Chapter 818: You Won’t Die
Robert was really crazy. He didn’t even let the child off!
For the first time, Xiao Meng hated her weakness and incompetence. If she had called the police the first time Robert treated her roughly, then Robert would not have had the chance to do these wrong things! There would not be so many people who died tragically!
Xiao Meng looked at little Clarice with grief in her eyes.
“Child, I’m sorry. I can’t let you go.” She tugged at the chain on her hand and said in despair, “He even locked me up. I can’t help you. Child, I’m sorry. I apologize on his behalf.”
Clarice chuckled and asked Xiao Meng, “You’re not the one who wants to kill me. Why are you apologizing to me?”
Xiao Meng looked at the child in shock, feeling that this child was too calm.
Clarice suddenly asked Xiao Meng, “Do you know what your husband asked your child to do?”
Xiao Meng did not know. She only knew that her husband was very strict with Xiaobao. Could there be something else?
Seeing Xiao Meng’s reaction, Clarice knew that Herbert had never told the person in front of her about those things. She wanted to hit that bad person. Clarice pursed her lips and said to Xiao Meng, “Robert asked Herbert to help him destroy the evidence.”
Xiao Meng’s face turned pale, and her breathing became heavy.
“W-What!”
How could he treat a child so cruelly!
Clarice said nothing more.
She felt especially uncomfortable with her body tied up.
Clarice did not want to die, but it was obvious that she could not escape from the current situation. She did not expect Robert to be kind enough to let her go, and that was impossible. She could only pray secretly that the police and bodyguards would discover Robert’s true colors sooner, preferably before she died and save her.
At this moment, the bas.e.m.e.nt floor suddenly opened.
Then, light footsteps entered the house.
Clarice rolled her eyes and saw a small, thin child standing beside her. Clarice stared at the child and said, “You do know the murderer.”
Herbert said nothing.
Clarice asked him again, “Why didn’t you call the police?”
Herbert finally spoke.
He said, “The first time, I wanted to call the police. He left this on me.” As he spoke, Herbert pulled open his s.h.i.+rt and revealed the painful scar on his heart. It was also the first time Xiao Meng saw her son’s wound. She was so shocked that she could not speak.
After a while, Xiao Meng cried out sadly, “G.o.d, Xiaobao, what did that beast do to you!”
Herbert looked at Xiao Meng calmly and said, “This is the man you married.”
Xiao Meng’s face turned pale and her heart ached.
Herbert looked at Clarice again and said, “The second time, the police came to visit. I made a distress signal on the cup where they were drinking tea.” Herbert curled his lips into a despairing smile. “Then she was almost beaten to death. And I.” Herbert lifted his fringe to reveal a pink scar.
“I asked for help. Robert wouldn’t let me go. The police couldn’t save me,” Herbert said. “No one could save us except to save themselves.”
Clarice fell silent.
She had been silent since she saw the scar on Herbert’s chest.
There was a short silence in the room.
After a while, Herbert asked Clarice, “I clearly told you to leave. Why didn’t you listen?”
Clarice was stunned. “When did you say that?”
Herbert thought of something and smiled even more awkwardly. He said, “You didn’t look at the photo.”
Clarice froze at the thought.
“W-Didn’t you want to cut ties with me?” Did he say those words on purpose? Was his goal actually to give her the photo and let her see the contents of the photo? “What does the photo say?”
Herbert said, “Nothing. Forget it if you didn’t see it.”
Clarice knew that she could not get an answer from Herbert, so she gave up.
Herbert said, “You won’t die.” Then he left.
Clarice pondered his last words.
She would not die.
What right did he have to say that?
Late at night, Robert returned from work and was surprised to see so many police officers in town. His car was also stopped. When the police came to ask questions, Robert answered honestly. After answering, he asked the police, “What’s going on? Did something happen in town?”
The policeman said, “A child is missing.”
“What?” Robert’s expression changed slightly. He said anxiously, “Sir, my son is home alone. His name is Herbert. Can you tell me the name of the missing child?”
The policeman lowered his voice a little. “The missing child’s name is not Herbert,” he said.
Robert seemed relieved to hear this.
In the distance, Jimmy stared at Robert’s reaction and frowned.
This person’s reaction looked too normal.
Could it be that he was wrong?
It was past ten o’clock when Robert got home. There was no peace in the town that night. Under the circ.u.mstances, Robert could not calm down and study it properly, so he decided to have a good night’s rest. He got home, took a shower, and saw that Herbert was eating noodles. He said, “A child is missing from town.”
Herbert could not be bothered to act with him.
He said, “I saw her already.”
“Is that so?”
Robert smiled as he walked over to Herbert, who poured himself a cup of water. Seeing Robert standing to the side, he poured him a cup as well. He handed the cup to Robert and lowered his head to eat. Robert twirled the cup in his hand and asked him with a smile, “So, child, do you know what you should do?”
Herbert hesitated before saying, “I won’t tell the police where she is. She’s close to me, but I care more about my mother.”
Robert was especially satisfied.
However, Herbert whispered again, “Daddy, can you let her go?”
Robert wagged his finger. His gentle voice sounded like a demon tempting someone to commit a crime. He said, “You can’t.”
His big palm touched Herbert’s head. Robert drank the cup of water and turned to go upstairs to his room to rest.
Herbert continued to eat.
…
Late at night, Jimmy returned home from work.
His girlfriend, Rachel, was back. Rachel had just returned and her heart ached for Jimmy when she heard what had happened today. Rachel hugged Jimmy and kissed him before asking, “Are you tired? Are you hungry? I’ll cook you something to eat.”
Jimmy said, “I’m hungry and tired.” Thinking that Rachel had been busy recently, Jimmy said, “Rachel, if you’re tired, you don’t have to cook. Let’s just sleep.”
Rachel was already in the kitchen. “It’s okay. If you have nothing to do, you can put the unwashed clothes in the was.h.i.+ng machine first. We can eat together later.”