Carlson frowned. "You're saying..."
I lowered my eyes and looked at my gradually clenched fists. "Theo got Snowy a trainer, so he's extremely vigilant. He’ll immediately sense it if anyone is hostile toward Munchkin, then take him away from danger. Also, as soon as Munchkin is away from the adults, Snowy will immediately grab onto him. Mason told me that Munchkin disappeared as soon as Julia turned around. If someone took Munchkin away immediately after she turned, or if Munchkin strayed far away, Snowy would've barked.”
"Are you suggesting that Julia was lying?" Tyler asked.
I shook my head. "I'm not sure, but one thing's for sure is that if a stranger wanted to take Munchkin away from Lynch Residence, then it would've been very difficult. Besides, there are so many surveillance cameras around, so how could none of them have captured anything?"
I continued after a pause, "Based on this alone, I have every reason to suspect that the Lynches has hidden Munchkin away. And it's someone Munchkin is extremely familiar with."
After hearing what I said, Carlson and Tyler immediately thought of someone suspicious and
blurted out at the same time, "Mason.” "It’s highly possible, don't you think?”
I looked at them, and my mind was clear. "Cecilia's last wish was that Mason should never learn of Munchkin's existence. She didn't want the Lynches to have Munchkin back. Mason knows that I’ll certainly obey Cecilia's wish. Coupled with the fact that I've been raising Munchkin for so many years, it's almost impossible for him to take Munchkin away from me. Hence, he agreed to let me continue to raise Munchkin. He and the Lynches could come and visit him. When Munchkin is on school break, they'll bring him to South Vasetine for a period of time. That was the agreement. But in actual fact, he was thinking of ways to keep Munchkin in the Lynches forever. That’s why he took the opportunity of bringing Munchkin to South Vasetine this time to hide him away completely.”
My initial thought was that Munchkin was his son, after all. Blood ties would never break, so instead of fighting each other for Munchkin's custody to the point of exhaustion, why not compromise so I could continue to raise Munchkin and at the same time, Munchkin could also receive extra love from another man? This must be the best option out there.
It seemed that I should never have thought about it that way in the first place. I should not have allowed him to come into contact with Munchkin ever.
Tyler fell silent for a very long time before saying slowly, "With Mason's character, he may not do such a thing. First of all, Munchkin is very well alive, so he can't keep him hidden away forever and not see the light. Someone will notice it sooner or later.
"Secondly, he has no reason to do so because you've already promised to let him visit Munchkin at any time. Munchkin is already able to think at this age, so i f he removes him from your side by force, Munchkin will definitely resent him. He can’t possibly overlook this. Thirdly, why would he want to kill Munchkin's dog?"
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