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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call and dropped the phone

returned to look for his phone and saw Lilly lying there,

snarled, “It’d be better

a woman on the street who was poorly dressed and in bad condition. He took her back to his apartment out

the woman cleaned up, he discovered that she was

and appeared to be confused. As Stephen

doted on her, telling her to not force herself

that Stephen thought about

like her was taken advantage of when she was wandering about the

have

turned out that he was not the father, he would

away. He continuously made

it’s me, Stephen! I’m wondering if

Mr. Ledger! Happy new year! Are you acquainted with the Crawford family? Oh, my company’s

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snowstorm outside the study room was intense, and Lilly was still lying on the snow. It was only a matter of time before the

but could no longer force

mother died. Even if her father

she wanted to

called her uncle, there was

too? Then no

If I die and mommy sees me,

the cold, were

cry… Lilly’s

she heard a loud

the Hatcher mansion, and a man wearing a black down coat got out of the

the snow had

phone, Lilly said she was kneeling at the

face turned pale as he noticed

his hands to redden from the cold. Finally, he found a small figure

“Lilly?!”

girl, and the moment he saw Lilly’s face, he knew that this was their Lilly – her

cherished sister’s

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

from being frozen for too long, and after feeling an instant of warmth, she still felt bone-chillingly cold, causing

to open her eyes and finally saw the man before her –

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

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