“Oh,” the owner finally snapped back to reality. “You’re looking for Kendra. She took the afternoon off.”

“Took off?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Is everything okay with her?”

Emmeline, standing behind him, grew tense. Kendra and Quincy, could something be wrong?

“Her daughter had a high fever,” the owner said. “She went to the hospital for an IV drip.”

“Do you know which hospital?” Abel asked.

“The private one across the street,” the owner pointed a finger.

Abel turned around and walked towards the door, with Emmeline hurrying to keep up with him.

Kendra and Quincy were alone and vulnerable, and Emmeline couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to them. She hurried across the street to the small private hospital and found the pediatric observation room.

Sure enough, she saw Kendra holding Quincy in her arms, with an IV drip in her head as she slept soundly.

Then, a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in Kendra’s line of sight.

Without guessing, she knew who it was.

Kendra suddenly looked up.

sit up and hold Quincy, but

pressed her back gently. “Be careful

find us here?” Kendra was

told you to call me if

in them. “Quin just has a cold. You don’t have to

Abel said with a hint of bitterness. “Although you used to work for me, we’re still friends. Don’t make it

said despondently, “but now that Ms. Emmeline is gone, things have changed.

his brow.

Emmeline,” Kendra said. “I don’t want anyone to misunderstand, so it’s better for me to stay away from you. It’s better

nothing between

was still my home, but with other women coming in

you now,” Abel said. “Can you come

her head and asked bitterly, “To serve Evelyn? She wants to take Ms. Emmeline’s place, and I can’t

Abel, listening to the conversation with a sour feeling in her nose

stay with me for a

gaze to “Emmett”. When she saw him, she was first stunned,

hastily, “a real

must say, you’re quite handsome for a young man,” Kendra said. “If you shave that beard off,

chuckled. “You jest. I grew this beard precisely

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