Chapter 1442
Vanessa kicked the phone away, but still could not break the phone. The strange man''s voice once
again sounded. "Well, as long as the child is my flesh and blood, it won''t matter who he looks like."
"Shut the f*ck up!" Vanessa yelled.
The man said, "I know that it must have been hard on you having to raise our child by yourself all
these years and I understand that you have a lot of grievances in your heart. Now that I''ve found
you guys, I won''t let you two suffer anymore. Well, Vanessa, it''s gettingte now. How about we
meet up tomorrow so that we can talk about our child. I will definitely take responsibility for the child,
and if you''re willing to, I will also take care of you."
Their child?
Lawrie?
No, Lawrie was her child, a child who she had raised by herself. He had nothing to do with anyone
else. She was not going to let anyone take Lawrie away from her.
Thinking of Lawrie, Vanessa tried to suppress the panic in her heart. She told herself that she had to
remain calm, so that she could protect Lawrie andplete the thing that she had always wanted
to do.
The reason why she had insisted on giving birth to Lawrie was to look for the man who had defiled
her. She wanted to use Lawrie''s DNA to find that man. However, Lawrie was so adorable that she
couldn''t help but want to love him and protect him. Hence, she could only look for the man in secret.
Over the years, Vanessa had been looking for that man but to no avail. Now that the man hade
to her, of course she had to meet him.
Vanessa took a deep breath and pulled herself together. Then, she said in a calm tone, "Okay,
where do you want to meet tomorrow?"
The man said, "I just got here, so I''m not familiar with the city. You can decide on the ce instead,
Miss Vanessa."
Vanessa thought for a moment and said, "Let''s meet at Autumn Cafe in Boston za at 2 p.m.
tomorrow afternoon."
The man said. "Sure."
After receiving an answer from the other side of the phone, Vanessa immediately hung up the
phone. Then, she called thewyer who was responsible for her case. "Miss Young, that man just
contacted me."
"He just contacted you?" Vanessa''swyer, Harper Young was very surprised that the man who they
had been looking for over the years had contacted Vanessa out of a sudden. She asked, "Vanessa,
are you sure that it''s him?"
Vanessa shook her head then nodded. "I''m not very sure. But except for that man, no one else
knows what happened that night. When he called me just now, he mentioned Stateview Hotel and
even the date. I think it should be him."
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Harper added, "No matter if it''s him, you''ll have to find a way to meet him first and you''ll need to get
a few strands of his hair so that we can try to match it with Lawrie''s DNA."
Vanessa bit her lip and said, "I''m feeling a little scared out of a sudden."
Harper said, "Vanessa, don''t tell me that you''re regretting it?"
Vanessa shook her head and said, "I''ve never wavered when ites to bringing that man to
justice. But Lawrie is innocent, I don''t want him to get involved in this. I don''t want him to get called
a r*pist''s son. I hope that you can try your best to keep this matter confidential. I don''t want Lawrie
to get hurt."
Harper said, "I''ve known Lawrie since he was born, of course I want the best for him. I won''t let him
get hurt. Even if you didn''t say it, I''ll still do the best I could to keep this matter confidential. I won''t
let this affect his life."
Vanessa said, "Thanks, Miss Young."
Harper said, "Don''t mention it, Vanessa. By the way, make sure you get that man''s hair. As long as
his DNA matches with Lawrie''s, no matter who he is, I will do everything within my power to make
sure that he gets the punishment he deserves."
Vanessa smiled bitterly. "Okay. I''ll try my best to get it when I meet him tomorrow."
Although Vanessa was very reluctant to recall about the past, what happened happened. It was
something that no one could change. Hence, Vanessa had no choice but to face it.
She had chosen the most difficult path in the first ce. Everyone in her family had persuaded her
to give up the child at that time, but she refused to do so. Because of that, she chose to run away
from home and insisted on giving birth to Lawrie.
However, Vanessa had never regretted her decision. No matter who the child''s father was, Lawrie
was still her son.
In her dream, Vanessa seemed to have gone back to that night.
"It''s so warm..." Vanessa was lying on the big bed in a hotel room, groaning weakly. The air
conditioner was turned on, but she still felt inexplicably warm, and her body was covered in sweat.
She did not know what was wrong with herself either. She was feeling fine before she returned to
her room. It was after she had drunk the cup of tea that Fiona had handed to her that her body was
starting to feel different.
"It''s... It''s so warm... I want water." Vanessa wanted to get up and find a bottle of cold water in the
refrigerator to cool herself down, but she was too weak to even get out of bed.
As time went by, Vanessa became even more delirious. She could feel that there was a fire burning
in her heart, almost melting her away. Then, she could vaguely hear the sound of the door opening,
and saw that a person had entered her room...
She could not see who that person was. She could only roughly gauge that that person was very
tall. And when that person held her in his arms, she immediately felt much better. He was like ice
cubes in the summer, cool and refreshing.
However, it was not enough to just hold him.
She did not know where she had gotten her courage to unbutton his clothes. It was only when their
bodies touched each other that she could get rid of the heat in the body.
The next day, it was already two o''clock in the afternoon when Vanessa finally woke up. The mess
on the bed and the pain in her body reminded her of what had happened the night before. But
unfortunately, she did not know who the man she did it with was.
"Look at you, Vanessa. Look what you have done. You''re pregnant before you''re even married, and
you don''t even know who the child''s father is. If I were you, I would have ran away from home
already. I wouldn''t have the face to stay in this house anymore."
"Vanessa, you''d better get rid of that illegitimate child."
Fiona''s voice sounded in Vanessa''s ears, like a vicious curse.
"No, don''t..." Vanessa woke up from the nightmare. She was covered in cold sweat and her eyes
were wide open. It was already dawn and a new day had begun.
It was a new day everyday, but Vanessa was still living in her nightmares. Those ugly faces would
appear in her dreams from time to time, reminding her about the nasty things that they had done to
her.
Most of the time, Vanessa would think that if she hadn''t drunk the tea that Fiona had given her, or if
she could restrain herself a little more, could she have stopped what had happened from
happening? However, life was this cruel. There were no ''ifs'' and no one had the ability to change
the past. Hence, she could only look ahead and move on from the past.