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BEATRICE:

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. I was already late in fetching Grayson at his school, but I could not leave the baby alone without her mother.

I've been trying to reach Jamie Finnerty, the baby's mother, through the phone but still there was no sign of her. She said she would be back in the afternoon, but now… she won't answer her phone which she never did, especially if she was not with her daughter.

I hoped Jamie was safe.

If she took longer than what she had promised to me, I hoped she was fine wherever she was.

I stopped thinking when the baby reached my hair, as if silently telling me that there should be nothing to be worried about.

Cassandra Finnerty.

The baby did not look after her mother. Even if I did not see her Dad, I had an idea that the child took after the father.

I smiled when the baby reached my hair.

I had no problem if Jamie would take longer than what she had promised to since the baby was already well-feed. I had given her smashed po