The car pulled up in front of another house, this time a few houses surrounded this house, but they were too few to make Amelia comfortable. "You should move it now. My job is done." The masked driver uttered, and that was when Amelia realized that Fred had been staring at her the whole time. Alive clenched her jaws and opened the door, holding Alice carefully to herself. She looked around the remote road, trying to make a guess about where they were, but she got nothing. All she knew was that it was very far from where they first were. "Come with me." Fred said to her, swaying the key in his hand."Why are we here? Why did we leave the other house? What are you planning?" "Too many questions after such a long ride. Don't you want to rest? If you don't want to rest, I want to rest." He opened the door and stepped aside for Amelia to walk in first. "Fred! Alice shouldn't be in a situation like this. She is too young to go through all these. It's me you want, right? Can't you le

“I’m done, Amelia. I’ll head out now. What else do you need for you and Alice? I’ll get everything.” “When you go out, you’ll lock us in the house right?” She asked, staring at his face. Fred gulped hard and looked away. “Yeah. I…” “You don’t trust me to leave me alone in the house without restraint.” “I’m sorry, Amelia. But I can’t be careless with you. Not anymore.” Amelia chuckled and shook her head and looked at him. “You don’t have to feel so bad about it. I understand you, okay? But I have a request.” Fred bounced his head slowly and looked at her. “What is your request?” “Can I at least go with you? It’s been so long I took Alice on a stroll. She seems bored already. I would love to take her out today. So can we go with you to the mall? I’d be able to recollect other things I need when I see them too.”“That is your request?” He asked, and she bounced her head excitedly. “That’s all I’m asking. I’ll be with you and I promise I won’t try to do anything stupid. Maybe then

Dinner was ready at James’ mansion, and they all sat at the dinner table to eat. Helen sat close to Charles, while Penelope sat next to Elena. “Elena, how was your first time at the office?” Helen asked after a few minutes of digging into their meal. “It was super hectic, Ma’am! My boss bombarded me with so much work. But I’ll survive. I’ll adjust as soon as possible.” She responded, and they all bounced their heads except James. She looked at James and noticed he wasn’t paying attention to anyone. It was just himself and the food in front of him. “Pookie, are you alright?” She asked. James raised his head and shot her a deadly look. “What gave you the gut to call me that? I think I have made myself clear about that. Stop calling me that stupid name as if you own me, okay? I’m a married man, with a child.” He responded with great anger. Elena heaved a sigh and looked away. “It was just to make you smile, okay? You don’t have to be so mean to me all the time. At least now you kno

“What are you doing with my phone?” Penelope asked in terror. She wanted to move closer to Elena, but she raised her hand and made her stop. “Why?” Elena mumbled. Penelope clenched her jaws and stared at the phones in her hand. She could guess that Elena already knew her secret. “Come here.” She hastily walked up to her and pulled her by the hand, into the room. She shut the door behind her and locked it. “Why would you do that to your daughter, Mom?! Your daughter and granddaughter too?!” Elena exclaimed in disappointment. “Will you at least listen to what I have to say first?” “There’s nothing to justify what you have just done to my sister, Mom. This is too extreme. There should never be anything that would push you to do such a wicked thing to your own blood.” “My blood? Yes! Truly she is my blood, but she has no pity for her own blood too! Elena, she sent your father to Jail!” Elena’s mouth fell open in awe, and she scoffed afterwards. “Because he was guilty of murder! H

Amelia, Fred and Alice got to the shopping mall shortly after a taxi dropped them off.“Here we are. Where do we start from?” Fred inquired. “We or I? Fred, you don’t have to go around looking for this woman for me. You don’t even know what she looks like. Just stick around with Alice. When I’m done, I’ll come to you. Please keep Alice safe. I trust you and that is why I’m letting you be with her.” Fred smiled widely and nodded. “You know how much I love you and Alice. I would never let anyone hurt you. We’d go around the mall, maybe to the Game Center. But please don’t stay too long. If you see or notice anything weird, call on me. I’ll come running.” Amelia divulged a soft smile and nodded too. She leaned closer to him and planted a soft kiss on his cheeks. “Thank you.” Amelia clutched her jaws slightly and turned to look. She looked around the mall and reminisced on where to start looking first. ‘The restroom.’ She thought and headed to the restroom. She often looked back at