My Mute Bride

Chapter 364 You Haven’t Changed at All

After Justin paid for the food, he walked out of the restaurant with Rachel and the two children. “Alright. I guess I will leave now,” he said.

“Wait a second,” Rachel called out to him as he was walking away. “Let’s go together.” Justin halted and turned his head to her, looking confused.

Rachel let out a brief sigh and explained, “Didn’t you get the hint earlier? Charlotte wants to spend a bit more time with you.”

Just then, Charlotte took a few steps forward and held her mother’s hand. “Daddy, you are such an idiot,” she mocked. Then, she rolled her eyes at Justin as she pouted her lips.

When the family walked out of the shopping mall, they saw a commercial plaza that was ablaze with colorful lights in front of them. At this time of day, the plaza was flooded with people, with many young couples in particular.

“Mommy, I want to ride that one!” Charlotte pointed to the distant carousel, and her face was full of excitement. “I want to ride the pumpkin wagon!” she added.

“Okay, but please run slowly. You just finished eating.” Rachel stumbled as she was pulled toward the carousel by Charlotte with force.

As they reached in front of the carousel, Samuel and Charlotte were having a dispute. Samuel crossed his arms around himself and said, “I don’t want to ride on this childish thing.”

Charlotte pouted and argued, “No, you have to ride it with me!”

“Nope. I am not doing it.” Samuel snorted.

The two of them had reached a deadlock. Neither of them was backing off. At this point, Rachel stepped in and tried to reconcile the conflict between the two. “Sweetie, Mommy will join you on the ride. Samuel might get dizzy from riding on the carousel. Let’s not force it on him,” Rachel coaxed Charlotte with a soft tone.

After hearing what her mother said, Charlotte finally eased down her angry face and reluctantly agreed. “Okay then. You and Daddy will wait for us here,” she said to Samuel.

Then, she tilted her head to Justin and asked with a cheerful look, “Daddy, can you take some pictures of the two of us riding the carousel?”

Justin nodded as he smiled at her. “Sure.”

When Rachel and Charlotte sat tight on the carousel, the joyful music started to play in the background. Following the music rhythm, their carousel and the pumpkin wagon swayed up and down at a low speed.

At the same time, Justin stood outside of the railing and started to take pictures of the two with his cell phone. In the frame, Charlotte was nestled in Rachel’s arms. She was bursting with joy, and her little bunny teeth showed up in her wide smile.

“Mommy, let’s change our pose. Shall we make a heart shape together with our fingers?” Charlotte chirped.

“Sure, sweetheart.” Looking at her happy face, Rachel felt a glimmer of happiness.

“How about this pose? Maybe we should raise our hands like this?” Charlotte continued changing their poses, and Rachel cooperated with all her requests. Likewise, Justin was enthusiastically taking pictures of them from different angles.

rounds, a swarm of people walked past and suddenly crowded at the fore of the carousel. Justin’s view was blocked and

by the unexpected crowd. “Oh

worry. It’ll be over

Justin again, he was facing away from them, turning his head around anxiously, as if he was searching for something. When Rachel

searched for Justin. He was standing beside a flower bed that was not far away from them. Strangely, he wasn’t waiting for them. He was pulling a stranger next to him and

is alone. Just him. Rachel thought. Her

about Samuel?

Samuel?” she asked as she walked up

spun around and looked at them. He was in a complete state of panic. “Just now, there was a group of people passing by. By the time they were gone, I turned around and Samuel was missing,” he explained with a quavering voice. “I’m

that were surging

chased behind her and

me! Just wait here with Charlotte,” she instructed and left in

to run away. When she thought about the crowd that had suddenly appeared

the security guard to review

is at. Can you play it back to about fifteen

confirmed it with her while moving the cursor on the

“Yes,” she replied curtly.

pointed at a spot on the screen, and said, “Did you see this child right here? He’s

pressed the play button. On the screen, it showed that when the crowd was passing by, Samuel was first pulled over to the

was taken away by this

you see his

rewind the video to an earlier time frame and see if we can find him,”

had a closer shot. They were able to tell that it was the same man earlier from his clothes and his

“How’s it going?”

monitoring room. It was Justin. He rushed into the room with Charlotte.

turned red as the anger grew within her body. “I told you to wait there, didn’t I?” she snapped. “If you aren’t there waiting for him, how can Samuel find us? He is still a child, and he will be terrified!” She raised her voice and her anger exploded.

once, Justin’s feet were cemented to the floor,

he caught his breath, he tried to explain to her, but

enough!” she shouted back at

you were able to hold Samuel’s hand earlier like how you’re holding Charlotte

do not care about his safety because he is not your son! I thought you had changed, but I was wrong. You haven’t changed at all, and you are still the same selfish person that

couldn’t defend a word. His hands hanging at his sides tightened slightly as

mother’s reckless behavior. “Mommy…” she murmured cautiously,

but it had caught Rachel’s attention. She let out a long sigh and forced herself to calm down. “Sweetheart, can you stay with your daddy tonight? Mommy has to look for Samuel,” she

While she was rushing to her car, she took her phone out and dialed 911. The call operator picked up the call