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.

the living room, only to see a scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and the vomit had gotten into her nose. Her

helping her clean up a bit, but she still seemed uncomfortable and

so it couldn’t be that she had choked on milk and vomited.

rushed out. Being more experienced than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might have a problem with her stomach and that we should

Brandon were still asleep, and Norah had to stay at home to look after

entrusted me with her child. I absolutely couldn’t let anything happen to 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 his

me rushing out with Yara and frowned, looking at the baby in my arms. “So

know how to respond.

me fend off Mitch, probably thinking that Yara wasn’t really at my place. Now that he

I couldn’t let Mitch take the baby away before Stella returned!

wrong with her?” Neil, observant as he was, noticed that something was off with Yara. He stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it into a nearby trash can before opening his car door, “Get

current situation, Yara was of utmost importance. Having someone to drive us was definitely the best

I got into the

any unnecessary questions on the way, but drove as fast as he

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 me and strode

and get her examined.

weak immune systems and could easily fall ill if not taken care of

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

getting some medicine, my heart finally settled down,

thanked Neil

to you?” Neil asked as he drove, his voice calm

back to deal with the other two children.” I looked down at Yara, who had fallen asleep in my

She had no idea that her parents were going

was in my throat because I

ask, “Neil, will you tell Mitch about