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."

is adorable only because she's Mom's daughter." Hayden would not consider Ivy adorable if she was not his

his

phone with him, and once they returned to the hotel, he went straight into his room, slamming the door shut behind him. "What's wrong with your dad?" Mike asked.

of Ivy

want to see it,

had saved on his

they are about a year old. Do you know why?" Mike considered himself experienced with

Hayden could not possibly know what Mike was

kids grow

back to the past "Back when I took care of you and Layla, that fact dawned on me. Whenever

at Mike's words. Though he still consumed three meals a day without skipping anything, the amount he ate was

tonight?"

couch and sighed. "Your

me before you

that it would be pointless to stay if

and are still unable to find Ivy.

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