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The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 9
The press conference turned into chaos.Anna delivered a slap across Chester's face so hard that the corner of his lips bled. "You're a disgusting piece of shit! I'm pulling the investment! You'd better pay me back every single penny you've taken from me!"She was no hopeless romantic. In front of the media, she canceled the engagement and reported him for fraud. The police entered.Cold handcuffs clicked around Chester's wrists, and finally, he broke. The polished, charming Chester from before was gone. He knelt before me, clawing at the hem of my dress."I'm sorry, Sophie! I was wrong! I lost my mind, but only because I did it for our future! Tell the police this is just a domestic dispute, a misunderstanding! I mean, Dottie is still alive, isn't she? I'm not going to prison—I can't!"I hugged Dorothy tighter and took a step back, keeping him at arm's length. "This isn't just a domestic dispute, Chester. This is child abduction and trafficking. You'll spend the rest of your life
The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 8
At 10:00 am, the press conference commenced in the top-floor ballroom of Grant Group.Chester stood under the spotlight in a custom white suit. He held the hand of Anna Ziegler, the heiress of the Ziegler family. He looked like a prince, gentle, polished, and deeply in love."Thank you all for witnessing Anna and me get engaged," he said. "And thank you, Mr. Ziegler, for investing ten billion dollars into Grant Group."His voice carried through the microphone, filling the ballroom and streaming live into homes across the country."Before I met Anna, I went through a painful marriage," he continued. "My ex-wife struggled with mental illness and lived trapped in her own delusions… It's sad, but I did everything I could."A wave of sympathy swept through the crowd. Everyone murmured about how devoted he had been.A cold, clear voice cut through the chatter. "Really? So, you did everything you could to sell your daughter on the black market, huh?"The doors swung open, and I walked
The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 7
Because Christian was an illegitimate child, he was constantly suppressed when he was first brought back into the Grant family. Chester even once set him up in a staged car accident, where Christian nearly died.As for how Chester eventually forced his way into Grant Group, I didn't know the details. All I knew was that once he took over, the entire company went through a massive purge. Even Christian was kicked out.One day, Christian locked Chester inside an abandoned warehouse. It was the very place where, years earlier, after the car crash, Chester had planned to dump his body.Chester was deprived of food and water for three days. When he was barely hanging on, Christian threw him a knife. "Either kill yourself or beg me."Chester knelt and begged, but Christian stepped on his head, smiling casually, and pressed the knife against his neck. "I was just messing with you, bro. How could I ever let you walk out of here alive?"If I hadn't noticed Chester was missing and rushed th
The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 6
Based on what Chester said on the phone, I tracked down a place called St. Mary's Welfare Home. It wasn't in the suburbs at all, more like deep in the mountains, more than 60 miles west.I stealthily slipped out of the apartment. Outside, rain poured hard, with thunder rolling overhead. I drove the old Honda Fit we used for grocery runs, tearing along the muddy mountain roads.About two hours later, the car died halfway up the mountain. I abandoned it and continued on foot. The rain nearly blinded me, and there were no streetlights or people. The mountain path was treacherous, every step a test from the sky.I didn't stop, though. Hatred, fear, and worry pushed me forward. At last, I saw lights glowing at the pitch-black mountaintop.Instead of calling it a welfare home, the place looked more like a prison than an orphanage. There were high walls, electric fencing, and guard dogs pacing at the gate.I didn't enter through the front like an impulsive person would. Enduring the poun
The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 5
It felt like time had rolled back a week. Dorothy had come running to me in tears. "Mommy, my tooth fell out. It's bleeding!"I comforted her while helping stop the bleeding. The tooth was too tiny and slipped into a crack in the floor. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get it out.Back then, Chester had even said, "Enough with the digging. We're changing the floor anyway. Let it be a mark Dottie left in this house."I clenched the tooth in my fist. Its sharp edge cut into my palm, and blood seeped out and stained the bit of white red. Tears splattered soundlessly onto the floor.None of this had been my delusion. This was the very proof.If I hadn't given birth and Dorothy never existed, where did this baby tooth, buried beneath the floor, come from?After the crushing grief came a rage fierce enough to burn everything down. If Chester had gone to such lengths to erase every trace of Dorothy, it could only mean she was still alive.I wrapped the blood-stained tooth in la
The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared Chapter 4
Pudding yelped in pain and bolted.When Chester looked up and saw me standing at the end of the hallway, his face immediately melted into a gentle smile. "You're up. Why didn't you sleep in?"I locked my gaze on his eyes, forcing down the storm raging inside me. "Oh, I just needed to use the bathroom."To make him let his guard down, I played the obedient patient for three days straight. I took my medicine on time, never mentioned Dorothy again, and even offered to redecorate the apartment the way I liked it.I went to work as usual. Even my colleagues occasionally teased, "Finally taking it easy, huh? Don't you need to pick up your kid these days?"I simply smiled and shook my head, revealing nothing. Inside, I was forming bold guesses. I had no idea if I was being watched, so I trod carefully, keeping up the facade I had built.Chester was clearly pleased, seeing that he had relaxed his watch over me.This morning, he even left early for a company emergency. The moment the fro
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