Steven reached out to help Cecilia up, but she politely pushed him away. He withdrew, a flash of disappointnt flickering in his eyes.
But being the gentleman he was, he naturally did not insist further.
Then, he looked at the woman who suddenly appeared with a bit of surprise.
"Amy? Why are you back?"
Steven’s eyebrows relaxed for a mont while speaking.
Amy was a year older than him. They grew up together, and she was the person closest to him among their generation in the Lawrence family.
However, after she and her aunt Niki settled abroad ten years ago, they haven’t seen each other since then.
"I learned that Grandma was sick, so I ca back to see her."
He didn’t reply.
Cecilia didn’t expect Steven, who was usually indifferent, to show such a relaxed expression.
It seed that these two had a close relationship.
For so reason, she felt a bit uneasy in her heart.
Perhaps it was ti for her to get so rest.
"Mr. Lawrence, Madam Marianne’s surgery was very successful. I’ll be going now."
Just as she was about to leave, she was stopped by Amy’s outstretched hand.
"Are you... Miss Morrison? I’m Amy Lawrence, and I’ve heard about you. Thank you for performing the surgery on Grandma."
‘Heard about ? Did Steven tell her sothing?’
A slight discomfort flashed through Cecilia’s mind. She did not like the feeling of being talked about behind her back.
She glanced at Steven and politely shook Amy’s hand.
"You’re welco."
Steven noticed the hint of discomfort in Cecilia’s eyes. Rembering her role in Marianne’s surgery, he paused in thought.
"The promise I made to you, I’ll give you an answer as soon as possible."
Unexpectedly, his words seed to annoy Cecilia even more.
Did he also discuss the issue of finding soone for her with Amy?
Ignoring Steven, she turned and left.
After returning, she collected her thoughts and dialed Bruce’s number.
"Do a favor. Investigate Steven Lawrence’s son, as thoroughly as possible."
Before the surgery, she had found Alex strangely familiar, and it made her feel a bit uneasy. She had planned to et him after the surgery, but since he had fallen asleep after crying for a while, she decided to just investigate first.
She had just hung up the call when the private detective called her.
"Miss Morrison, we’ve found the suspects’ whereabouts."
Cecilia was instantly excited. She grabbed her coat and prepared to head out.
Ever since Emma had given her the sketches of the three suspects last ti, she had asked a private detective to investigate them. She didn’t expect them to be located so soon.
Hearing Cecilia’s movents, Emma woke up from her sleep.
"Mommy... where are you going?"
Cecilia gently patted the drowsy child in front of her, speaking softly.
"Mommy has found the people who hurt you last ti. I need to deal with them, okay?"
Emma responded sweetly, "Okay!"
‘If Mommy catches the villains who hurt Brother, she will definitely teach them a good lesson!’
She thought, ‘I must tell this good news to Brother later...’
With this thought, she fell asleep again.
Cecilia planted a kiss on Emma’s face and hurried out of the door.
She followed the detective to where the three culprits were and found them. To her surprise, she discovered that they had already been beaten up black and blue, their faces bruised and swollen.
What happened here?
She walked closer and saw Jas Mitchell wiping blood off his hands in the shadows.
Seeing Cecilia, he smiled slightly. "Cecilia, you’re here."
She was a bit surprised.
"What’s... what’s going on here?"
At this mont, Elena ca over with three ice creams in hand, smiling warmly.
"It’s nothing, Cecilia. When we heard that these people had kidnapped Emma, we decided to teach them a lesson."
She gave Cecilia an ice cream.
"Here, I heard young people like these."
In her daze, Cecilia took the ice cream.
"I could have done it myself."
As she was used to being independent and doing things on her own, Cecilia was a bit speechless.
Jas took the other ice cream from Elena, shaking his head.
"You have pretty hands. Don’t hurt them dealing with these matters."
Elena nodded in agreent.
"No matter what happens, you can rely on us."
Cecilia felt her eyes warming up slightly, noticing that Elena gently wiped a bit of cream from Jas’s lips.
They two exchanged a warm smile.
She had never been in such a scene her entire life.
From a young age, she had always known that Mariah was the one Frank truly loved. Her mother had never held his heart.
Naturally, he did not love her, either.
She had once dread of having a family like that, but despair eventually swallowed the dream. Later, she realized that she no longer needed it when she grow up.
However, those feelings seed to waver again when she saw Elena and Jas.
Cecilia suppressed the sting in her nose and focused on eating her ice cream.
Once finished, the three walked away in the glow of the sunset, chatting and laughing.
"What about those three?"
"After getting beat up, they will be sent to the police station. Also, I’ve arranged a few things at the police station and made sure they will—"
"Hahaha!"
Returning to the hotel, even Emma noticed the happiness on Cecilia’s face.
She snuggled in her mother’s arms, feeling happy because Cecilia was happy.
Out of the blue, Cecilia’s phone rang and ruined the warm mont.
On the other end was Steven’s voice, with a barely detectable tremble.
"Cecilia, Grandma... she won’t wake up."
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