It was a crystalline jadeite. While miniature, the jadeite was extraordinarily refined and in the shape of Lillian’s horoscope —a vivid and realistic crab just the size of an average fingernail.
Fabian carefully examined it and finally found a tiny GPS tracking device at the bottom of the crab.
He then understood how Niamh was able to accurately follow them. This was the reason.
“Continue to speed up, and turn left,” Fabian ordered the attendant who was driving.
Niamh was following the car in front of her closely when she saw the car suddenly speeding up and making a turn.
When Fabian saw that Niamh also sped up, he slowly removed the chip that was attached to Lillian’s jadeite and rolled down the window of the car.
“Lily, there’s something dirty on the surface. Let me throw it away for you.”
After he said that, he put his hand outside the window and loosened his grip.
The tiny chip was instantly lost to the wind.
Niamh was about to turn at the next junction to stop Fabian’s car, but at that moment, the location of the red dot on her phone abruptly changed.
It should have been moving forward, but it suddenly moved back before stopping.
In that instance, Niamh did not know if she should go forward or turn back around.
However, she did not have time to think. She quickly turned her steering wheel and drove to the location where the red dot had stopped at.
The location, however, was in the middle of the road where cars came and went.
The cars criss-crossed on the road, yet the red dot never moved.
Niamh then understood. Someone had disposed of the GPS on Lilian.
She watched the bustling street. It was a rare sunny day in winter, yet a gloom came over her, darkening everything she saw.
“Lily.”
Niamh murmured Lillian’s name, feeling extremely helpless.
After Kendrick got the call from Niamh, he rushed to her as fast as he could.
Niamh was sitting by the flowerbed near where Lillian’s tracker had stopped, staring blankly, dejected.
Kendrick was extremely worried at the sight of Niamh’s state.
“Nia.”
He softly called out to her and sat down next to her, then gently grabbed her hand, comforting her.
“Nia, don’t worry. The person who abducted Lily must have a purpose, so she won’t be in danger temporarily.”
“Not ‘temporarily’. She’s certainly not in any danger, ” Niamh corrected. “The person who abducted Lily is Fabian.”
“Fabian?”
“Yes, I’m sure it’s him.” Niamh sounded certain. When she realized Lillian was missing, she was anxious but not frantic. She did notice the powder blue baby’s breaths on the sofa and the candy jar.
Aside from Fabian, no one else would secretly give Lillian flowers and candies like this.
“If it truly was Fabian, then we don’t have to worry. He would never hurt Lily.” Kendrick was very relieved. He was certain that Fabian would not do anything to hurt Lillian as well.
However, Niamh let out a dejected and long sigh, anxiously slapping her forehead. “What on earth is he trying to do? If he indeed thinks that we were related to Lana and Yorick’s death, he can come at us. Why is he bothering Lily?”
“Lily…”
“Yes, I know he’s not malicious, and he’s been great to Lily, but she’s sick now. The child is sick, and it’s no ordinary illness. She needs constant treatment. What on earth does Fabian intend to do by abducting Lily now?”
Niamh was extremely fretful. As she spoke, her eyes grew wet, and hot tears dripped onto the back of Kendrick’s hand.
An ache started to burn in Kendrick’s heart.
He grabbed Niamh’s shoulder and pulled her into his arms, giving her warmth and comfort.
“Nia, don’t be sad. I promise that I’ll bring Lily back to you.”
Niamh leaned against Kendrick’s chest and let her tears flow. “I know. I know you’ll bring our daughter back home. I know…”
“Yeah, there’s no need to cry now.” Kendrick reached out to wipe away Niamh’s tears, then lowered his head to kiss her wet cheek.
“Trust me. Lillian will be back to us soon.” “Okay.”
Niamh sobbed and responded. At this moment, her phone in her bag started to vibrate, and Niamh’s intuition told her that it was from Fabian.
Niamh took out her phone and indeed saw Fabian’s name on the screen.
He had now unblocked her number just to make this call.
Niamh’s finger trembled, then she immediately picked up the call.
“Fabian, where did you take Lily? You bring her back right now!” Niamh’s tone was frantic, and it was clear how worried she was presently.
Of course, Fabian had already anticipated Niamh’s mood. However, his tone was extraordinarily calm.
“Mrs. Waldburg, I know you’re worried about your precious daughter. I’m calling you just to tell you that she’s safe. You don’ t need to worry. Nothing will happen to her.”
Fabian’s tone sounded abnormally distant; his promise and guarantee only made Niamh anxious.
“Fabian, I don’t need you to tell me that she’s safe.
I only want to see my daughter with my own eyes. My daughter will truly be fine when she’s with me. ”
On the other end of the line, Fabian stayed silent for some time, then said, “If that’s the case, I am afraid I will only disappoint you then.”
Niamh froze when she heard that. “What do you mean?”
“Am I not making myself clear?” Fabian asked, his question heavy with implication, then suddenly called out Niamh’s name affectionately, “ Eveline.”
“…” Niamh was lost for words and momentarily dazed.
Back when she became friends with Fabian, he would call her name in that joking tone of his.
It sounded affectionate to her back then, but now, it sounded completely different.
“Eveline, could you tell me whether you can turn back time once something has happened?” Fabian asked meaningfully.
Fabian immediately followed with his answer.
“It doesn’t matter if something had happened or if someone had died. None of them could ever return.”
Niamh’s head hurt when she heard this. She no longer knew how to answer Fabian.
Kendrick grabbed Niamh’s phone and, facing the screen, impatiently and angrily asked his question.
“Fabian, what are you trying to say? Lana and Yorick only had themselves to blame for their deaths. However, if you insist on blaming their deaths on us, then you can come at us. Lily is just a child! Bring her back right now! ”
When Fabian heard Kendrick’s angry words, he lowered his head to look at Lillian who was sound asleep, leaning against his arms, then looked at the scenery outside the window of the plane, a firm look flashed in his eyes.
“The view in Glendale isn’t bad, but this will be the last time I’ll be here.”
Fabian left them with four final words. “We’ll never meet again.”
Beep beep beep.
His voice fell, then the phone line disconnected. All that remained was the busy tone.
When Kendrick tried returning the call, Fabian’s phone status was already turned off.
“Kendrick, what should we do now? What on earth did Fabian intend to achieve by abducting Lily?” Niamh was gradually losing her head.
Kendrick comforted Niamh. “Nia, I’ll go get the camera footage by the road now. Don’t worry.”
“Okay, get it quickly then! Hurry! ” Niamh said incoherently as she kept nodding.
Kendrick was worried and heartbroken seeing Niamh in this state.
It felt as if this world had never been kind to this woman. Her body and mind had been under constant torment in the past and the present.
He only hoped that, in the future, her life would only have peace and bliss.
Kendrick then contacted the people from the relevant departments and obtained the camera footage back until the point when Fabian had left the hospital.
After following Fabian’s travel route, Kendrick finally found the place where Fabian and Lillian had gotten out of the car in the end.
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.