Kendrick smiled softly and suddenly remembered something. “Where’s Mom? I wanted to go upstairs to look for her, but when I stepped on the stairs, the wood under me collapsed. I don’t think she’s even upstairs.”
After he said that, Kendrick saw the melancholy on Niamh’s face.
“Mom’s missing.”
“Missing?” Kendrick sat up slowly. “Nia, don’t worry. She’ll be fine. I’ll start sending people to look for her.”
“Kendrick, you should rest first.” Niamh stopped him. “Dad’s looking for her now. She should be around the ruins of Montgomery Manor. Rest well. I don’t want anything to happen to you again.”
Kendrick understood how Niamh was dealing right now, so he did not insist on it. On the other hand, he called Ken and told him to get more people to look for Eloise.
After he hung up the phone, Felipe called him.
Felipe wanted to ask Kendrick to pull some strings to get the camera footage from the junction that day. It was then he found out that Kendrick was in the hospital.
As his uncle, Felipe was truly concerned about Kendrick. Even though Kendrick told him he was fine, he still ran to the hospital with a worried heart.
Felipe hurried to the entrance of the hospital. When he was about to go in, a ball rolled to the side of his foot.
He lowered his head to look down. Then, he saw a tiny figure running toward him from the corner of his eyes.
“Uncle. Ball. Mine.”
He heard a childish voice talking next to him.
Felipe found that this voice was familiar. When he turned his head to look, he saw the little boy who held his hand on the side of the street that day.
He felt pleased when he saw his pure smiling face.
“Hey buddy, why are you kicking your ball at the door of the hospital?” Felipe smiled and handed the ball over.
The little guy blinked his lively eyes and explained seriously, “Mommy and I are waiting for Daddy. I didn’t kick the ball. The ball fell itself.”
It seemed that he was waiting for his father. Felipe smiled gently and lifted his head to caress his hair.
“Juan, who are you talking to? We’re going home.”
A woman’s sweet and melodic voice sounded from in front of him and Felipe was taken aback. When he lifted his head, his eyes met with a pair of extremely familiar large eyes.
Felipe was completely stunned.
He was sure that this was not a dream.
Felipe walked toward Cathy who was standing not far away absent-mindedly. Her face was how she used to look and not after she underwent plastic surgery.
Felipe did not know why this was happening, but he was so happy that he started sobbing.
“Cathy, it really is you…”
Felipe seemed to have fallen into a beautiful dream, but he knew that she was really in front of him.
His eyes were red, and the woman’s face was blurred gradually in his teary eyes. Even so, he could hear the irregular rhythm of his heartbeat clearly.
“Cathy…” Felipe called out softly. His voice was trembling very much and even his hands were trembling.
He slowly raised his arm to try to touch the sweet and beautiful face in front of him, but before he could touch her, she suddenly avoided him.
The woman glanced at Felipe who was stuck in a trance with tears in his eyes with a look of surprise on her face. Then, she quickly walked over to pick up the little boy named Juan.
“Juan, do you know this uncle?” the woman asked, but her question caused Felipe’s hand to stiffen in the air.
His heart that was beating with joy and delight seemed to freeze over. Then, he felt endless coldness overpower his breathing and heart.
“Uncle, car, danger,” the little boy said childishly, then he lightly patted the ball in his arms. “Uncle helped Juan pick up the ball.”
The little boy was too young, so he could not describe in detail what happened. However, the woman understood him.
She picked up the little boy before walking to Felipe who looked dazed. Then, she gave him a gentle and polite smile.
“Sir, thank you for helping my son pick up the ball.” The woman thanked him. Her clear and melodious voice passed through Felipe’s ears, and it was the same voice as in his memory.
“Juan, let’s go inside and wait for your daddy.”
“Okay.”
Felipe’s heart palpitated suddenly when he heard the conversation between the woman and the child.
He seemed to have recovered his thoughts before he suddenly turned to look at the distant figure ahead.
“Cathy,” he called out again, but the woman did not stop.
“Cathy!” Felipe called out again as he was not willing to reconcile to this, but this time, the woman stopped.
She returned to her senses. Her graceful and moving eyes were filled with the ignorance of a young girl. She looked at Felipe who was looking expectantly before looking around.
“Cathy? Are you calling me, sir?”
Felipe could not accept it when he got this answer.
He strode to the woman. When his tall body was standing beside her petite figure, he was like a gigantic flesh wall towering over her.
“Cathy, why don’t you know me anymore? I’m your Felipe!” Felipe grabbed the woman’s shoulders and emphasized emotionally.
The woman knitted her eyebrows that looked like crescents and escaped from Felipe’s grip.
“Sir, I think you have the wrong person. I’ve never heard of the name Cathy and I don’t even know you.”
“How could you possibly not know me? I’m the only man in this world who you love and are concerned about!”
“…” The woman was taken aback. Then, she chuckled. “Sir, I think you really have the wrong person. I’ve never seen you before. The man I love and am concerned about the most is my husband.”
Husband.
That word felt like a sharp knife with thorns as it stabbed directly into Felipe’s heart.
‘She has a husband.
‘She’s married.
‘Not only that, but she also has a child…”
The woman looked at him curiously when she saw that he looked like he was stunned. Then, she did not say anything before picking up her son to walk to the entrance of the hospital.
“Cathy!” Felipe chased after her hurriedly and blocked the woman.
The woman frowned in annoyance. “Sir, I really am not Cathy.”
“No, you’re not Cathy.” Felipe could not be more certain as he stared at the woman’s features.
The woman exhaled with an exasperated smile and was about to say something when a man’s gentle voice called out to her. “Amy.”
The woman broke into a smile at the voice and turned to look in the direction it came from while she held the little boy in her arms.
“Dad’s here, Juan. Let’s go home.”
“Okay.” The little boy nodded obediently and greeted lovingly in the direction of the man who was a slight distance away, “Daddy.”
Felipe felt his chest chill as he turned to look at where the other man was. Entering his line of vision was a rather familiar face.
While he had not been in any direct contact with Adam, Felipe knew that it was the other with one glance.
Adam seemed shocked to see Felipe as well. The man pondered outwardly for a moment before he strode over to Felipe.
“Felipe Waldburg, Kendrick’s uncle?” Adam asked.
Felipe glanced at Adam before his gaze fell back on the woman who stood next to Adam.
Adam took in his behavior and gave a polite smile as he introduced, “This is my fiancée, Amy.”
“Fiancée.” Felipe rolled the word around his tongue and felt his heart burning as if thousands of ants were gnawing at it.
“We met when we were studying but never got married because of how busy we were with work. We even have children together but somehow not the time to hold an actual wedding ceremony,” Adam explained as he took the child from the woman’s arms. “This is Mr. Waldburg, one of my friend’s uncles, Amy.”
Amy gave a slight nod and turned to smile at Felipe.
“Hello, Mr. Waldburg, I’m Amy. You kept calling me Cathy just now. Do I perhaps look like her?”
Adam was shocked. “Cathy?”
Felipe’s eyes remained pinned on the delicate facial features of the flawlessly beautiful woman in front of him.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.