It was all the same, going from a lover to a wife.
Had he been nice to Liberty, gotten her on a weight loss program, and given her time to dress up, his wife would not have lost to his lover…
“Why are you staring into blank space, babe?”
With Hank’s eyes on Liberty, Jessica nudged him and brought him back to earth.
“I’m fine.”
Hank had no guts to admit he was dwelling in the past and regretted his choices as Jessica would jump down his throat.
He had his pride. He did not want a public fallout.
It would only let Liberty see him as a complete joke.
Hank drew close and carried his son out of the car.
Once Liberty got out, he put Sonny down and took Sonny by the hand. Hank said to Liberty, “This is the bridal shop.”
Liberty took a look without making any comment.
She remembered the bridal shop as she and Hank rented their wedding outfits at the same place for their wedding too.
Jessica sure loved to compete with her in everything.
Liberty smirked to herself. How unconfident Jessica must be to do so?
Jessica could not stand seeing Hank and Liberty walking together. They were also holding Sonny’s hand like one happy family. It did not sit well with Jessica that Hank and Liberty were once family either.
She took quick paces over and stood next to Liberty, pushing Liberty to the side. Jessica intimately held Hank’s arm.
Liberty found it amusing.
She was about to walk around and hold her son’s other hand.
A tall man in black clothes and a black mask dashed out of nowhere and bent over to take Sonny from Hank.
Too surprised to react, Hank watched as the man took off with Sonny.
“Sonny.”
Liberty acted the fastest, going after the man right away.
“Sonny.”
Snapping out of his trance, Hank shook off Jessica’s grasp and pursued the man who took Sonny.
“Kidnap! Kidnap!”
Liberty yelled as she ran.
The passersby on the street swiftly gathered around following Liberty’s cries, but they were not there to stop the kidnapper. Instead, these people came in Liberty’s way, refusing to let her pursue the man in black.
It hit Liberty that the passersby were accomplices of the man in black.
Using her slight plump build, Liberty rammed away those in her path as she tried to keep up with. the kidnapper.
“Mom! Mom…”
Sonny screamed at Liberty.
Liberty ran with all her might.
Since she took up running to lose weight, Liberty could run fast and up her stamina.
She could not bring herself to stop even if she was out of breath. She was afraid this was the last time she would ever see her son if she stopped here and now.
The man in black raced ahead, trying to shake Liberty off his tail. He took the winding alleyways to lose Liberty.
Nevertheless, he could not get Liberty off his tail.
“Mom! Mom!”
Sonny cried as he put up a fight to break free from the man’s locked arms.
The boy even kicked the man. It was a shame Sonny’s limited strength was merely a scratch to the big man.
It was useless.
Seeing that his kicking did not work, Sonny suddenly slapped the man’s eyes. Now, he got a reaction.
The man in black could not see as Sonny smacked and slapped his eyes. The man staggered in his footsteps and could not keep up the speed.
Liberty gave everything she got to pick up her pace. Ten meters, five meters, one meter….
Frustrated, the man in black was about to knock Sonny unconscious when Liberty charged up and pounced on him. She got Sonny back, but she tumbled onto the ground. Despite falling down, she kept her son tightly wrapped in her embrace. Sonny remained on top of his mother during the fall.
The only thing a mother could think of was protecting her child in a moment of danger.
Not wanting his effort to go in vain, the man in black came to snatch Sonny when Liberty fell. There was no way Liberty would let go. She locked Sonny in a tight grip while Sonny slapped away the man’s hands, refusing to let the man take him. Sonny even tried to bite the man.
A flurry of footsteps was drawing close.
Many had chased their way here.
The man in black noticed that some of the people were his companions, but the majority were highly-trained security personnel.
“Run! Take the child and run!”
His companions yelled at him.
Anxious, the man in black tried to grab Sonny, but Liberty would not release her grip on her son. The man saw rage and started kicking Liberty.
Despite being in agony, Liberty would not let go all the same. She would not let go of Sonny even at the cost of death.
“Don’t hit my mom! Don’t hit my mom!”
Sonny wanted to protect his mother, but he was too little. Since his mother clutched him tightly against her, there was nothing he could do.
Seeing that his kicking was not enough to loosen Liberty’s grip, the man pulled out a knife and unsheathed it before cutting into Liberty’s arm.
Liberty felt a stabbing pain in her arm as blood spilled and quickly stained her clothes.
The pain was not enough reason for Liberty to let go either.
Losing his temper, the man randomly stabbed Liberty again and again…
Liberty stayed down as she shielded her son who was now under her. The blood-stained knife slashed her body.
After two or three gashes, someone kicked the knife out of the man’s hand. The man made a last- ditch effort to fight, but he was soon beaten to a pulp and groaning on the ground.
“Ms. Hunt!”
The bodyguard, responsible for protecting Liberty and Sonny in the dark, was shocked to discover Liberty in blood.
“Sonny…”
Color drained from Liberty’s complexion due to the blood loss. Her vision became blurry, but she and her son were safe now as Zack’s men had arrived….
She let go of her son and fell to the side. Blacking out, Liberty let the darkness swallow her as a whole.
“Ms. Hunt!”
“Mom! Mom!”
Scared stiff, Sonny kept pushing his mother, but his mom remained still. With blood gushing out of his mother, Sonny tried to wipe away the blood in a fluster. Yet, blood kept coming out. He tried to cover his mother’s injuries with his hands, but Mom had more than one cut. Sonny did not have enough hands for all the injuries.
“Mom!”
Sonny burst into tears.
His hands and body were tainted with his mother’s blood.
The York family’s bodyguard wasted no time calling 911.
The police siren ensued.
The companions of the man in black scattered and fled.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.