“Miss, can you take me and Lily as well? Today is Sunday, so Daddy doesn’t have time to play with us.”
Jackson looked at Niamh expectantly while waiting for an answer.
Niamh wanted to spend some time with the children anyway, so she agreed.
“Alright, let’s go together.”
“You’re the best, miss.” Jackson displayed his subtle dimples and grabbed Lillian’s hand to follow Niamh.
Naomi came out from the house, and when she saw the scene at the door, she curled her lips in a sinister smirk. Suddenly, she had a plan to test her theory.
There was a park near Waldburg Manor. Niamh pushed Eloise and took Lillian and Jackson as they walked leisurely over there.
The warm late autumn sun spilled on their bodies. Niamh lowered her head to look at Eloise and then glanced at the playful and adorable siblings. At that moment, she felt as if all of her wounds had been healed.
A lot of people were strolling in the park in the morning.
Niamh found a spot and pushed Eloise under a tree near the lake.
Lillian skipped to the tree and picked up the pink petals on the ground. Then, she turned around to run to Eloise and handed her the petals.
Eloise opened her hand and took the petals with a small smile.
Looking at the soft smile on Eloise’s face, Niamh wanted so badly to call out ‘Mom’. However, it felt as if something was stuck in her throat and she could not say that word no matter what.
When she was feeling sad, a small and warm hand grabbed hers.
Niamh lowered her head to see Jackson looking at her with his gigantic eyes. “Miss, I think I’ve seen you before.”
“Really?” Niamh squatted and smiled while arching her eyebrows. “Jack, you’re the cutest boy I’ve ever seen.”
“Thank you.” Jackson smiled purely. “Miss, why are you wearing the mask? I want to see your face.”
When Niamh heard that, her heart sank. Then, she explained patiently and gently, “My face is hurt and I’m still undergoing treatment. If I take it off now, my wound might get infected. I’ll let you see how I look when I’m all better, okay?”
Jackson nodded sensibly. “I think your eyes look so much like my mommy’s,” he said and then looked at Lillian. “Lily, do you think so? Do you think her eyes look the same as Mommy’s?”
Lillian lifted her pristine and clear eyes to look into Niamh’s eyes seriously. Then, she nodded.
Niamh felt heartbroken and pitiful when she looked at her precious daughter who could not speak.
She did not know when her Lillian would be able to recover.
“Miss, I think you must be a beauty. You must be as beautiful as my mommy. However, my mommy is a little different than before. I think she doesn’t like me that much anymore and I don’t know why.” Toward the end, Jackson sounded like he was talking to himself.
He turned around and grabbed Lillian’s hand to walk to the side of the lake. “Lily, look, a fish!”
“Jack, hold your sister’s hand. Be careful,” Niamh urged. Even if there were barriers on the side of the lake, the children were still too young.
“I’ll be careful. Don’t worry, miss,” Jack turned around and replied. Then, he held Lillian’s hand even tighter.
Indeed, Niamh did not need to worry about her son.
She turned back to push the wheelchair. “Mrs. Montgomery, let’s go to look at the fishes as well.”
Eloise looked at Niamh and nodded. Her eyes looked abnormally warm.
Niamh looked into Eloise’s eyes and smiled. When she lifted her head to look over, she suddenly heard Jackson exclaiming, “Ah! Lily!”
Abruptly, Niamh could feel something tugging at her heartstrings when she heard that sudden scream.
She lifted her head to look over. Then, she saw a man wearing a mask and a cap forcefully taking Lillian away.
Jackson was holding Lillian’s hand tightly. However, he was still a child, so he could not win against the man’s strength. In the end, he was flung away.
“Jack!” Niamh ran over to grab Jackson who almost fell into the lake. After she stabled him, she looked at him worriedly. “Are you alright, Jack? Did you hurt yourself? Tell Mom… I mean me!”
Jackson shook his head and stared in the direction where Lillian was abducted.
Niamh turned around hurriedly and brought Jackson next to Eloise.
“Jack, call your father. I’m going after your sister!” Niamh handed her phone to Jackson and ran toward the direction where Lillian was brought away.
“Be careful!” Jackson yelled at Niamh’s back. Then, he walked back to Eloise’s side to watch her while he called Kendrick.
Eloise frowned unknowingly, looking over worriedly at Niamh who was running farther and farther away.
Lillian did not know why there were always strange men who she did not know who wanted to abduct her so aggressively. She hated this so much but she did not have the power to resist.
“Daddy! Daddy!”
Lillian called out to Kendrick continuously. At this moment, this was the only word she could say.
Niamh chased them the entire way and when they were at the junction, she saw a man calling a cab at the side of the road before getting in with Lillian.
Niamh did not hesitate to call a cab to follow after them. Her heart was beating erratically at this moment.
‘Who’s kidnapping Lillian this time? Is it because of money?’
Niamh pondered anxiously as her eyes stared straight at the car in front of her.
On the other hand, Naomi smirked as she stood on the street where Niamh got into the car.
She took out her phone and called a number. “Tell the driver to drive slowly. Make sure that woman doesn’t lose you. I’ll transfer the remaining money to you after.”
After Naomi finished talking, she hung up the phone. “Hmph, Eveline, I’ll know if it’s you soon enough.”
She scoffed and looked toward the park.
She vaguely saw Eloise and Jackson waiting under the tree. Then, she turned around and walked away in disdain.
After Kendrick received Jackson’s call, he hurried to the park immediately.
After he knew that Niamh was chasing after Lillian, he started to feel intense uneasiness in his heart.
He immediately pulled some strings to get the security footage nearby. He wanted to use the footage to find Lillian and Niamh.
Initially, he could clearly see them on the security footage. However, after the car drove into the outskirts with no surveillance cameras, he lost sight of them.
He tried to call the driver with the license plate he saw but he could not get through.
Kendrick was feeling frantic. An unknown uneasiness started surging and spreading in his heart.
After he sent Eloise and Jackson home, he decided to drive around the areas with no cameras to find them.
…
After Niamh got out of the car on the outskirts of town, she lost sight of the man who abducted Lillian.
She started looking along the path, and at the end of the path, she saw a single-story house.
Subconsciously, she felt that Lillian was in there. Indeed, after she got closer to the house, she saw the man who abducted Lillian walking out of the house.
Niamh hid at one side carefully. After the man left, she walked into the house.
After she entered the house, she saw that Lillian had been thrown to a pile of straw and was all tied up.
“Lily.”
Niamh quickly ran to the child and picked her up.
“Lillian, don’t be scared. I’ll take you home right now.”
“Boo-hoo…”
Lillian was sobbing, and Niamh thought she was scared, but when she sensed the shadow approaching behind her, she understood what Lillian meant.
The man who had gone out came back again!
When Niamh turned around, she saw the man holding a bat and was about to swing it down toward her neck.
She dodged it quickly and hid to one side while holding Lillian.
“Who are you? Why did you abduct this child? What do you want?” Niamh protected Lillian. Even if she was extremely nervous, she could not show her anxiety on her face. On the other hand, she started questioning the man ferociously.
The hooligan-looking man had a cigarette dangling from his lips, and he snorted. Then, he lifted his bat to swing it down on Niamh again without a second thought.
Niamh held Lillian tightly. While she was dodging from the bat, she ran quickly to the door.
“Lily, don’t be scared. I won’t let anything happen to you.” Niamh comforted the little princess who was trembling in her arms because of fear.
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