"Molly, how are you feeling?" Coleen asked gently, sitting beside her daughter's bed. Her eyes were filled with concern. "Where's Chad?" Molly's first thought upon waking was of Chad.

Soon enough, Chad approached. His expression was stern and his hands were clasped behind his back. "What's up?" "I want to report a crime," replied Molly.

...

Mia and Leo went towards Andre, laying out their entire plan in full.

"What would you do if I didn't show up, Mia?" Andre asked. His face was dark with anger.

"I would run," Mia replied tearfully.

"You think you could outrun him, in your condition?" Andre retorted sharply, making Mia's tears fall faster.

"I'd never let her get hurt," Leo tried to assure him.

"Shut up!" Andre snapped at his nephew. "I told you all to stay away from Tom. And now look at Molly, lying in a hospital bed."

"Stand out there!" Andre ordered, determined to discipline the group.

His gaze softened slightly as he looked at Mia, who was still crying. But he didn't hold back on his words. "Especially you, Mia. You think you're some kind of heroine? If you were the one in that hospital bed, you'd regret it for the rest of your life." Hearing this, Mia bit her lip to stop the tears from overflowing, but to no avail.

Leo felt pity for her as he heard her crying for the first time in such way. He glanced at his fuming uncle, whom he truly angered this time.

room. A pregnant woman and a young man were left at the entrance, standing against

could hear her whimpering sound. Gossiping nurses in the hallway were whispering secretly, about Andre chastising his wife and she being punished to stand in the

even attracted the interest of many doctors

tall, glanced sideways at Mia who was still crying with her head lowered, "It's not your fault. If it weren't for

her head bowed. Her hands were behind her back, just as she had been

say: "You did try to stop us

said with a heavy nasal voice, "But I still ended up giving

you felt sorry for Jade. You wanted to help her." Leo tried to ease Mia's guilt. But he realized that his words were not getting through to Mia

"If anything happened to Molly, I'd regret

staring at the ceiling of the

...

Chad, "I remember. Sixteen years ago, it was Finley and Tom who kidnapped me and Andre. And I remember the

up her phone and played a

the Cedillo family

were more concerned about their daughter's

this why you met with Tom today?" Chad

and also gained audio evidence. To her, it was worth the punch she took. "Sixteen years ago, their target

Anthony's (Finley's second son) death, Bruce was the prime suspect. But the police found no motive or opportunity for him to commit the crime. The investigation revealed that Anthony's car

his nephew. But his beloved sister was taken instead. He

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