Chapter 324

Chet patted Evelyn on the head. He wanted to keep his hand on her head but moved it away after a short hesitation.

Charlie quickly comforted, "Ms. Jefferson, Mr. Larkin will be fine. Maybe he's escaped but doesn't have any way to signal us."

Evelyn felt warm, surrounded by everyone's comforting gestures.

She raised her head with teary eyes and said hoarsely, "I know he won't abandon us. He will return."

Wiping her tears, she drank a few sips of water. After that, she looked at Charlie. "Mr. Crawford, I'm hungry. Please buy me something to eat."

Charlie was taken aback but promptly responded, "Alright. I'll get you something now."

Ten minutes later, Charlie came back brandishing a bowl of beef stew and three breadsticks.

Evelyn sat on the chair in the corridor and emptied her bowl.

Seeing how she forced herself to eat, everyone around her became teary-eyed.

They knew Evelyn was trying to cheer herself up while waiting for her father's surgery and Warren's return.

To regain he