Chapter 790

Layla became even more upset after that.

Elliot was not at all surprised.

Everything would make sense if Layla was the one who took the box; it explained why they couldn’t seem to find out who stole the box because no one would suspect a four-year-old child.

Layla was very dependent at the time, and who would suspect a child who couldn’t take care of herself?

Apart from that, it also explained why the content inside the box was never publicized or used to blackmail Elliot after it was taken.

“Layla, what kind of clothes did that woman wear?” Elliot sat her down on a chair, before wiping her tears away with tissue. When her sobbing had ceased, he continued, “was she a gray coat?”

“How do you know?” Layla looked at him, red–eyed.

the box

a while, before he decided to tell her the truth.

died in a car crush. Whatever‘s in the box had been

that the box contains something really important...”

I shouldn‘t have taken your stuff.”

Had it been anyone else who took what belonged to him, leading to such an unfortunate outcome, Elliot would have made them pay;

what she was thinking at the time, he asked,

yours. I want you to get nervous when you can‘t find it.”

that important, I would have never taken it!”

about this.” Elliot didn‘t want Avery to worry, and judging from how scared Layla appeared to be, she

about the box when it went missing at the beginning; Avery would have told him if she knew

“What about

want to.” Elliot looked at her gently said, “just pretend that nothing happened today. It‘s going to be a new year soon; you and your brother should

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