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.

to the living room, only to see a scene that shocked me. Yara had vomited, and

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

I hadn’t fed her yet, so it couldn’t be that she had choked on milk and

commotion, rushed out. Being more experienced than me, she immediately suggested that Yara might have a problem

had to stay at home to look after her, which meant I had

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

looking at the baby in

didn’t know how to respond.

and Mitch were undoubtedly close friends. He had previously helped me fend off Mitch, probably thinking that Yara wasn’t really at my place. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he might spill

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

as he was, noticed that something was off with Yara. He stubbed out his cigarette and tossed

best case scenario. If I drove, what if she was alone in the backseat and started

hesitation, I got into the

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

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 ahead, his

and get

systems and could easily fall ill if not taken care

Norah and I had to take care of three babies of about the same age these

medicine, my heart finally settled

you,” I sincerely thanked Neil

her child 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 arms.

She had no idea that her

further and just drove. But my heart was in my throat because I didn’t

“Neil, will you tell Mitch about this?”