Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 145

Chapter 145 Abby is Missing

Lacey and I were totally freaked out, but we tore through every room like maniacs. Sophie was on the floor, bawling her eyes out.

"It's no use. I checked everywhere, even under the bed. Abby's just... gone."

I peeked out the window; the sun was barely coming up.

"When did Richard bail?" I asked.

Sophie just shook her head, looking lost. "I don't know."

Richard vanishing wasn't a shocker, but Abby, who couldn't even walk yet, had to be taken.

Either Richard forgot to shut the door and someone snuck in to grab Abby, or he took her himself. That thought made my stomach churn.

I glanced at Lacey, who seemed to be thinking the same thing, while Sophie was too wrecked to even consider it.

I squatted down and gently patted Sophie's shoulder to calm her down.

"Sophie, don't freak out. Crying won't fix this, right? We gotta figure out how to find her."

Hearing this, Sophie quickly wiped her tears with the back of her hand, stood up, and nodded, trying to hold back her sobs.

"Okay, let's go out and look."

After heading downstairs, we split up to search.

Sophie was too emotional to go alone, so I stuck with her. Wandering around aimlessly was rough. By daylight, Sophie was walking around, crying, and showing Abby's photo to anyone, but it was pointless. If someone had taken her, they'd be long gone by now.

Feeling desperate, I called Ethan. He told us to wait. Before he arrived, Lacey called. We grabbed a cab to the Windsors. The gate was shut, but we heard a kid crying inside.

"It's Abby, it's Abby crying."

As soon as Sophie heard the crying, she lost it and started pounding on the cold iron gate.

"Open the door, please. I'm begging you, please open the door!"

Sophie knelt in the snow outside the gate, crying and begging for who knows how long, but there was no response from inside.

If I had any pull with the Windsor family, I could plead for her. But Victor and Linda couldn't stand me. If I spoke up, it would probably make things worse.

Ethan called again, asking where we were. I hesitated.

a stand-up guy, and if he knew the truth, he wouldn't ignore it. I was scared this would reignite the

house? Is that

must have heard Sophie crying over the

mumbled a confirmation, and he hung

than ten minutes,

the car, I felt

right to step in. But during Richard's detention, Ethan stepped in out of a sense of justice

back to me. I

voice was hoarse from crying, her hair a mess and stuck to her

but their hearts must be ice-cold to ignore Sophie

cigarette, and asked calmly, "Sophie, do you just want your

the iron gate, her shoulders shaking, and slowly

me, and I need her. Ethan, I really can't live

would move anyone with a

out his phone, and made a

stared at him blankly, not knowing how he could resolve this deadlock. He couldn't mediate because Richard

when the call connected, I

called

Starlight City were super efficient; within

police cars quickly stopped behind us, and several officers got out. Ethan walked over and shook hands with

one who reported a child

was kneeling on the ground.

face streaked with tears, was momentarily stunned. Realizing what was happening, she crawled over and clung to the

kid's super shy and won't go to anyone but me. Please, have some mercy on

worry. If what you're saying is

and tried to calm her down. "Sophie, chill. The cops

crying and

door, using a loudspeaker to call out. After

opened the door, and Richard was standing at the entrance of the living room, furiously puffing on a cigarette and looking all kinds of

smoothly explained that Abby was her granddaughter and that the kid's dad was

skeptically at Linda and then at

you have a marriage

head sadly but suddenly knelt before Linda,

mercy.

made a dent in the snow in front of

and looked down at

you insist on taking the child back, then she will have nothing to do with the Windsor family in

lifted her head, brushed the hair from her face, and seemed to look past Linda towards Richard. Her eyes gradually shifted

I expect to be with Richard. I just hoped Richard could be safe. Now that he's

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