There were at least seven restaurants that used additives. But why was he the only one being taken to the police station? “Stop the crap, would you?” The police officer reprimanded impatiently. There was no why, except that he had messed with someone he should not have offended, such as the president of the Valentine Group. Now, he could only blame himself. He had dug his own grave by pissing off Mark Valentine. The interrogation ended, and the police officer turned to Mark, looking for his instruction. “Leave us alone.” Mark said. The two police officers nodded, walked out in tandem, and closed the door behind them. Mark picked up the coffee and gave it a little swirl without saying a word. There were only the two of them in the office. No one was talking, and the air in the room was tense. Such a person was too intimidating. The restaurant owner shifted his posture. “You are abusing your power.” Mark was nonchalant. He nodded to agree with the restaurant owner. “
But he had time, and he would investigate the matter thoroughly. Everything needed evidence. Afterwards, Mark asked a few men to protect Summer secretly, while looking for suspicious places and clues that he might have missed. Ronald was a dab hand at pretending, and he was extremely careful. He could think of whatever Mark could think of. So before doing this, he had already considered all possibilities, and made sure that he left no loose ends. Samantha refused to get treatment now because it caused her more and more pain. Besides, she could not stand to see herself getting uglier. The doctor was here again, but she refused. She had had enough of chemotherapy. She stood her ground. The doctor had no choice but to go to Ronald, telling him that the patient’s condition would only get worse if she kept on refusing treatment. “Chemotherapy is required before bone marrow transplantation. You can’t recover if you refuse to go through the process,” Ronald said helplessly.
He sent her back to the downstairs of her apartment and pulled up the zip of her jacket for her. “Go up now. It is chilly out here.” She nodded and watched him getting into the car, waving at him. “Be safe.” “Go.” He urged her again with a gentle look on his face. But deep inside, he was reluctant to leave. For the sake of the child, she had no plan to return to school for the time being until she fully recovered. But there were still some files left in the school, and she needed to take them back. So she waved down a taxi and headed to the school. Just after she got into the taxi, a car was following her. Mark had sent someone to protect her secretly. But there was another car in dark color following her further behind. It was 8:00 pm when she arrived at the school. There were students attending night classes at this time, so the entire building was brightly lit. After getting her leave permission from the principal, she went straight to the teachers’ office, where some te
In an abandoned old factory on the outskirts of the city, Summer was still curled up unconscious on the ground. A man with short build was just standing beside, keeping an eye on her. … The next morning Solomon was the first to get up. Upon returning from a morning jog, he walked in when he saw the door of Summer’s room wide open. The room was neat and clean, and the quilt was neatly folded on the bed. He wondered if she did not come home last night or that she had gone out again after coming home. Daisy had made breakfast and brought it to the table. “Has Summer not come back yet?” “I will call Mommy.” Charlotte skipped away to get the phone. She held the phone and made the call. Seconds later, she had a frustrated look on her face, telling them that her mom’s phone was turned off. So she called her dad. “You are up so early, sweetie?” Mark’s gentle voice came through electromagnetic waves. “Daddy, you didn’t take me along when you took Mommy out to have fun yester
Jazz did not know what had happened during this period. He fell into silence after hearing what Mark said. He could not understand why the father he always respected had become like this. But at the same time, he felt sorry for Summer, who had gone through many trials four years ago and was now having a new life. Now he finally understood why Mark was against calling the police, as their father was most likely the person who abducted Summer. Mark had quietly sent out his men to find Summer. So, too, did Jazz. Mark did not expect that Ronald would go to such extremes and do such a crazy thing. His face was sullen. He did not return to the office as he was looking for Summer and Ronald. He did not tell Solomon and Daisy about Summer’s abduction because he did not want them to be worried. He had got to act fast. All he could do was to act fast. Ronald’s purpose was obvious, which was to make her miscarry, and then to extract the bone marrow. There was no time to waste; Ma
She gritted her teeth, and placed the phone beneath her just like that. With her back facing the two of them, she turned it on. The phone had been in silent mode all the time. She scrambled to open the message box. The last text message was sent to her by Mark, and the next one was from Solomon. So the two messages were next to each other. The voice of conversation and footsteps were approaching behind her. She glanced at the phone with the corner of her eyes as she opened a message box to type a message. She did not realize that she had not opened Mark’s message but Solomon’s. While paying attention to the sound behind her, she quickly tapped on the screen with her fingers, cautiously, not making the slightest sound. ‘Mark, Ronald abducted me. He wants to take away my baby in the womb and then extract my bone marrow. The doctor is on the way. I am in a—’ Before she could finish composing the message, she heard footsteps behind her. A shadow shrouded her. Obviously, Ronald wa
Solomon was drinking tea when he received a text message. When he opened the message and read it, he nearly dropped the teacup to the floor. Daisy rarely saw this reaction of his, and she asked in surprise, “What is wrong?” “Nothing, you take Charlotte. I will go out for a while.” Solomon did not tell Daisy the truth because he did not want to frighten her. “What are you going out for?” “Buy chess.” Solomon was already out of her sight as soon as his voice trailed off. Daisy frowned snappishly and mumbled to herself, “Goddamnit old man.” Solomon called Mark, but could not get through. He hurried over to his apartment, and then his office, but Mark was not there. He was like a car on hot bricks, but he did not dare to call Summer. If Summer could use her phone, she would call Mark and not send text messages. He was afraid that Ronald would harm Summer if he called her. Turning around, he got into a taxi. He clenched his fists as the taxi headed in a direction. Ronal
How she wished she could kill him and chop him into pieces, but at the same time, she could not help herself from loving him. Samantha’s leukemia had gotten worse. It would do her no good by harassing Samantha at the hospital. Instead, it would make Ronald feel annoyed with her. As Samantha’s condition was getting worse, Yvette wanted to see how she could still keep the man by her side. Sometimes you do not need to get involved personally to have your revenge. Like in this situation, Yvette just needed to stand on the sidelines and watch them suffer. Samantha would not be her match, and victory would belong to her, eventually. Leukemia was nasty, but worked to her advantage in this case. Raine said nothing as she had little feeling for her biological mother, who existed in name only. ‘Mark, hurry up! Hurry up!’ Summer kept calling out in her mind, her back was tightly pressed against the pillar behind her. “Is the drug ready? Feed her the abortion drug.” Ronald said, his