Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 435

“Behind bars?” Néil seemed to not entirely grasp my meaning.

It seemed like he wasn’t fully aware of what had just happened.

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I then told him about Karina’s visit to Hiram and the subsequent police incident, watching as his face gradually darkened.

“Anyway, I’ve accomplished a task for you, so our deal is over,” I gestured for him to leave. “You can go back and explain things to Karina, so she won’t misunderstand.”

“When you called me, I was in a meeting. That’s why I didn’t pick up,” Neil explained to me, ignoring my words.

Of course, I knew he was busy. In the past, even if I had something urgent, he wouldn’t pick up my calls while he was working.

I was accustomed to this. But I wondered whether Karina would be able to.

“You should explain this to Karina. She tried to contact you but couldn’t get through, which led to the misunderstanding,” I kindly reminded him.

“There’s nothing to explain to her. I just need to understand what’s happening.” Neil’s response was rather nonchalant.

I wondered why he had bothered to come find me.

Right now, Yara was in the living room, waiting for me to feed her. I didn’t want Neil to discover Yara was here..

The baby’s crying echoed from the living room, and I took the opportunity to say, “If there’s nothing else, I need to go feed the baby. You should leave

“Mmm,” Neil grunted in affirmation, turning to leave.

and the vomit had gotten into her nose. Her little face was flushed and she looked

bit, but

yet, so it

than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might have

still asleep, and Norah had to stay at home to look after her, which meant I had to take Yara

her, or else I wouldn’t be able to face Stella. Carrying Yara, I rushed out of the house, intending to drive to the hospital, but discovered that Neil hadn’t left yet. He was standing by the roadside, looking like a finely sculpted statue under the sunlight, a thin stream of smoke coming from the cigarette between

at the baby in my arms. “So Mitch’s kid

know how

me fend off Mitch, probably thinking that Yara wasn’t really

the baby away before Stella returned!

his cigarette and tossed it into a nearby trash can before opening his car door, “Get in. We’re going to the hospital.”

definitely the best case scenario. If I drove,

hesitation, I got into the car.

didn’t ask any unnecessary questions on the way, but drove as fast as he could

Yara towards the pediatric ward. But in my rush to leave the house, I hadn’t even changed my shoes, and running in flip-flops was quite the task. Neil took Yara from

I managed to register Yara and get her examined. It turned out that

systems and could easily fall ill if not taken care of

I had to take care of three babies of about the same age these days, we might have neglected some

getting some medicine, my heart finally settled down, and we headed back.

I sincerely thanked

entrust her child to you?” Neil asked as he

deal with the other two children.” I looked down at Yara, who had fallen

little one. She had no idea that

just drove. But my heart was in my

couldn’t help but ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch about