Chapter 2 Get Her Out Of Here

Hugh had his rules, one of which was that phones should be turned off during morning meetings.

Gilbert quickly retrieved his phone and was about to end the call.

Hugh scolded, “Take it!”

Gilbert then coughed. “Dad, it was an unknown number, I…”

Hugh put his teacup aside and ordered, “Take the call and put it on speakers!”

Bryson and Jonas looked pitifully at Gilbert.

Gilbert had no choice but to pick up the call and put it on speakers.

They were taken aback when they heard a small voice.

“Hello… is this uncle? I’m Lilly Hatcher… My mommy is Jean Crawford… Are you my Uncle Gilbert?”

The little girl’s voice was weak and indescribably monotonous, like a small robot, with no discernible emotions in her tone.

The looks of the Crawford family changed drastically!

Clack… Hugh’s pen cap dropped from his hand.

They could not utter a single sound, as if everyone had their throats strangled.

The child’s tender voice sounded again on the other end of the phone.

“Uncle… I’m so cold and hungry… I didn’t push my stepmother, but they don’t believe me… Daddy dragged me to the gate to kneel… but I’m cold… Uncle, will you help me…”

As she spoke, her voice grew weaker and weaker.

The sound of the snowstorm blowing could still be heard from the other end of the call, but her voice had abruptly stopped.

Gilbert finally got back to his senses and grabbed his phone, holding it close to his mouth as he yelled frantically,

“Hey, Li-Lilly? Where are you? Tell me your location now!”

However, there was no response.

Hugh, panicked, stood up, and his previously rigid and stern look had already gone as if he had aged in an instant.

“Quick! Quickly! Investigate the number and location now!”

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passed out before finishing the call and dropped the phone in

returned to look for his phone and saw Lilly lying

snarled, “It’d be better

he found a woman on the street who was poorly dressed and in bad condition. He took her

woman cleaned up, he discovered that

and appeared to be confused. As Stephen was enamored by her cuteness, he took care of

he doted on her, telling her to not force herself to do anything

thought about

if a female beggar like her was taken advantage of when she was

Lilly have any resemblance to

wanted to do a paternity test because if it turned out that he was not the

and walked away. He continuously made calls in his warm

Mr. Burton, it’s me, Stephen! I’m wondering if

with the Crawford family? Oh, my company’s just

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on

but could no longer force her eyes to

if her father

wanted to

called her uncle, there was

me too? Then no one

mommy? If I die and mommy sees me, will

turning purple from the cold, were pressed together as she

cry… Lilly’s

heard a

at the Hatcher mansion, and a man wearing a black

snowstorm, the snow had already covered Lilly’s

Lilly said she was kneeling

he noticed a small pile

the snow away, causing his hands to redden from the

“Lilly?!”

up the young girl, and the moment he saw Lilly’s face, he knew that this was their Lilly – her face was a splitting image of their sister when

cherished

if she had fallen into a warm embrace, and the person had even taken off

too long, and after feeling an instant of warmth,

and finally saw the man before

weakly, “Are you… uncle… I didn’t push anyone…

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