Always Been Yours

"Mr. Sawyer, what did you mean in the text message?" Hathaway's voice sounded nervous over the phone.

Nicholas held his phone and said lightly, "It meant exactly what it's supposed to mean." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a long pause on the other end of the phone. It was only a moment later that her slightly hoarse voice was heard, "Where did you find my daughter, and where is she now?"

"I think you should ask her father if you want to know where your daughter is. I believe he knows better than I do." Then, he hung up the phone without a moment of hesitation.

Hathaway went to find Rorion the moment she put down her phone.

Rorion came down to the brightly lit living room from upstairs wearing a sleeping gown. He stared at her in surprise as she looked out of sorts and frowned. "Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? What are you doing at my house?"

She did not respond. Instead, she walked quickly to his side. "Rorion, is Kathleen still alive?" She grabbed his arm tightly as she asked eagerly. Obviously, the out-of-the-blue question startled him, and he denied it firmly in a heartbeat, "Why are you asking me this? You should know better than I do that Kathleen is dead. Didn't you watch her being buried?"

Mr. Sawyer told me that she is not dead. He's not the kind of person who would lie!" She shook her head vigorously,

"Who? Nicholas?"

him!" She nodded.

his phone to contact Kathleen as he felt that things were getting out of control, but there was no answer, and he began to feel uneasy. Hathaway, who noticed his expression, finally realized something was wrong. The news came from Nicholas, but how would he know if her daughter wasn't dead?

demanded. He felt a little guilty when being questioned but also a little annoyed. "So, what if she is alive? As a mother,

She's just being reckless!" She scolded Rorion angrily, almost wishing her daughter had died for good. But she could not just sit by and watch things unfold,

only woke up in the afternoon the next day, feeling like she had been run over by a car. Her body ached, her head was really dizzy, and she felt nauseous. In

"Who? Nicholas?"

was him!" She nodded.

Greg noticed that his mother had woken up and exclaimed happily,

moment, Greg noticed that his mother had woken up and exclaimed

asked in concern, "Is the wound on your body still hurting? I'll have the doctor come over right away." Tessa