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.

at the fore of the carousel. Justin’s view was blocked and he could not include Rachel and Charlotte in the

was a little startled by the unexpected crowd. “Oh no, the view is blocked!”

It’ll be over

and when they finally saw Justin again, he was facing away from them, turning his head around anxiously, as if he was searching for something. When

so did Rachel. As soon as the carousel stopped, she immediately got Charlotte down from it and 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

Just him. Rachel thought. Her heart skipped a

about Samuel? Where is

she asked as she walked up to

the time they were gone, I turned around and Samuel was missing,” he explained with a quavering voice. “I’m searching for him. Don’t worry.” He tried to

blank. She forcibly suppressed the emotions that were surging within her.

behind her

here with Charlotte,” she instructed

to run away. When she

was asking the security guard to review the CCTV footage of

Can you play it

her while moving the cursor on

“Yes,” she replied curtly.

on the screen, searching for Samuel. All of a sudden, she pointed at a spot on the screen, and said, “Did you see this child right here? He’s my son. Can you please replay it at

the play button. On the screen, it showed that when the crowd was passing by, Samuel was first pulled over to the side by a man. Then, this man used the

by this strange man,” the guard

his face?” Rachel

time frame and

clothes and his body figure.

“How’s it going?”

was Justin. He rushed into

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

cemented to the floor, and his

I’m just trying to…” After he caught his breath, he tried to explain to

she shouted

able to hold Samuel’s hand earlier like how you’re holding Charlotte now, he

safety because he is not your son! I thought you had changed, but I was wrong. You

defend a word. His hands hanging at his

frightened by her mother’s reckless behavior. “Mommy…” she murmured cautiously, with

forced herself to calm down. “Sweetheart, can you stay with your daddy

she left the monitoring room without turning back. While she was rushing to her car, she took her phone out and dialed 911. The call