Her consciousness seemed to fall into some kind of weird loop. The image of Mrs. Fraser flashed before her eyes over and over. She got so frightened that she hugged herself tightly.

Go back… Lottie doesn’t want to move forward anymore… Lottie has to hug herself tighter… She’s got to go back…

Heartbroken, Mrs. Field pulled the little girl into her arms and turned to Mr. Field, “James, let’s put a pin in this for now. It’s been hard on her. She’s probably scared out of her wits.”

Mr. Field could only nod his head exasperatedly.

Deep down, however, he was quite worried. The vicious and merciless Haddock family had close ties with the Frasers.

There may be dire consequences.

Sigh…

The sound of his phone ringing woke Lucas up.

“What did you say?”

“The Fraser family made a scene at the Fields?”

His weariness immediately disappeared without a trace as he straightened up on the couch.

Slowly stirring awake from his voice, Ashlyn asked bleary-eyed, “What happened?”

up his phone. “Spencer heard this through the grapevine as well. Lots of people in that governmental residence

with each other?” As she was searching for Lucas during the past couple of days, she had paid little attention to Charlotte’s

some reason, she immediately made the connection upon hearing the Frasers and the Fields. “Don’t tell me it’s got something to do

a little girl has started living with the Field family recently. It’s highly likely that girl is Charlotte.”

“Sure.”

their voices woke the woman sleeping on the

she was greeted with the

like a match

bear to

“Lucas,” she murmured.

a hospital, she apologized

that?” Lucas chided her gently as he got up and poured her

health matters the

took Ashlyn’s hand. “Claire,” he introduced, “This is my

Ashlyn greeted with a

touching caused a pang of pain in her heart. “Time really flies. Even Lucas has landed himself a girlfriend. He always stuck to me like glue. Now, that little

Ashlyn’s smile froze.

Thought of you first?

tell me indirectly that you’ve always been

sure if

Claire was looking

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