Chapter 1859

Veronica dashed into the room, trying to understand what was going on. “Grandma?” She asked. She only saw three kids in the house and became deeply concerned. “What happened? Baber was just fine. How did he get taken away? Did you take them out?”

Marissa, her voice choked with tears, tried to explain. “No, no. I didn’t take them anywhere! At my age, I can’t keep up with them. We were just relaxing in the backyard after dinner, and this man selling balloons walked by.

The kids loved the balloons and wanted them. Your grandpa and I sent the butler to buy some, but the rascals insisted on picking out their own. As the butler paid, the man just dropped all his balloons, picked up Baber, and ran off!”

A balloon seller?!

Again, it was a balloon seller! Ellinor remembered seeing a man selling balloons around them lately, and her intuition told her something was off about

him.

She had specifically warned Veronica and the maids about the balloon seller. She told them not to let the children buy any balloons. But she had forgotten to warn her in-laws and their butler, Devin.

in-laws and Devin usually didn’t

was excited, which probably lowered

seemed that the balloon seller had

why? What was his

dawned on Veronica, and she admitted regretfully, “Oh! The balloon seller! Ellinor warned me about him, but Grandma and Grandpa

a steady voice, “Did anyone call the

chimed in. “Right, did anyone call the

the mention of the police, Marissa’s cries grew louder, to the point where she couldn’t

were about to, but then a call came in from an

a ransom

“How much do

it was a matter of money,

us not to call the police and hung

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