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.

at Troy's?" Karin shakes her head as she doesn't think Troy will steal her child. "He's

What if he's curious

he'll bring her to take a DNA

"Yep."

"Drive me home."

to persuade herself that Troy has nothing to do with Esme's missing. But she can't find her daughter anywhere. Maybe Troy has taken her

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

"Okay."

to her home as she thinks she'll find Esme waiting at the door, but she finds no

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

breath, she knocks hard on the door of Room 903. She's too nervous to notice the

door is opened, she takes in her daughter's sleeping face. Before Troy could explain anything, he is slapped

her by the arm, but she shoots him a

Esme and questions angrily, "Why were

mother's anger and weeps,

to his place? What has he done to

me to

"And?"

took me to

tries hard to calm herself down. "Did he

"No."

"Why were you

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

she has wrongly blamed Troy for stealing Esme away; she also feels upset as Esme has told

that he can figure out he might be Esme's father. She

helpless. She can neither lose Esme nor gets back with

"Give me your hands."

I'll never

"Give me your hands!"

Karin orders angrily.

grunts, "Without my dad's protection. How

save her. Karin beats her hands

hurts, but Esme

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

She apologizes in tears, "Sorry, mom. I'll never

in the bathroom and covers her mouth with her towel to smother her