Chapter 499 The Big Bad Liar

Micah hurried back home, and it was already 10:00 p.m.

The three little kids sat on the living room sofa waiting for Sadie.

Noah held a book, seemingly reading calmly, but every few seconds he glanced up at the door, hoping to catch a glimpse of Sadie.

Nathan cradled a bag of parrot feed in one hand while feeding Coco dinner with the other, yet he had barely touched his own dinner. Without seeing Sadie, he had no appetite. Mia clutched her stuffed alpaca close, slumping on the couch and dozing off, occasionally opening her groggy eyes to look toward the door.

Hearing the sound of a car, all three kids instantly perked up.

Noah immediately put down his book, ready to slip on his shoes and head outside.

Mia dashed out barefoot, her chubby little feet slapping the ground as she excitedly called out, "Mommy, Mommy..."

Noah quickly slipped into his little leather shoes and hurried out after her.

"Wait for me, Noah, Mia!" Nathan yelled anxiously.

for me!"

caregivers promptly lifted him into the wheelchair

Coco in his arms, he stretched his neck trying to catch a glimpse of

car door opened, and out stepped only

paused for a moment and then laughed. “Mommy,

around the vehicle, expecting to

Unlike Mia, he wasn't indulging

Micah stammered, at a loss. He'd never interacted much with children and wasn't sure how best

Mia climbed inside the vehicle to continue her search, with no success. She became frantic, "Bad guy, where's Mommy?" "Mommy is... sick," Micah said, setting Mia on the hood of the car instead of correcting her address. He tried to explain seriously, “She needs treatment. After she's better, I'll bring Mommy

hurt..." Micah was too honest to lie to

little mouth quivered, and she burst into tears

Mia started crying, blurting out

Noah tugged

down and saw that Noah's eyes were also red. He was trying hard to control his emotions as he urgently asked, "Why did Mommy get hurt? Is

"She..."

emotion as he interrogated, "Liar, didn't you say you were bringing Mommy home tonight? Why is she hurt? Did

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