Immediately, Nathan stuffed a jelly in her mouth and ran away.
After that, Carmen quietly stood next to Stanley, who stiffened and was afraid to move or even make eye contact.
She then tugged at his sleeve. “Stan, I want—”
Pretending to be serious, Stanley scolded sternly, “Don’t even think about it!”
While everyone was comforting her, Cooper quickly switched to a different channel to keep Carmen from seeing another one of those reality shows.
To their surprise, a loud voice came on the TV as soon as the channel was switched. “Thank you for tuning in to watch the largest parent-child reality TV show ‘My Grandpa In Shining Armor’! Please welcome Grandpa No. 1 to the stage!”
Instantly, Cooper’s hairs stood on end and he felt his skin crawl.
The entire room became eerily silent before Carmen, who had just been throwing a tantrum, was now standing behind Cooper silently and looking up at him with innocent puppy eyes. With a sweet voice, she asked, “Grandpa, am I still your favorite little baby?”
At that point, Cooper had broken into cold sweat and it started to roll down his skin. Under Carmen’s intense gaze, he was terrified of making a sudden movement, or any movement for that matter.
…
At Ronney City, Anna and the rest had safely arrived from Bayside City after more than a forty-hour bumpy ride.
In fact, it had been some time since Anna was away. Hence, she was swamped with work and could only get three or four hours of sleep every night. She would often overwork herself to the point where she would fall asleep instantly as soon as her head hit the pillow.
She was afraid that her mind would wander endlessly if she had even a second of free time.
Despite that, she hadn’t been well-rested since she returned because she kept having nightmares.
At one moment, she would dream that her body was torn open and something crawled out. Then, she would see her two sons being lifted up high before being thrown onto the ground.
“Miss Beautiful, where did you go?” Carmen’s cries would echo in her ear from time to time and the dream would center around Cooper’s deep, yet emotionless gaze.
“Anna, Annabel—”
“Ah!”
Screaming, Anna woke from her dream, only to realize she was still in her bedroom without Cooper, Carmen, or her sons. Her body was still in one piece and not torn apart.
When her hand reached up to touch her face, she realized she had been crying.
What is going on?
She was anxious all night and couldn’t fall back asleep although it was only three o’clock in the morning. Suddenly, she shot up and turned on her computer. She found the surveillance footage of her residence at Bayside City and played it from the morning after they had left.
She watched Carmen, who was wearing a Snow White costume, coming over with Sophia early in the morning.
Gazing at the adorable dress, she suddenly remembered the promise she made with Carmen the day before and realized she had broken her promise…
Carmen’s cries were like a pair of invisible hands that were tugging at Anna’s heart strings. Her heart ached so much that she could barely breathe.
Cooper, on the other hand, remained silent the whole time. He was just looking down at the discarded pot of roses.
In the footage, his face wasn’t visible but Anna knew he was heartbroken too.
She couldn’t bear to watch the footage any longer so she shut her computer. However, her tears were still rolling down uncontrollably. Even after all these years of fighting her own emotions and being able to control it, she still felt like she was going to break down anytime soon.
She couldn’t help but want to have a good cry and let out all her feelings of helplessness and sorrow.
What the hell is going on?
Meanwhile, Callum and Cade were in the study. After they were done with what they were doing, they watched the surveillance footage at the Yard Residence too and found that Carmen had come by early in the morning.
When they heard her sobs, they both felt unhappy as well. This kid was too cute and they couldn’t bear to be the reason for her sorrow.
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