On the other side, Samuel fell asleep in Dolores arms while returning to the villa.
One side of his face was still red and swollen. Dolores felt very distressed and wanted to touch him but was afraid of hurting him.
She was really quiet and didn’t say a word, just silently wiped her tears from time to time.
Samuel had never been hurt before; this was the first time.
As it was said, when the child gets hurt the mother feels the pain.
Matthew looked at her in the rear-view mirror. He wanted to comfort her so that she would not be so distressed but when he opened his mouth, he didn’t know what to say.
He had never been a parent and couldn’t understand her feelings.
It didn’t take long before the car stopped in front of the villa.
Matthew got out and opened the door for her. It was not convenient for her to get out while holding Samuel. He reached out to pick him up, “Let me hold him.”
“No, I will hold him myself.” Since Samuel was rescued, she had not been able to let go of him.
She kept holding him, not letting anyone take over.
Matthew looked at her for two seconds and couldn’t stand her attitude. This was her child and she could feel hurt and love him but she kept blaming herself and feeling like all of this was her fault. This was difficult for him to accept.
“It wasn’t your fault; you don’t need to punish yourself.” He stubbornly took Samuel in his arms. Dolores didn’t want to let go, “What are you doing?”
“If you don’t want him to be woken up, keep quiet!”
Dolores lowered her voice and whispered, “He has an injury on his head, please be careful.”
She was afraid that Matthew would hurt Samuel.
He was a big man and had no experience in holding children.
Matthew hummed lightly in response.
Dolores had lived here before and was not unfamiliar with it. It had basically not changed, was just like before.
After experiencing the events of the day, Simona was either very scared or really tired, she had fallen asleep right after Abbott had brought her here. She was still asleep.
Coral had met Jessica and Simona once, so when Abbott brought them, she was a little surprised but then quite quickly became acquainted with Jessica.
Abbott didn’t tell her why they were here and Coral didn’t ask. She knew that Abbott was Matthew’s right-hand man and he must have been instructed by Matthew himself.
After seeing the two children last time, she had felt that they were like Matthew when he was a child. In order to see them again, she often went to that supermarket, hoping to see them and asked around about their mother and father.
She was not able to meet them even if she went every day.
Unexpectedly, they came by themselves.
She looked everywhere for them only to have them come to her themselves.
Coral used this opportunity to inquire about the two children.
Jessica probably guessed what this place was, but she didn’t want to say much about her daughter. She just said that they were her daughter’s children.
She didn’t mention anything else.
Coral couldn’t find out anything.
“Why don’t you sit down?” Coral got up and wanted to show Jessica a picture of Matthew, when the front door of the villa was pushed open.
Matthew walked in with Samuel in his arms. Dolores followed behind. Subconsciously, as if by habit, she opened the shoe cabinet and took out slippers. She knew which ones were Matthew’s and placed them in front of him.
Matthew lowered his eyes and glanced at her, “Still haven’t forgotten.”
Dolores paused. She had only stayed there for less than a month and she still remembered the shoes.
She raised her head calmly and said, “I remember everything I have seen.”
Jessica got up from the sofa and glanced at Matthew, and then her eyes finally fell on her daughter.
Coral saw them both coming in, Matthew with Samuel in his arms and Dolores walking besides him. Her mouth fell wide open and she looked at Jessica, “This is your daughter?”
Jessica nodded.
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