Chapter 58
Clinton and Cameron had had quite a few to drink and were now reminiscing the past.
The man looked at Cameron and spoke empathetically, “All these years, you’ve been searching for your kid. Are you getting any closer to finding her?”
A hint of desolation crept over her refined features. “It has been more than twenty years, but there’s not a single piece of useful information. I’m not even sure if she’s still alive.”
Clinton sighed and offered his consolation, “Don’t give up. I’m sure things will start looking up soon.”
I had eaten quite a bit of food, so when the next dish was served, I felt my stomach churned.
And so, I left my seat and headed to the toilet.
Ashton came over to check on me. “Are you all right?”
“I’m okay, just a little nauseated.” I only started experiencing morning sickness, so this was considered mild.
When I was well enough to speak, I asked him, “Do you understand what Mr. Clinton and Ms. Anderson were talking about just now? I thought she only has a son?”
He then led me out of the toilet and seated me down at a chaise longue in the corridor. Placing his big hand on my lower belly, the man slowly explained, “Ms. Anderson had another marriage before she married Nick’s father. She and her ex husband had a daughter, but he abandoned the child, and Ms. Anderson has been looking for her since then.”
seen such a gentle expression on his face.
to him. But
that there were only two types of love between a man and
falling in love with each other gradually over time. But with Ashton, it was neither. To him, the only catalyst seemed
question and walked me
a lengthy and drawn-out dinner. By the time we left Pear Garden, it
fell asleep in
arrived at our villa, Ashton carried me to the bedroom without
was woken up by my
my phone and was surprised
voice was full of excitement, sounding as though she was panting
perplexed, I wanted to double-check with her. “You mean the officers have finished investigating the matter and
of kyanine they found in my cupboard was within the
so elated made me heave a sigh of relief. “That’s great! Try
off all the food she could think of, and I agreed to all of them. “Alright. Go home now and take a nap. I’ll call you when I get
“Okay!”
also elevated
when I was little, my teacher was always telling us kids that the world was a just place. Everything we did would fall under only one of two camps, either right or wrong. But
book by its cover, we couldn’t categorically declare
wholly good or