Chapter 1396 Is She Flying A Kite


    Charles was shocked. All his hopes were quashed, and he felt empty. He couldn''t help but worry again.


    ''''Has the kidnapper killed Shirley? Or he has moved her to another ce?''


    Charles'' mind was in a state of chaos. His face became ashen, and his hands trembled. The life


    seemed to have drained from him, and he nearly copsed in a heap.


    He couldn''t ept that his daughter was killed. ''Where are you, Shirley?'' he thought in desperation


    while looking up at the ceiling of the room.


    ''When I catch her damn kidnapper, I''ll cut him into pieces!'' If the kidnapper dared toy so much as a


    finger on Shirley, Charles would get back at him in the most brutal possible way. Charles'' eyes turned


    red at the thought of what he was going to do to the kidnapper.


    He clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out. Then suddenly out of anger


    and frustration, he punched the wall with his fist. The blood oozed out through his fingers, but he didn''t


    seem to care about his injury. He was numb to the pain.


    Charles cared about nothing except for Shirley''s safety.


    "You don''t have toe. Shirley isn''t here. The kidnapper took her away before I got here," Charles


    told David in a hoarse voice. Then he hung up.


    Charles walked around the cabin and looked for any clues along the way, but failed to find any. It


    seemed that the kidnapper was very thorough and had left no trace.


    Finally, he went to the wooden stake. Bending down before it, he examined the broken ropes on the


    floor and felt heartbroken at the thought of Shirley being tied up by them.


    Shirley''s skin was tender, and the coarse rope would surely leave ck and blue marks. ''Did Shirley


    get injured being tied with these ropes?'' His chest tightened at the thought of how she must be


    suffering. Charles wished more than anything that he could tear the kidnapper apart with his bare


    hands and hold his beloved daughter in his arms again.


    He sat silently for quite a while in the cabin. It was dusk by the time he came back from his trance.


    Charles wiped the tears from his cheeks and managed to build his courage up again.


    Although he lost the lead, he couldn''t give up looking for Shirley. He firmly believed that his daughter


    was waiting for him to save her and that she wasn''t far away. So he had to pull himself together for


    Shirley''s sake.


    Thinking about this, he strode out of the cabin and then left.


    At Dream Garden


    "Le, let''s go to the hospital and see Sheryl this afternoon. She''s been in the hospital for a few days.


    We should visit to see if she has recovered,"


    Melissa suddenly proposed while Le was watching TV.


    Le was confused. She shifted her eyes from the television to Melissa, looking at her in disbelief.


    ''Has Melissa changed her mind? Why does she suddenly care about Sheryl''s health? That''s


    impossible! She was angry at me because I failed to kill Sheryl a few days ago. She must be ying


    tricks!'' Le thought.


    Charles was already suspicious of her, so Le didn''t want to rock the boat and join Melissa. She


    worried that Charles might retaliate against her if she helped Melissa to hurt Sheryl again. After all,


    Melissa was Charles'' mother. Whatever she did, he wouldn''t be too hard on her.


    Le hesitated for a while and then said, "Aunt Melissa, Charles doesn''t allow us to leave Dream


    Garden before he finds out who the murderer is. Don''t you remember? I''m afraid that he''ll get mad if


    we don''t do as he says."


    "I don''t think so. We''re only going to the hospital to see Sheryl. It''s not like we''re running away." Melissa


    was so confident that her son wouldn''t me them. She put her hand to her heart to assure Le.


    Le still hesitated a little. She didn''t want to provoke Charles, especially at such a sensitive time.


    Otherwise, his bad impression of her would be more difficult to reverse.


    However, Melissa seemed to have made up her mind to go to the hospital today. Le dared not to defy


    her wishes. Moreover, she was a little curious about Sheryl''s current condition.


    "Le, you''ve kidnapped and almost killed! What are you hesitating about now? It''s not a big deal to go


    out!" Melissa snorted. She didn''t seem to take Charles'' warning seriously.


    Le nearly had a heart attack when she heard how candidly Melissa spoke and she was about to


    cover Melissa''s mouth. She looked around in panic. Fortunately, there was nobody else around in the


    living room. Charles would kill her if he heard that.


    Le seethed at Melissa for her recklessness and tant regard for her secret.


    Seeing Le so nervous, Melissa shot her a re. She looked at Le with contempt in her eyes, as if


    tough at her cowardice.


    "Come on! Don''t worry too much! If Charles is annoyed, I''ll tell him I made you go with me." Melissa


    was bing impatient with Le''s indecision.


    Le''s face turned pale when she heard what Melissa said. "Aunt Melissa, I didn''t mean that. I think,


    maybe we should tell Charles before leaving Dream Garden and visiting Sheryl at the hospital," she


    exined.


    "It''s unnecessary to bother Charles. We won''t be there for long." Melissa waved her hand.


    "Okay. Aunt Melissa, please give me a moment. I''ll go upstairs to freshen up. Then we can set off."


    Since Melissa insisted on Le going with her, Le had to agree.


    Once she was back at her room, Le carefully applied her makeup so that it was wless. Since she


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    would meet Sheryl, she must show her perfection before that woman. Sheryl had been sick for a long


    time, so Le was sure that Sheryl wasn''t as beautiful as she was.


    Before leaving, she pressed her lips together to make the lipstick smudge and give a more natural


    appearance. She looked in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction.


    "Aunt Melissa, let''s go!" Le naturally took Melissa by the arm and then they walked out of the Dream


    Garden.


    In the taxi


    "Le, tell me the truth. Do you still want to remove Sheryl from the picture and be my daughter-


    inw?" Melissa looked at her and asked.


    Le''s heart thumped faster, and she was a little panicked. She wondered why Melissa asked her such


    a question. She thought she had disguised herself well in front of Melissa, and Le was sure that she


    didn''t do anything that would have made Melissa suspect anything. So until now, Melissa still thought


    that she was innocent.


    In saying that, then Melissa wasn''t flying a kite by asking her such a question.