Raeleigh barely had any appetite in the following two days. On the third, she finally managed to get through to her parents.
It was Jazelle who answered the phone. Although she had been refraining for a long time, she failed to listen to her husband and answered Raeleigh's call.
"Mom." Raeleigh knew the call had connected. As soon as she heard her daughter, Jazelle immediately felt aggrieved and turned to look at her husband, who was standing by the window.
"Baby, it's Mom. I miss you. Do you miss me?" Jazelle choked with sobs when she spoke. Oh, her baby girl.
Raeleigh replied with a hum, unable to utter another word.
Jazelle had been silent and nearly cried until she saw her husband looking at her, that she held back her tears.
"Baby, have you read the letter I left you?" Jazelle wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. Lamar sat opposite her and wiped her tears away.
She wasn't this fragile in the past; she used to be so strong and tough. Although she was a woman, she wasn't weak.
They had known each other for a long time. After knowing each other, they shared joys and hardships, traveled around the world, and had won countless medals and awards. They both became famous in their youth; there was nothing they couldn't do.
Butthen...
Everything changed after they had Raeleigh.
After losing her, her initially strong shield turned into fragile glass, shattered into millions of pieces with the slightest blow, unable to get back up. With time, she became who she was today, easily defeated whenever she encountered any hardship, just like this incident.
Sitting across from her, Lamar rubbed her face and only left to stand back at the window, looking out, when she was slightly better.
Raeleigh did not know what to say but still replied, "Yes, I have."
"Baby, we don't mean to hide it from you, but we can't tell you just yet. You'll have to put your relationship with Jepherson on hold."
With her daughter's best interest at heart, she still said it.
Raeleigh pondered for a while. "Is it because of his family?"
"Baby, this has something to do with your kidnapping twenty years ago."
Jazelle tremored when she spoke. With that, Raeleigh also tightened her grip on her phone. "Twenty years ago?"
Raeleigh suddenly remembered the fire that burned down her house ten years ago and asked in shock, "This has something to do with the Richards family?"
"Your father has sent someone to investigate this matter for a long time. Baby, you should know if your father isn't entirely sure, he wouldn't say it out."
Jazelle believed in her husband, so did Raeleigh.
"So, Mom, does this have to do with the entire Richards family or a specific someone?"
It happened twenty years ago. She had reasons to believe it had nothing to do with Jepherson. After all, he was too little then.
"It's someone from the Richards family. I'm telling you this because I want you to be mentally prepared."
"I know."
Raeleigh can't even remember hanging up the phone. Lying in bed, she spaced out for half a day.
Jazelle was still concerned, so she gave Xanthus a call and told him they suspect the Richards family sent someone or that it was one of them who kidnapped Raeleigh."
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