My eyes were entangled with his for a few seconds, and I moved away, not wanting to stay too long.
The maid quickly brought in food, Leo took care of me and ate it while Dennis stood motionless and watched.
My stomach warmed up and I regained some strength before I officially picked up my child for the first time, greedily looking at her face, eager to take in every detail in my bones.
The low pressure lasted for about a minute before Leo’s voice rang throughout the room.
“Blame me, the missing nurse is the one I found, it has been confirmed that last night, she was the one who cooperated with a bodyguard outside to transfer the child, the person has fled abroad.”
After he finished, the whole room once again returned to calm, the atmosphere was tense and more than cramped.
I looked at my daughter in my arms and had nothing to say.
How to be careful and how to beat the calculations, those people have long designed, Leo even if you do a good job, still can not escape the results of defense.
After a long time, I took a sharp breath, slightly side glanced, looked askance at Dennis standing in the distance and said coldly, “Where were you last night?”
Dennis’s voice was low, without a rise and fall, “The secretary who followed Jax White back then kept key documents that someone had saved at the time that would prove my parents’ innocence, and someone said they saw that secretary in Vegas … When you called, I heard that Uncle Link accident, just shortly after boarding.”
“Did you find the person?” I remained indifferent.
“No.” Dennis said frankly, “There was talk of being in Mumbai last month too, and it was just as false as this one.”
“Hm. …” I sneered, feeling sarcastic.
I know Dennis too well, even if he knows it’s a fake, he will go, as long as he can avenge his parents to clear their grievances, even if he takes his life, he will not hesitate to learn that something happened to Link, he chose to come back first, but so what, our son was just born, or taken away, he is so small, and premature, those people can take care of him?
That’s a warning.
Leonard, they have never let go of the wariness of Dennis, deliberately take away his only son, in order to let him rest in peace, no longer have the fantasy of revenge, perhaps, from the time Dennis grew into a reigning business genius, the time to show their strength, they have set up a net, waiting for us to throw themselves into the net.
“Dennis, we’re so naive, so what if you find your enemy, so what if the other side is not what it used to be, they can afford to lose, what about us?” I was close to an emotional breakdown, but I had to force a smile on my swaddled child, my eyes were wet with tears and I could no longer tell if I was laughing or sad.
Dennis stood still, not saying a word, his tall figure seemed like a solid wall, invisible to bounce all my emotions back.
“Go away, I’ll find the child myself, and you stay away from us.”
I love Dennis, but I don’t have the courage to love anymore.
Now I am more than Clara, more than Dennis’ wife, I am the mother of two children, and I can put everything into it as long as they are safe.
The words succeeded in stimulating Dennis, and almost as soon as the words fell, he took a big step out, without saying yes or no.
Once he left, Leo and I were left in the room with the baby in our arms.
“Did you send someone to look for it?” I said faintly.
With the baby gone, I didn’t have the heart to rest.
“What?” Leo didn’t hear it for a moment and froze for a second before responding, “Well, it’s gone, they’re with the kids, they can’t escape far.”
Run away? With a large City P and a population of nearly 10 million, the other side doesn’t even need to flee, they can just pile into the crowd and disappear, leaving us to find them for the rest of our lives.
I didn’t answer and mentally started thinking about going to Leonard’s people to negotiate.
With the relationship Dennis and I once had, we could never be alone in their feud, but there was no way out, knowing what the other side was asking for, giving and taking, and maybe keeping the child alive and safe.
Leo saw that I didn’t respond, came over and sat down on the edge of the bed, “Remember how much you used to hate me?”
I tilted my head, wondering why he was suddenly talking about it.
“I did not tell you, right, I watched my father commit suicide, during that time, every night I could see him die, see the Kennedy family broken family miserable, did not sleep a restful sleep, I became a monster, the only meaning of living only revenge, although not my own hands to take a knife into the heart of the enemy, but until They were punished, I was freed from the nightmare, I can live as myself.”
He paused and looked at me with a more serious expression, “the George family bloodline no well, Dennis more than ordinary people, he will sooner or later to shine, even if he does nothing, Leonard will not let him live, he revenge, but also for self-preservation, for the safety of you and the child. ”
I do not know this truth, if Dennis is just a mediocre ordinary people, I will not love him so deeply, I love him as a whole person, naturally can not set aside the danger of which, love and keep, never two separate things.
I was silent and speechless, perhaps I was indeed cruel to Dennis, but it was the only way to ensure that nothing would happen to my daughter who stayed with me.
Knock-knock-
That’s when Folly walked in.
“Checked, the bodyguard and the nurse have already left the country, but the video from the airport did not see any of these two people with the baby, the baby should still be in the country, I contacted my friends at the destination, when they land, they will immediately take control of the people, then we will be able to find out what took the baby.”
The Lewis family has contacts in all aspects of City P. She said she could catch people, naturally there will be no problem, but I worry that the other side is fully prepared, even if they find people, may not be able to find out what.
Sensing that the atmosphere in the room was not quite right, Folly secretly gave Leo a wink and told him to get up and sit where he had just been, reached out and patted me on the shoulder and said comfortingly, “The most important thing for you right now is to get well, if even you fall down, who else will spare no effort to find the baby, don’t you think?”
My health was already poor, and after the morning’s excitement, there was the possibility of a relapse of depression, so naturally they were relieved.
Looking at the child, I did not have any capricious thoughts, nodded obediently and agreed, “Don’t worry, I will take care of the child and also take care of myself.”
“Mom!” Clarie suddenly ran in from outside, clamoring to see her sister.
I reluctantly tugged at the corners of my mouth and put the baby back to bed, watching Clarie carefully tease her before I let out my breath and relaxed my tense nerves.
…
Despite a joint effort by The Lewis family and the Kennedy family, and a carpet search at City P, I was not able to see my son again during the month.