Find his sisterâ¦
Lady Gill had just been saying they needed to find her daughter tooâ¦
That person claimed to be her family member had come to look for herâ¦
Soâ¦
Could she be the person Austin and Lady Gill were looking for?
At that moment, Nara felt as if she understood something, and to confirm this, she pressed the hang-upbutton on her phone.
Austin frowned anxiously and turned to Lady Gill. âMom, my sister hung up again. What is she doing?Is she busy working? Or is she ill and having surgery here? Iâll try calling her again!â
Lady Gill also frowned, wanting to say something yet not knowing what to say.
Nara watched them both without moving her feet but turned off her phone.
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Austin dialed again, and sure enough, a prompt
indicated the phone was switched off. He panicked.
âMom, whatâs wrong with my sister? Didnât we agree to
meet?â
Lady Gill was also very anxious. âIf sheâs busy with
work, itâs fine, but if sheâs sick⦠what kind of illness is
it? Can it be cured?â
Nara saw their anxious expressions, yet they only
made her feel ironic.
She didnât react but just stared at Austin.
Keira noticed her peculiar behavior and looked at her. Nara slowly walked up to Austin.
Austinâs peripheral vision detected her approach, and
he turned to her. He then frowned and asked, âWhat do you want? Dumb mute, arenât you leaving?Why are you still lingering here? Havenât you bumped your head enough?â
Listening to these harsh words, Nara stared at Austin.
She felt as if she had returned to her childhoodâ¦
She was back to those scorching summer days when she played hide and seek with her brotheroutside the
house.
Memories from when she was three years old surged
before her eyes.
âLittle sister, where are you hiding? I canât find you! Be careful of the bugs when Iâm not around toprotect
youâ¦â
Her brotherâs voice lured her.
Little Naraâs lips curled into a slight smile as she quietly hid behind a cluster of bushes before slowlypeeking out her little head.
Then she suddenly saw a kidnapper rushing over, grabbing her brother, and attempting to take him
away.
Little as she was, she immediately panicked.
âAustin!â
She rushed out, using all her strength to hold onto the kidnapperâs leg, âLet go of my brother!â
The kidnapper tried hard to shake her off, but unfortunately, despite her tiny frame, she was very
strong.
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When the kidnapper wrenched her hands off, she bit down on the kidnapperâs leg, refusing to let goâ¦
Exasperated by her persistence, the kidnapper · demanded, âIâll let go of your brother. Let go of me!â
Nara heard her brotherâs voice. âHelp! Help us!â
She didnât know if her brother had been released; she only knew that if she let go without her brotherbeing freed, these villains would take him away.
So she clung tightly to the kidnapperâs leg, unwilling to release her bite or her grip.
In the end, all she heard the kidnapper say was, âDamn
it! Run!â
Then she was hauled onto a vehicleâ¦
Only then did she see that her brother had been thrown to the ground. She pounded desperately on t
window, trying to escape.
But the vehicle had already started with no chance to
stop.
She saw her brother running after the vanâ¦
Her brother cried after her, âSister!â
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His tears streamed down his face.
She cried out in fear, âAustin!â
Her brother shouted, âDonât be afraid! I will protect
you! Donât worry⦠Iâll come to find you⦠I wonât let anyone harm youâ¦â
She cried so loudly in the vehicle, wailing until, because she was a girl, they found her too annoyingand simply threw her out.
Then, the kidnappers fled.
She found herself dumped on the ground, her head injured and bleedingâ¦
She could barely remember what had happened
beforeâ¦
Later, when she woke up, she saw Matias standing
before her.
Clinging to Matias, she tried to cry out, âBig brother,â but though she opened her mouth wide, shecouldnât utter a single word.
Matias was about the same age as Austin. He touched her head gently, and seeing her desperation tospeak,
he said. âDonât be scared. Iâm hereâ¦â
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Matias took her home.
Back then, Matias still had a mother and father, but later, they both died in a car accident.
Their uncle took over their home and drove the two siblings out.
Matias worked to pay for her schooling while earning a livingâ¦
Nara felt confused, so confused that it gave her a headache.
Memories from her early years, which she barely remembered, seemed etched in her bones and nowflooded back.
Nara stared unrelentingly at Austin.
After a long pause, she opened her mouth and
suddenly clasped Austinâs hand, calling his name.
âAustinâ¦â