Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 326

Danny's injuries were so severe that he couldn't afford to think about his son's words. Without hesitation, he ordered the SWAT team to tie the boy to him and pull them up together. Whitney's eyes followed 'Sammy,' but all she saw was her unconscious son, his little hand still stiffly pointing at the ground.

She couldn't understand why she felt so panicked. Sammy had been rescued, hadn't he? She chalked up her unease to the possibility that her child might be seriously hurt. So, she quickened her pace, wanting to catch up. "Wait a sec, Whitney!"

Tiana suddenly called out to her, having also heard 'Sammy's' words.

What else? What could it mean? 'Sammy's' hand was pointing at the ground. Tiana knew that Ludwik had an identical twin to Sammy. It hit her like a lightning bolt, and she suddenly felt slow on the uptake. Whitney and Ludwik discovering their son's kidnapping and reporting it wasn't just a coincidence. It was very likely that the child with Ludwik had also been kidnapped. That's why Ludwik was in such a hurry. Both of them?

Tiana took a deep breath and her eyes darted around the cave. "Tiana, what's wrong?"

Whitney, clutching her chest, felt an intense palpitation but didn't understand why.

"Come with me!" Tiana said decisively, ignoring the SWAT's calls from above and instead led Whitney deeper into the cave. "Let's keep looking; there might be something else hidden here..." "What do you mean?" Whitney was utterly confused.

"Another child!" Tiana stamped her foot in frustration.

"...What?" Whitney was baffled.

But as they moved further into the darkness, Whitney's sense of dread grew stronger. Until they found a small hole in a pile of rocks, leading to what seemed like a deeper, dead end of the cave. From inside came the feeble voice of a child on the brink of life, "Mommy...is that you?"

Whitney stared at the hole, dumbstruck, then suddenly covered her mouth. Had she heard wrong? Why did it sound like Sammy's voice? So gentle, so helpless, he was crying.

"Sammy..." she couldn't believe it, kneeling down with Tiana to frantically move the pile of rocks to the side. But how could it be? Sammy had just been taken away by Ludwik.

Whitney's heart raced as she squeezed into the hole until the light from her phone illuminated a bruised little face. She was stunned, shocked. Was this an illusion? Why was there a child who looked exactly like Sammy? Inexpressible trembling and tears enveloped her. Whitney crawled over and hugged the little one tightly, her chest quivering with heartbreak, "An asthma attack, you...you're Sammy! Then who was..."

"It's Danny, Mommy, you finally came." Sammy's voice was barely a whisper as tears fell. He thought he'd been abandoned by his mommy and daddy. After all, no one knew he existed.

deeply, her eyes slightly red,

Whitney clumsily got up...

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the hospital at the

watched as Sammy was wheeled out of the operating room, the bright lights

have made it! Long-term asthma, confined spaces, and

lifted her head as

went to ask around. They're in a private suite downstairs, and he's got bodyguards everywhere. Though he won't come up here, Whitney..." Whitney clenched Sammy's hand, her heart aching, "He just had surgery; it's not safe

lay low then," Tiana said cautiously, then

is this possible? The child Ludwik took away tonight...wasn't my hallucination, was

was unbelievable. Her mind was a blank,

it, Ludwik was holding a boy when he left." Tiana patted her hand gently, her

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you sure it's just a

the pediatricians summoned, his expression dark and intense,

and shock, on top of his frail condition; he might be unconscious for a few hours. Rest assured, there's no life threat." "Mr. Lippert, the doctors stressed, you need to have Valerie's

thought of losing his son. But with Danny right there, why was his heart still in turmoil?

then Lyra came over again, "Mr. Lippert, Elaine's room is just next door, she's crying in pain, could you

brows tightly knit as he walked away, "Keep a close eye on the young master, notify me the

the room opened and closed, nurses came in to

are

on the bed beginning to wake, heard his daddy's deep voice, knowing he went

so angry he wanted to stop him, but the two nurses by

I just see a kid upstairs in the ICU looking just as

working too many