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Chapter 8

Author: Hillside Belle
After the footage finished playing, Mom covered her face and broke down crying.

"I only stepped away to talk for a few minutes. I never thought Henry would wander off on his own."

Back then, to avoid being blamed, Mom had concealed from everyone the fact that she had left for 47 minutes.

The mall's surveillance system had suffered a technical failure, and the footage couldn't be retrieved immediately. By the time the police managed to recover the data, Henry had already been found.

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