The Kiss that Sparked it All

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.

usually didn’t

had just returned, so everyone was

that the balloon seller had targeted Baber

was his connection

“Oh! The balloon seller! Ellinor warned me about him, but Grandma and Grandpa didn’t know. I shouldn’t have gone out on a date this afternoon. What

a steady voice, “Did anyone

immediately chimed in. “Right, did anyone call

of the police, Marissa’s cries grew louder, to the point where she

“We were about to, but then a call came in from an unknown number, warning us not to call the police, or we’d never see Baber

and a ransom

attention. “How much do

was a matter of money, it wasn’t

the worst part. They didn’t mention money. They just warned us not to call the police and hung up. When we tried