Begging For A Reconciliation

Sasha’s voice carried a trace of panic. “What do we do now? I suspect Gordon wants to investigate further into our affairs. If he finds out about us, that’s going to be disastrous.”

“I already guessed as much. Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on him!” The mysterious person hung up the call after that.

Meanwhile, Gordon had just driven over to the orphanage in the county.

Back then, during that terrible incident, he had found Sasha there.

When his daughter had gone missing, he had sent out a city-wide missing person alert, and the director of the orphanage had contacted him, saying that they had found a girl by the riverside.

When Sasha was found, she was already injured beyond recognition and covered in blood. It was a terrible sight. There were limited medical facilities at the orphanage, so the personnel there were only able to treat her more superficial wounds, but not the injuries on her face.

Gordon and his wife had taken the girl for a paternity test after that. They had only given permission for her to be treated at the hospital after they had confirmed that Sasha was indeed their daughter.

All these memories kept drifting through Gordon’s mind. Before he realized it, he had already arrived at the orphanage.

It had been almost a decade since he last visited this place. He was shocked to discover that it was even more run-down compared to how he remembered it from ten years ago.

The orphanage gate itself was already pretty dilapidated. When he opened the door and went in, there were only a few people there. The entire atmosphere was depressing.

“Someone’s here! Someone’s here!” A few children came running to the door, shouting excitedly. They were dressed in shabby, worn-out clothes and their faces had an unhealthy sallow tinge. They looked as if they had not eaten properly in quite a while.

Several other children emerged after that, followed by a woman in a blue uniform.

“What on earth are you yelling about? Are you trying to bring the house down?” The children scattered in fright at the woman’s stern voice.

brows together as he watched the chaotic

considerably. “Good day, sir. Are you here

“No, I need to see your director about something

director?” The woman sighed. “Didn’t you know? She’s passed away. It’s been

the orphanage director had been fairly young. Ten years ago, she

orphanage. The director tried to save the children and perished in

slowly. At the same time, a trace of suspicion surfaced in his mind. Why did it seem almost too much of a coincidence? Right at the time when he had adopted Sasha, the orphanage director had

do you know if the orphanage doctor from ten years ago is still

woman chuckled. “Dr. Fenton’s fine.

you have Dr.

woman reached for a pen and a slip of paper, then wrote an address down and handed it to Gordon.

ran an eye over the address. “Thank

his leave after that. From the orphanage, he drove to

a run-down block of residential flats and went up the stairs after consulting the address the woman had written down.

little while, an elderly voice called out, “Who’s

day Dr. Fenton. I’m here to see you because I need something confirmed,” Gordon

series of rustling sounds came from behind the closed door. Not long after that, the door cracked open, and an old, hoary face peered out, fixing its

White,” Gordon said. “Is this a convenient time to speak with

weighing him up, then opened the door fully.

…

room, buried her head in her pillow, and went to

kept changing. One moment, it was Jane, the next moment, it was someone else. These people all addressed her as “Ms. White” and

water surged toward her. She could hear shrieks and screams for help coming from beside her. Right after that, it seemed as if a man had come to her rescue, but she was dazed and could not open her eyes. However, she was faintly conscious that there seemed to be a woman crying,

“It’s a girl.”

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