Back to Love: A New Beginning
Chapter 303

Chapter 303:

Tina was crying incessantly. Now that she was immersed in sadness, she probably didn’t think about these possibilities.

I squatted down, patting her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. “Tina, you need to stop crying. Lily is missing, and crying isn’t going to solve that problem, is it? What we need to do now is replace your daughter.”

Hearing my comment, Tina wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

She stood up, nodding and sobbing at the same time. “Okay, let’s go out and get her.”

After we went downstairs, Charlene, Tina and I went through separate areas to replace Lily.

Tina was in a bad mood at this point. I was really worried about her and couldn’t leave her alone, so I kept her company the whole time.

We were running around places like a headless chicken, blindly and aimlessly. Before we knew it, it was dawn. Tina cried all the time. She would ask every passerby while showing them a picture of Lily on her phone, but ended up with no clue.

Honestly, if someone had kidnapped Lily, they would have gotten far by now. They wouldn’t be standing around waiting for us to replace them.

Faced with helplessness, I decided to call Derek and told him that Lily was missing. He told me that he would be with us soon and asked us to wait for him somewhere.

However, I received a call from Charlene before Derek could arrive. Therefore, we did not have time to wait for Derek. We immediately called a cab to go to Gifford’s house.

Even though the front door of the house was locked, we could clearly hear the baby’s cries from outside.

“It’s Lily! She’s crying in there.” As soon as Tina heard the baby’s cry, she became so excited that she repeatedly banged on the iron door. “Open the door, please!”

Tina knelt in the snow in front of the door, pleading again and again, but no one answered.

Gifford and Belinda detested me, so I stayed out of Tina’s way, fearing I would only make things worse if I intervened.

Derek called me again, asking where we were.

I hesitated to tell him our location. My husband was a straight man. And if he learned the truth, he surely wouldn’t feign ignorance about it. I worried that this matter would only intensify his conflict with his father.

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“You’re in front of my father’s house, aren’t you? Answer me, Eve.” I didn’t answer her question for a long time.

Based on her question, I deduced that she must have heard Tina crying on the phone. Once I told him that we were indeed at her father’s house, Derek immediately hung up. And in less than ten minutes he arrived.

As I watched Derek get out of his car, I felt very conflicted. Tina was Lean’s wife, and Lily was Lean’s daughter. Logically, Derek was in an awkward position, and had no right to interfere.

When Lean was incarcerated, Derek was the one who took care of Tina and Lily, because of his sense of justice and responsibility. But now, Lean had taken his own daughter, so what right did Derek have to interfere?

“Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Sullivan, please give Lily back to me! I’m not going to ask you for anything. I just want my baby back. Please.” Tina’s voice was hoarse from crying, and her hair, though tied back, was now disheveled.

Her face was covered with tears, making her look pathetic and pitiful. I wasn’t sure who was in the house, but they must be very cruel. Tina had been crying out here for a long time, and Lily was crying inside.

Despite the fact that they were both crying, whoever was in the house with Lily, there was still no end to this miserable situation.

Derek walked over, bowed his head and lit a cigarette. In a calm voice, he asked, “Tina, you just want to get Lily back, don’t you?”

Tina gripped the iron door with both hands. Her shoulders twitched as she slowly raised her head to give Derek a look. His eyes were bloodshot and swollen, making him look especially pitiful.

“Yes, Derek. I just want Lily back. She can’t live without me and I can’t live without her either. derek, please! I really can’t live without my baby.”

Anyone with a conscience wouldn’t have the heart to watch this scene unfold. Derek nodded, pulled out his phone and called someone.

I stared at him not knowing what I could do at that moment. I couldn’t be a peacemaker in this situation, because neither Lean, nor Belinda would appreciate his effort.

When the phone was answered, I was horrified. It turned out that he had called the police.

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