After listening to them discuss the situation for a while, I got up, glanced at Anthony who had been silent the whole time, and left the building.
I sat in the car for a while before John and Louis returned to find me in a daze.
John thought that I was worried about Summer and tried to comfort me. “Don’t worry too much. If the police can find Snowfluff, they’ll find Summer soon enough.”
I pressed my lips together and lifted my head to look at him, then asked, “What if we’re looking in the wrong direction?”
He froze for a while before looking me in the eye. His voice was full of suspicion as he asked, “What do you mean?”
“Snowfluff’s been through training. Although it wasn’t aggressive, it’s very vigilant. When I found out that Summer had gotten lost while in Crest Residence, I initially thought that Snowfluff could have been poisoned while in their house. But now it looks like someone had brought them both out of Crest
Residence. There’re so many cameras around the house. How is it possible that nothing was captured at all?”
John raised his eyebrows as if he had realized something. He hesitated for a moment before he asked, “Are you saying that someone from the Crest family, did it?”
I nodded. “Also, that person should have quite a good relationship with Summer. Otherwise, she would never have followed them out of Crest Residence so easily.”
He paused for a while, then frowned. “Do you suspect Jared?”
“Don’t you think that’s possible?” I turned to him and continued, “Back then, Macy didn’t want Summer to stay with the Crest family and didn’t want Jared to know of Summer’s existence. At first, I thought that since he had blood relations with Summer, it was a good thing for her to have one more person who loves her. But now, it seems like Jared just wants to keep Summer in the Crest family. He doesn’t want her to stay with me!”
John looked at me with a hint of disagreement, “Jared’s been doing business for many years. He won’t do such a thing. He might be able to keep Summer for himself temporarily, but she’s bound to grow up. As a granddaughter of the Crest family, she would have to attend many banquets in the future. There’re only so many people in this circle. Sooner or later, Anthony and you are going to find out about this.”
I lowered my eyes and picked at my fingers. Slightly annoyed, I replied, “What if he and Anthony are in on it together?”
Louis looked at me with a slight frown on his face. “Sienna, let’s go back first.”
They clearly disagreed with my statement. I was getting even more irritated.
I did not speak throughout the ride back.
Back at the hotel, John and Louis were busy with something else, leaving me to stay in the room alone feeling uneasy and irritated.
Ever since we found Snowfluff, I was even more certain that Summer had been taken away by the Crest family.
Once the signs pointed me in a certain direction, it was hard to stop thinking that way.
In the end, I had made up my mind that Jared was the one who was hiding Summer.
I then immediately left the hotel and took a taxi to where Jared was staying.
He did not stay at Crest Residence. Instead, he stayed in a commercial-residential building in the city centre.
The people there said that I required an appointment to enter the building. Thus, I gave Jared a call at the door.
Although he was surprised, he soon got the security guards to let me in.
His door was left unlocked, so I pushed it open to reveal his very tidy house. Jared had heard me enter.
He stood up from the sofa and poured me a glass of water, then said, “Have a seat.”
I looked at him, then glanced around the house. Surprisingly, this place was turned into a three-story high unit and was very luxurious.
After admiring his house for some time, I immediately started to search his rooms.
Jared frowned at my behavior. “Sienna, what are you trying to do?”
There was no trace of Summer in any of his rooms. Unable to hold back my anger, I took the glass in his hand.
Then, without hesitation, I splashed the water on him. I could not contain my emotions any longer, and said, “Jared, you’d better return Summer to me. Don’t have any weird ideas. I won’t let her live with you.”
He frowned as the water dripped off his face and onto his shirt. Narrowing his eyes, he replied, “What are you trying to say?”
I had no intention to drag this on any further, so I replied straightforwardly, “You took so much effort to do all this just to keep Summer with you, didn’t you? Let me just tell you. It’s impossible for I’ll never let you have my daughter.”
Jared was becoming furious. “Sienna, what’s your problem? Do you think that I’d really do such a thing to my own child?”
I sneered, not in the mood to show him any mercy. “Why not? There’s nothing that you wouldn’t do. You’re just an unscrupulous businessman. Do you actually think you’re that noble?”
He was dumbfounded and spoke in a cold, low voice. “Sienna, Anthony may accept you like this, but I won’t. I’m more anxious than you are over Summer missing. But this is no excuse for your unreasonable actions.”
“I’m being unreasonable?” I looked around his house and noticed one of Summer’s favorite toys on his sofa. My blood started to boil. I did not think before I said with a sneer, “Sure. I’ll show you what it means to be unreasonable.”
Before he could react, I had pushed his expensive red wine bottles to the ground.
After that, there were only sounds of glass breaking as red wine spilled on the ground.
“Are you crazy?” he roared.
I don’t give a shit. Whatever I could get my hands on, I just smashed onto the ground. All the while, I shouted, “Give my daughter back to me…”
Sometimes, it was difficult to control one’s emotions. When a person became overly agitated, they were no different from a madman.
By the time I realized that I had almost completely wrecked Jared’s home, Anthony had arrived.
Jared had on a dark expression as he said in anger, “You should send her to the hospital. It’s more serious than you thought.”
Anthony then pulled me into his arms. He frowned and replied in a cold voice, “Just go figure out how to find Summer as soon as possible.”
Then, he basically carried me out of Jared’s place.
I had calmed down by the time we got in the car. I was covered in red wine and my hair was a mess.
I knew I looked terrible. I did not even know what I was thinking when I wrecked Jared’s house.
Both Anthony and I kept quiet throughout the ride back. When we were back in our room, I showered and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a long time.
Anthony stood by the bedside, looking at me with a troubled gaze. “Sienna, let’s go to the hospital, okay?”
I turned to look at him. At this moment, I was not overwhelmed by thoughts and didn’t feel panic now. In fact, I felt rather relaxed.
I laughed. “What for?”
He looked at me with a pained expression. It hurt me to see the look on his face, so I looked away from his eyes.
I sat up and faced him, my mood unstable. “Anthony, do you not want me to raise Summer too? Are you helping him lie to me? Are you helping him to hide Summer from me?”
He frowned as he studied my face. The light was reflecting off of his eyes. With a saddened expression, he said hesitantly, “Sienna, I…”
“It’s the two of you, right?” I interrupted, then continued with more force, “You don’t want Summer, nor do you want me. The truth is none of you wants me. Everyone just wants me to go away.”
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.
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