Rebirth Into My Second Chance novel Chapter 35

“Wait, you kidnapped Kate to prove me wrong?” Ronald was puzzled, his hand instinctively resting on the holster at his side.

My scream pierced the air. “Run, Richard, they'll take you back to jail!”

Thinking back on how brutally he had treated Kate, it wasn’t hard to imagine the hardships Richard must have faced in prison. Every time I visited Richard behind Claude’s back, I found new injuries on him. He always said they were from work, but knowing someone like Claude, he could have arranged for someone inside to hurt Richard.

I felt guilty. “I’m so sorry, Richard. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t returned to the Hart family with him, none of this would’ve happened to you!”

“Yes,” Richard’s cold gaze softened, followed by a surprising smile. “What did throw me off, though, was that Kate knew where Claire was but kept mum about it!”

Ronald and his team were shocked.

Even the sky seemed to sympathize with my plight, suddenly growing dark with clouds and unleashing a thunderous rainstorm.

Seeing the downpour, Ronald reluctantly signaled his detectives to lower their guard and surveyed the surrounding mountains, “So, Kate told you Claire got taken to this mountain? With this rain, we should find shelter and search slowly. It’s too dangerous up here now!”

“But I can’t wait. I need to find Claire. And once I do, I’ll tell you where Kate is.” Richard was determined to find me, unconcerned about potentially being taken for kidnapping nor about the rain. He dashed into the downpour.

Ronald and his team had no choice but to follow.

“Everyone, be careful. The path is slippery,” Ronald cautioned.

They trudged halfway up the mountain, the rain blurring their vision and the wind howling stronger the deeper they went, signaling increasing danger.