Violette stopped him, "Elijah, if I give you a kid back, can you promise not to bother me anymore? Like we agreed before."
She didn't want to get tangled up with him.
He paused, his cold voice responding, "Give me the kid first, then we'll talk."
With that, he opened the door and walked out.
"Elijah, are you okay?" Brandon had been waiting outside.
Hearing the commotion outside, Violette was getting antsy.
She couldn't suppress or shake off this feeling of irritation.
As the footsteps outside faded away, she flopped onto the bed.
After lying still for a few minutes, she picked up her phone and initiated a video call with Mike.
Mike picked up immediately, "Violette, have you eaten yet?"
Mike was playing with two kids, Violette could vaguely see someone moving in the kitchen.
But Mike quickly adjusted the camera to focus on the kids.
"Yeah, I did." Seeing the two kids, Violette felt a bit more relaxed, "Ian, Rita, what game are you guys playing?"
"We're doing puzzles! I'm watching Ian do it. Because he won't let me help, he says I'll just mess it up." Rita pouted, "Mom, Joey made us dinner today."
Mike was taken aback, "Rita, didn't I tell you not to tell your mom about this? Didn't you promise?"
Rita looked innocent, "But I already told mom! She won't be mad."
Violette said, "Mike, did you forget we have surveillance at home? I saw Joey's car parked in our yard in the evening."
Mike was speechless.
Rita laughed, "Dumbass!"
"Aren't you on vacation? How do you have time to watch the surveillance?" Mike was puzzled, "Are you lying in bed? What are you doing? If you're going to sleep, why did you go so far to do it?"
Listening to his complaints, Violette said helplessly, "Someone showed up, so I hid in my room."
"Someone?" Mike understood what she meant, "Elijah went too? God! He said he wouldn't go!"
Violette said, "Don't mention him."
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