Capture Your Heart

"Where should I go?"

"I'll leave a note for your mom."

Then he grabs a pen and a piece of paper to scribble words. "Your kid is at my place. Room 903."

Then he plasters the note onto the door. "Come to my room to wait for your mom, okay?"

"Okay."

Esme goes to the 9th floor with Troy. After stepping into his room, she asks, "Did you rent the room, either?"

"No. I bought it."

"It must have cost you lots of money."

"Not much. Don't you also live here?"

"But we rented it…"

Troy frowns and sighs, "You must have suffered a lot with your mom."

"Not really, but my mom has suffered a lot. She works hard to make me live a happy life like my classmates."

"Do you know William?"

"Of course."

"Doesn't he help you and your mom?"

"He has helped us. He's nice to me, but my mom doesn't like him…"

Esme starts to get sleepy, and Troy tucks her in and pats her back gently.

"You're like my dad…"

He's dumbfounded and asks, "Why?"

"Because my dad used to tuck me in like this in my dreams…"

Troy's heart tightens again.

suddenly says, "Is she at Troy's?"

think so. What

bring her to take a

"Yep."

"Drive me home."

has tried to persuade herself that Troy has nothing to do with Esme's missing. But she can't find

Karin to her home and wants to keep her company, but Karin refuses. "Thank you for looking for Esme with me. It's too late, and you should go home to

"Okay."

she thinks she'll find Esme waiting at the door, but she finds no Esme

streaming down her face as she's afraid Troy would bring Esme to take a DNA test. If he knows Esme

runs into the lift and rushes to the 9th floor. Taking a deep breath, she knocks hard on the

in her daughter's sleeping face. Before Troy could explain anything, he is slapped in his

her arms, leaving Troy's room. Suddenly, Troy grabs her by the arm, but she shoots him a glare and walks away, not giving him a

returning her home, she wakes up Esme and

her mother's anger and weeps, "I was afraid to go

dared you go to his place? What has

took me to

"And?"

me to

hard to calm herself down. "Did he bring you to hospital to draw your

"No."

still in panic. "Why were you

with my classmates. I was afraid that you'd be angry with me, so I secretly

that she has wrongly blamed Troy

figure out he might be Esme's father. She wishes

feels desperately helpless. She can neither lose Esme nor gets back with

"Give me your hands."

sorry. I'll never slip

"Give me your hands!"

Karin orders angrily.

and grunts, "Without my dad's protection. How poor I

mantra fails to save her.

Esme just

mother has beaten her. Karin used to joke with her. But now she's

in tears, "Sorry, mom. I'll never break

the bathroom and covers her