Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 433

“Mommy, I…”

Hiram stammered under my inquisition. He had just thrown a tantrum at me, but in front of Karina, he was a different boy, his eyes filled with anxiety. Karina looked down at Hiram. “Tell me, how did you get that bruise on your face? And how did you end up here?”

Hiram’s little face turned red under the questioning, making his bruise more conspicuous. It had been treated once before, so Neil didn’t give me any other medicine to apply to it.

His anxiety made him sweat, which irritated his wound and caused him to whine. “Mommy, my bruise hurts so much, wah wah…”

Upon hearing Hiram’s cries, Karina’s emotions became even more unstable. She glared at me, “Ms. Finch, you should be aware of Hiram’s status. How dare you kidnap him and let him get injured? Do you have any idea of the consequences?”

I was speechless and out of patience. Just as I was about to retort, Ryan and Faith rushed into the yard.

I was surprised. Weren’t they supposed to be in Springvale for some urgent matter?

“Oh dear, Hiram!” Faith exclaimed and rushed to hug the boy tightly.

“Grandma, Grandpa!” Upon seeing Ryan and Faith, Hiram’s mood brightened.

Ryan picked up Hiram and both of them fussed over the boy’s bruise, expressing their concern and regret. “How did you get hurt so badly? Does it hurt? Did you put any ointment on it?”

Ryan’s

ended up here, let alone got hurt. We should take him to the hospital for a check-up.”

fell off his skateboard and injured himself. I ran into him and Neil at the hospital. Neil informed me that you had a job interview today and he had an important meeting to attend, so he asked me to look after Hiram for a while.”

wouldn’t pick

supposed to be a composed and dignified figure. However, she seemed to have figured out the importance Hiram held in Ryan and Faith’s hearts and decided to use it to her advantage. “Ms. Finch, if

I retorted, finding the whole situation

that I’m slandering you?” Karina

explain. I’m really busy and don’t have time for this,” I pointed to the living room door, “Since you’re all here, please take the child and leave. This is my home and I don’t appreciate the commotion.”

concerned the safety of their grandchild, so I assumed

opted to leave instead. But Karina was relentless. She whipped out her phone and dialed the police, “Hello, I want to report a crime; a person is suspected of

I was dumbstruck.

a reason even Ryan and Faith couldn’t dispute, and

stepped forward

There must be some misunderstanding. Let’s wait till Neil is done with his work

continued to argue, “Hiram is my only son and the only grandchild of the Whitmore family. It’s only natural for me to worry about his safety. If we don’t clear this up, what if it happens again? If something irreversible happens to Hiram

and Faith should have been worried about Hiram and doubted me, but they chose to trust me and repeatedly asked Karina to cancel the police

argument escalating, the police had already arrived

my children were still in the room. If a commotion were

the officers asked as

did.” Karina stepped forward, pointed at me and said, “This woman nearly abducted my child and caused him to get injured. I think it’s only right that you