Chapter 97

Hector continued his story. "Hazel was barely conscious when I took her and ran, by the time I got far enough away from the facility, she'd lost full consciousness. I didn't want there to be problems when I arrive at the hospital carrying her—I didn't want to create any suspicions—so I laid her by the roadside, stayed in the nearby bush, and waited."

"Thankfully, I didn't have to wait long. A young couple saw her and stopped to help her. I pretended to be a passerby who also saw what was happening and stopped to help with the situation. A few other cars stopped too. Together, we loaded her up and I directed them to the hospital where I want her to be treated."

Simon, in his chains, was still trying to wrap his head around everything Hector was telling him.

"When Amelia heard her daughter has been found but she's in the hospital, she came running." Hector's eyes went hazy and fled with memories, "I can still remember that look of relief in her eyes to have found her daughter alive but