Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 465

"Yeah, he reached out to me too. The kid's got a way with words, should be fine."

Ludwik leaned on her car window, his towering presence offering an unspoken reassurance. "Are you going in, or should I? Grandma's inside; she went back to the Lippert place this afternoon and just got here." It wouldn't look good if they both went in together.

"I'll go in!"

Understanding her urgency to see her son, Ludwik stepped aside to let her through.

His gaze softened a fraction. "Call me if you need anything. I'll be right here."

As Whitney rushed in, she caught a glimpse of him lighting a cigarette, his watchful eyes following her sprint towards the mansion.

"Danny?!" Whitney burst in, calling out.

In the Sheldon family's living room, Camilla, the venerable matriarch, had just arrived and was inquiring about something.

Holly, with a plastered smile, appeared clueless. "A problem? The young master has been playing in the backyard. What trouble could he possibly find? Dear Mrs. Sheldon, perhaps a cup of tea first..." "Holly! The child got in touch with me; he said he fell into the pond!" Whitney bypassed the small talk and got straight to the point.

"Ludwik called me, said Danny fell into the water. Seems like it's true!" Camilla's expression turned grave.

A flicker of discomfort crossed Holly's face before she quickly replaced it with a smile, looking at Whitney. "And you are...? How does Danny know to contact you?"

Her question was clearly designed to stir doubt in the elderly lady.

Whitney, aware of Holly's game, retorted with a cold laugh, "Danny and I are close. And you're here worrying about formalities when he's in trouble at the Sheldon place?"

Camilla, catching Whitney's urgency, didn't dwell on the details. Her voice carried a hint of authority, "Mrs. Sheldon, have your staff check where Danny is on the Sheldon property, now!"

up in the

a look of panic on his face. "Madam, Danny is by the

almost convincing. "The young master hasn't actually drowned,

cold look and

by a servant, and Holly followed at a slower

featured a large pond, a scenic highlight

frantically trying to fish something out

"Danny!"

Danny's weak voice came from atop a protruding

pond was deep, and the rock was dangerously sharp; a

to get you," Whitney instructed,

Holly saw Danny safe, but Molly, the one

Molly, worthless as ever...

It's Molly who got what she deserved," Danny said with righteous indignation, peering down at the struggling girl in the water. "Did you

male servant heaved a drenched girl from

me!" Molly's weak cries cut

What brought you to

quickly checked Danny for any signs of water ingestion

hand, wasn't as fortunate. Suffering from a severe case of water inhalation and a gashed forehead from the artificial rock, she was a

turned to Holly. "Mrs. Sheldon, when did Molly arrive at the Sheldon

the afternoon, right after you left for the Lippert place. I thought she came to play with Danny, so I let them be in the backyard. As for

before she turned

Molly, still coughing and red-eyed. "I was playing by myself when Molly stormed in, looking

me towards it. The first shove didn't do the trick, I clung

had her servant push me. That's when we started fighting, and she ended up