Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

“Whether you appreciate her or not is your own business, but I see her as unfit for the task. You should find someone else to follow up.” Neil rejected without hesitation once again.

Mitch fell silent on the other end, and after a moment, he said, “Alright, I understand.”

Then he hung up.

With that, the tension in my chest eased, yet at the same time, I was intrigued.

Neil didn’t tell Mitch that I was holding Yara in the car at the moment.

But I didn’t ask. I just held the child tighter in my arms, lost in thoughts about what to do next. Should I involve Stella in this and let her make the decision?

“We’re here.” Neil didn’t step out of the car when we reached my house, just reminded me.

“Thanks for today.” I got out of the car, still cradling Yara.

Through the car window, Neil’s gaze remained on the child in my arms, which made me anxious. He didn’t say anything earlier, but he might spill the beans to Mitch as soon as I leave.

With this uneasy feeling. I returned home, while Neil drove off.

Norah came to check on Yara. After I told her about the dosage, I went to check on Serena and Brandon. The two were playing, their innocent gestures and babbling melting my heart.

Every time I saw these two, all my worries disappeared. With them by my side, there was always hope.

I wanted to tell Stella that Neil knew Yara was with me, but I was worried that it might affect her situation.

After two days of anxiety, Mitch didn’t show up, and my worries gradually faded, the matter momentarily forgotten.

a walk.” By late afternoon,

might have someone lurking around, I didn’t take Yara out. Instead, we stayed home most of the time, while Norah would take Serena

set of clothes,

into the bathtub, the doorbell rang. Could Norah have forgotten something? But didn’t she know

went to check the situation first, and my heart nearly stopped when I saw Mitch.

Wasn’t he supposed to

confusion, I decided to

open the door! If you don’t, I’ll kick it down! Or you can

words, my mind went blank. From his tone, it seemed he was certain that Yara was with me. How

“Bang!”

me. Someone had kicked the gate.

her faint cries

I rushed back in, picked up Yara, quickly tidied up anything related to her, and left through

was home, but I had

couldn’t open the one leading into the

still glistening with moisture, was dressed in his

raised an eyebrow, first at me, then at the baby in my

Can you look after Yara for a bit?” I didn’t

readily, taking Yara from me. He was quite skilled at holding a baby, probably from

immediately returned to

the backyard, I saw Mitch storming in. It seemed my gate had been broken. I didn’t expect such

I questioned in a stern

mind or have you? Irene, on what grounds do you hide my child? Where’s my Yara?”

seemed laid-back and afraid of women, with such a fearsome expression, even more