Shortly after, Nick returned with an old cell phone.

"Luckily, it's still charged. I checked and found the video I took of Ivy."

Before Nick could continue, Elliot snatched the phone out of his hands.

Hayden leaned closer to Elliot, trying to get a glance at his sister.

Elliot opened the video and a chubby little girl appeared on the screen.

Ivy looked well-fed and happy in the video, and anyone would be able to tell how well she was treated. She laughed while shaking the toy in her hand. She was sitting on a carpet. She smiled at the camera, and her bright eyes blinded Hayden.

Elliot instantly burst into tears.

Nick had not expected Elliot to cry and immediately handed a box of tissue to Hayden, hinting for Hayden to hand it to Elliot.

"Don't cry." Hayden shoved the tissue paper in Elliot's hands. "Ivy might still be alive."

Elliot wiped his tears dry and said, "She's so adorable... She is so adorable... I shouldn't have been so mean to her."

adorable only because she's Mom's daughter."

phone tightly and watched the video of his daughter. His heart twisted in pain

Nick's house, Elliot took Nick's phone with him, and once they returned to the hotel, he went

saw a video of

video? I want to

a video Nick had saved on his phone," Hayden said. "Ivy looked

are about a year old. Do

Hayden could not possibly know

kids grow

me. Whenever I fed you, you would eat like a little piglet! You used to drink hundreds of milliliters of milk every day

consumed three meals a day without skipping anything,

tonight?" Mike sat

and sighed.

me before you

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all this effort and are still unable to find Ivy. She doesn't

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