Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 435

“Behind bars?” Néil seemed to not entirely grasp my meaning.

It seemed like he wasn’t fully aware of what had just happened.

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I then told him about Karina’s visit to Hiram and the subsequent police incident, watching as his face gradually darkened.

“Anyway, I’ve accomplished a task for you, so our deal is over,” I gestured for him to leave. “You can go back and explain things to Karina, so she won’t misunderstand.”

“When you called me, I was in a meeting. That’s why I didn’t pick up,” Neil explained to me, ignoring my words.

Of course, I knew he was busy. In the past, even if I had something urgent, he wouldn’t pick up my calls while he was working.

I was accustomed to this. But I wondered whether Karina would be able to.

“You should explain this to Karina. She tried to contact you but couldn’t get through, which led to the misunderstanding,” I kindly reminded him.

“There’s nothing to explain to her. I just need to understand what’s happening.” Neil’s response was rather nonchalant.

I wondered why he had bothered to come find me.

Right now, Yara was in the living room, waiting for me to feed her. I didn’t want Neil to discover Yara was here..

The baby’s crying echoed from the living room, and I took the opportunity to say, “If there’s nothing else, I need to go feed the baby. You should leave

“Mmm,” Neil grunted in affirmation, turning to leave.

I returned to the living room, only to see a scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and the vomit had gotten into her nose. Her little face was flushed and she looked uncomfortable.

her clean up a bit, but

it couldn’t be that she had choked

Being more experienced than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might

to look after

wouldn’t be able to face Stella. Carrying Yara, I rushed out of the house, intending to drive to the hospital, but discovered that Neil hadn’t left yet. He was standing by the roadside, looking like a finely sculpted statue under the sunlight,

the baby in my arms. “So

didn’t know how to respond.

really at my place. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he might spill the beans to Mitch.

couldn’t let Mitch take the

out his cigarette and tossed it into a nearby trash can before opening his

best case scenario. If I drove, what if she was alone in the backseat and

got

the way, but drove as fast as

leave the house, I hadn’t even changed my shoes, and running in flip-flops was quite the task. Neil took Yara from me and strode ahead,

managed to register Yara and get her examined. It turned out

and could easily fall ill if

I had to take care of three babies of about the same

my heart finally settled down, and we headed back.

thanked Neil

child to you?” Neil asked as he drove, his voice calm and indifferent, revealing

she had to go back to deal with the other two children.” I

little one. She had no idea that

in my throat because I didn’t know whether he would tell Mitch.

ask, “Neil, will you

few seconds before counter-questioning,

with Mitch, it might be difficult for you to keep this a secret. But you also know that Mitch is the root cause of all this. Unless he understands what it feels like to lose his wife and children, he will never