Chapter 2014


    Chapter 2014


    The police rented a boat from a nearby fisherman to salvage the corpse ashore, brought forensics to


    the scene for identification and evidence collection, and bagged the body. Edison fought through the


    crowd and frowned.


    “Has the identity of the body been confirmed?” The detective turned to look at him.


    “It‘s Bear.” Edison was startled as the zipper of the body bag was slowly pulled down. That pale and


    slightly swollen face was indeed Bear‘s. ‘Bear has really died.‘ del


    The detective got up and said earnestly, “We‘ve only found the suspect‘s body so far, but we won‘t give


    up on the search and rescue.”


    Edison nodded and sent the text message to Colton.


    As soon as Colton arrived at thepany, he received a text message from Edison saying that Bear‘s


    body had been recovered, but Noce‘s whereabouts were still unknown. He ced the phone on the


    desk, leaned back in the chair, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and muttered to himself, “He should still


    be alive... right?”


    ‘He‘d better be still alive. Otherwise, I really don‘t know how to exin this clusterf*ck to Daisie.‘


    At this time, he received a call from the nanny. The nanny told him that Freyja had answered a phone


    call and had gone out.


    Freyja came to the pier by car, and sure enough, she saw Deedee sitting alone on a bench.


    “Deedee!” Freyja ran straight up to her and pulled her up.


    “Are you hurt? Where have you been all night? Why didn‘t you return to the vi? Don‘t you know that


    I‘m worried to death about you!?”


    Deedee had actually run so far away by herself. If she had not taken the initiative to call her, she would


    still be extremely worried that something bad had happened to her.


    Deedee lowered her head and tightened the hands that were grasping the hem of her clothes.


    ” I don‘t want to go back...” Freyja took a deep breath and calmed her tone.


    “Deedee, don‘t act up and be angry with me, okay? Now listen to me ande back with me.”


    She took Deedee‘s hand, but Deedee broke her hand free and started crying.


    “I said I don‘t want to go back! If I go back with you to that uncle, you won‘t want to keep me anymore,


    so I don‘t want you to go back!” Freyja was stunned.


    ‘Did she overhear what I said the other night? Has what I said affected her this much?‘. Deedee had no


    sense of security andcked parental love since the day she was born. And Freyja was the only person


    that she wanted to rely on.


    The thought of sending her back to the Pruitts had undoubtedly made Deedee feel bad.


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    Freyja leaned over and ced her hand on her shoulder.


    “Deedee, are you ming me for sending you away? Sorry, I didn‘t consider your feelings.


    “But Deedee, I intend to send you back to your grandfather not because I despise you and no longer


    want you to stay with me. Your daddy is one of the Pruitts, and that makes you one of the Pruitts too.


    So I believe that your grandfather will definitely take good care of you. At least you won‘t feel as


    aggrieved as when you‘re living with me, just like how you‘re feeling now. Your grandfather loves you


    as much as I do too.” She stroked Deedee‘s cheek.


    “I have a great responsibility for who you‘ve be. I‘m sorry.”


    ‘Since I started raising Deedee, both of us have been closely knitted. I‘m not her mother, but I have to


    take on a mother‘s responsibility. But s, I‘ve failed to fulfill my responsibility.’


    She even wanted to send Deedee back to the Pruitts in consideration of Colton and the Goldmanns.


    She was too selfish. Seeing her bloodshot eyes, Deedee felt slightly shaken deep down. She did not


    want her aunt to hate her. She only wanted to live with her aunt.


    She pursed her lips and said, “Aunty Freyja... It‘s actually Grandma‘s—” Before she could finish her


    sentence, Deedee‘s cor was pulled by a man who suddenly appeared behind her, and she was


    thrown to the ground. Freyja‘s pupils constricted.


    “Deedee!” Four men blocked her way. Sandy calmly walked out from behind those men with a lit


    cigarette and nced at Deedee, who fell to the ground and trembled out of rage.


    “What a useless piece of sh*t! She bes soft–hearted so quickly.”