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.

picked up Yara, helping her clean up a bit, but she still

yet, so it couldn’t be that

experienced than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might have a problem with her

to stay at home to look after her, which meant I had to take Yara to

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, a thin stream of smoke

with Yara and frowned, looking at the baby in

how to

helped me fend off Mitch, probably thinking that Yara wasn’t really at my place. Now that he had

let Mitch take the baby away before

noticed that something was off with Yara. He stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it into a nearby trash can before opening his car door,

was of utmost importance. Having someone to drive us was definitely the best case scenario. If

got into the car.

but drove as fast

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, his

help, I managed to register Yara and get her examined. It

fall ill if not taken

Norah and I had to take care of three babies of about the same age these days, we might have neglected some

heart finally settled down, and

you,” I sincerely thanked Neil in the

you?” Neil asked as he drove, his voice calm and indifferent, revealing no

to go back to deal with the other two children.” I looked down at Yara, who

that her parents were going

further and just drove. But my heart was in my throat because I didn’t know whether he would tell

help but ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch about

a few seconds before counter-questioning, “What do

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