However, Loredana said that man was a local that night. It had been a long time and nobody had mentioned it. Nobody had connected Cormac with the kids.
Maxina didn’t explain it to Coral. After all, it was her daughter’s privacy.
She couldn’t expose it.
If Coral misunderstood, it was alright.
Coral could tell that Maxina’s mood was quite down as well. Hence, she didn’t continue.
The breeze blew and the moonlight was obscure.
Samuel was sitting in the car quietly. Looking out of the window and seeing the landscape passing fast, occasionally, he closed his sister’s collar. He comforted her, “We’ll see Mommy pretty soon.”
Cormac noticed Samuel’s action from the rear-view mirror, his Adam’s apple bobbing, feeling a stream of heat going through his throat.
No matter how smart Samuel was, he was just five. He was so sensible and good at taking care of his sister. His sensibility made Cormac’s heart ached.
He still remembered this little guy despite getting to the danger just for revenging for Loredana. Even until now, the wound on his head was still not recovered.
This boy…
No word could describe how Cormac was feeling now.
He was always mature and steady, but now he was in a panic.
Soon the car had arrived at LEO Corporation. The door of the store was closed. There was no light in
Loredana wasn’t there. Cormac looked down to check the time – it had been two hours after Loredana
said she would come here. Now she was not in the store. Where had she gone?
He pulled out and dialed Loredana’ number, but he got the same reply: “I’m sorry. The subscriber you dialed cannot be connected for the moment. Please try later…”
He frowned deeply. Carefully thinking of Loredana’ behaviors back then, he could tell that she was quite different from the usual.
In the daytime today, she hid from the crowd and cried in secret.
He wondered what on earth had happened.
The more he thought about it, the worse his hunch became.
He looked through Abbott’s phone number. Shortly, he stopped. Then he dialed Boyce’s phone number.
Beulah suddenly appeared today and Loredana was missing now, seemingly they were connected.
Boyce was in charge of Beulah’s matter. Hence, it would be more convenient for him to find out if
Loredana’ disappearance had something to do with it.
Soon the call was connected. “Where are you now?” Cormac asked.
Boyce was taken aback. He was surprised because of Cormac’s attitude because Cormac sounded quite anxious. Boyce could feel it even he was on the other end of the line.
Hence, he was not used to it.
Looking back at the forensic doctor doing an autopsy, he said, “I’m still in the mortuary, investigating the cause of Beulah Shawn’s death.”
Cormac hung up the phone. When he was ready to go there, he realized that he still had two kids in the backseat.
He couldn’t take them to such kind of place.
“Where is my Mommy?” Samuel blinked. The door of the store was tightly closed, and their Mommy wasn’t seen at all.
Cormac didn’t know how to explain. “I’ll drive you guys home first. Then I’ll go look for your Mommy. All right?”
Samuel frowned, looking much alike Cormac when he frowned just now. He asked again, “Where is my mommy?”
She was a grownup and couldn’t be missing. He wondered if something dangerous happened to her.
At the thought of it, Samuel inhaled deeply. “Is my mommy missing? You can’t find her either, can you?”
The boy was way too sensitive. Cormac couldn’t hide anything from him at all.
He looked at Samuel. “I’ll find her for sure.”
Samuel clenched his small hands into fists, his eyes reddened. “Maybe you don’t like my mommy. But, for the sake that Mommy has given birth to us, you must find her and guarantee her safety. Perhaps you don’t want to recognize my sister and me, but your blood was also on us. For the sake of this connection between us, please make sure to find my mommy.”
Cormac looked away, his hand supporting his forehead. Most of his face was hidden under the shadow. He said in an extremely hoarse tone, “Why do you think I dislike your mommy and don’t want to recognize you guys?”
“If you like Mommy and love her, you wouldn’t have divorced her.” As he spoke, Samuel lowered his head and looked at the tip of his toe. “No other man has appeared around my mommy. Just now, after you read the test result, you didn’t believe that we are your children. You’ve hurt us as well as Mommy.”
As Samuel felt speaking, the whole compartment quieted down.
They all could hear each other’s breath, which was slight but quite chaotic.
After a long while of silence, Cormac finally could find his tongue. His voice was out of tune.
“No. I didn’t mean to not recognize you. As for the divorce-”
He couldn’t explain it clearly. It was he who proposed it.
He had nothing to explain.
“I understand,” Samuel said like a grownup. “It’s normal for a man to love the new and loathe the old. I originally wanted to find Mommy a man, who’s more handsome, richer than you are, but I couldn’t find this man so far. I’ll continue trying my best.”
Cormac was speechless.
He wondered if this was truly his son.
What a good son!
He turned to look at Samuel. “I’m your father.”
“Biologically.”
Cormac was rendered speechless again.
“You and Mommy have divorced. My mommy has the right to find a new husband.”
Cormac felt helpless.
He pressed his lips. “Hasn’t your Mommy told you? We hadn’t received the issued divorce certificate. In the name, we’re still a couple.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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