil waved at him and said, “Come down to greet your cousin.”
“Cousin?” Aaron was confused and went downstairs.
When he got down to the first floor, he found a sweet girl looking at him with big, curious eyes.
Aaron was shy and covered his face. He had no idea who the girl was, but she was adorable.
Abby wore a pink dress, and her hair was done in two neat plaits. She was so cute that Aaron could not help but lie on the ground and cover his face.
When Sybil saw how Aaron was behaving, she laughed. She lifted him up from the ground and said, “This is Aunt Diana’s little girl.”
Aaron was still shy but said with a quiet voice, “Hello.”
“Hi!” Abby was more outgoing and offered him a big smile.
However, this made Aaron shier still, and he covered his face again.
“Mum, I want to go outside.”
Sybil stopped him at once.
“Where do you want to go?”
“I want to go to Eden’s,” Aaron replied.
“Excuse me?” Sybil was confused. Eden was one of Aaron’s kindergarten classmates. He only lived a few doors down, but of course, Aaron was not allowed out on his own.
Aaron insisted and tried to open the front door.
Showing her anger now, Sybil exclaimed, “Aaron, Abby is here. It’s not polite to leave her alone.”
Aaron turned around and said seriously, “That’s why I want to go to Eden’s.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Eden is always showing off his little sister. Now I have one. And mine is cuter than his. I want to invite him to see.”
Naturally, this sent Sybil into hysterical laughter. It was just too cute!
After taking a moment to catch her breath, Sybil replied, “Aaron, it’s too late. We can go there tomorrow. Today, we stay at home and accompany Abby to eat cake. What do you think?”
Aaron nodded with pleasure. He’d love to accompany this cute little girl.
The two children sat down next to each other at the table, looking curiously at one another.
“What’s your name?” Aaron asked gently.
“My name is Abby.”
“Abby, my name is Aaron. Our names have the same first letter. Is there a ‘C’ in your family name? My family name is Carter.”
Abby shook her head.
“No, there is no ‘C’ in my family name. My family name is Anderson.”
Aaron was confused. He thought she was family!
As promised, Sybil then brought in two delicious-looking cakes.
Actually, she had made them both herself. Unfortunately, Ken and Aaron both didn’t like dessert, which hurt Sybil greatly. She had no one to share her passion with and had almost lost the desire to bake.
When Sybil put the cake on the table, Aaron huffed.
“Aaron, don’t you like cakes?”
Still, Aaron looked unhappy.
“Dad told me that cake is for girls. I’m a boy, so I don’t like cakes.”
How could Ken tell Aaron something like that? Sybil was annoyed and decided she would definitely have a talk with Ken when he came back.
Sybil acted gently to Abby and asked, “Abby, do you like dessert?”
“Yes, I love it!”
“That’s great.” Sybil was joyful that she finally had someone who appreciated dessert as much as she did.
“Have a try. This is Aunt Sybil’s favorite.”
Abby nodded and had a taste.
“Wow! This is delicious!” Abby exclaimed.
Sybil touched her head and said gently, “If you like it, you can have as much as you like.”
Since Aaron saw Abby was eating the cake so happily, he asked hesitantly, “Is it really that tasty?”
Abby gave him an enthusiastic, “Yes!”
Sybil immediately took out a spoon and offered it to Aaron.
“Do you want a try?”
Aaron accepted the spoon and scooped a piece of cake into his mouth. After one bite, he put down the spoon and grimaced.
“It’s too sweet,” he complained.
Sybil shook her head but was proud that he had at least tried it.