Chapter 239

At that moment, Madeline recalled something. She turned around quickly and ran toward a place.

The sky was already dark and the street lights were turned on. The empty amusement park had lost its liveliness from the morning. At this moment, there were only sounds of rustling trees.

“Jeremy, what should we do now? Jack must’ve been abducted!” At this moment, Meredith was leaning against Jeremy with fear and worry on her face.

“Jeremy, I can’t lose Jack! He’s our only child!”

She emphasized ‘only child’ and did not notice Jeremy’s expression sinking when she mentioned that.

When he was about to say something, he saw a familiar figure from the corner of his eyes.

“You should go back first. I have something to take care of,” Jeremy said to make Meredith leave before immediately walking away after that.

“Jeremy! Jeremy!” Meredith called out to him, but he continued walking without even turning back.

Meanwhile, Madeline went to several secluded locations based on her intuitions. Finally, she found Jackson behind a fake mountain.

The light from the street lights shone dimly inside the fake cave. Jackson’s small body was curled up in a corner, and he was hugging himself tightly with his thin, slender arms.

When Madeline saw this, she felt her heart tightening for some reason.

When she saw Jackson with his head lowered as he shook in fear, she felt like something was piercing her heart.

Madeline did not hesitate and walked over hurriedly.

“Jack,” she called out. Then, she saw Jack’s trembling shoulders stop moving for a second.

“Jack, I’m Vera.” Madeline squatted in front of him. She lifted her hand to caress his head.

Jack slowly lifted his pale face, and his lifeless yet horrified eyes were seen gazing at Madeline. Then, they started to well up with tears.

“Vera…”

“Yeah, it’s me.” Madeline looked at Jackson with a broken heart. She reached out her hands to pull his tiny body into her arms.

It was the end of summer and the cold wind was blowing constantly. Madeline realized that Jackson’s body was cold. His soft hands held no warmth at all.

As if he had found a safe harbor, Jackson leaned against Madeline’s chest and held her tightly.

“Jack, tell me, why are you here all alone?” she asked softly.

“There are so many people out there. I hate it…”

Jackson’s childish voice was trembling as he spoke.

“It’s dark and I’m scared…”

Madeline was shocked when she heard his reply.

This child was scared of crowded places and he was also afraid of the dark. He got so scared that he even secluded himself in a corner. Why?

Madeline instantly thought about Meredith. Perhaps she was one of the reasons why Jackson turned out like this.

She thought about this while holding Jackson close to her, feeling a wave of sadness washing over her heart.

She could feel the loneliness, coldness, and helplessness coming from Jackson. These emotions were so intense.

Madeline carried Jackson and he did not resist her. On the contrary, he held Madeline even tighter. It was as if he could only feel safe like this.

However, when Madeline turned around, she saw Jeremy standing under the street light. It seemed that he had been standing there for some time now.

The yellow light dimmed the expression on his face. It was hard to tell what he was thinking about.

He walked toward Madeline, his deep eyes wandering across Madeline’s face.

He wanted to say something, but he did not.

The air between them felt eerie.

Madeline wanted to hand Jackson to Jeremy before leaving, but Jackson refused to let go of her no matter what.

She could only send a message to Felipe before following Jeremy back to his place in his car.

It was only when Jeremy got home did he realize he had left Meredith at the amusement park.

He comforted her with two sentences before hanging up the phone. He then walked to the door of Jackson’s room and saw Madeline putting Jackson to sleep. Jeremy became absent-minded as he witnessed Madeline’s gentle and kind side.

After a while, Madeline walked out of the room and closed the door.

She saw Jeremy outside the door and said flatly, “Mr. Whitman, at the end of the day, this child is the product of you and the woman you love. How can you be so inattentive?”