The news was about the Nanshan Temple, which wasn’t eye-catching. The key point was the man in the news -- he was the man who harassed Dolores when she was in City C.
The man was found naked in the temple, seriously injured. The scene was full of speculation. Hence, it became a piece of news.
After all, everyone knew that the temple should be a clean place, in which anything filthy was forbidden. However, such a scene happened there.
Dolores went to sit on the sofa, continuing to watch the news. Then she got to know that this man was found in the most inconspicuous storage room in the temple.
Pinching the remote control, she was lost in thought.
She thought about all the things that had happened recently.
In the beginning, she got those photos. Then the man appeared to harass her, and a man showed up to save her. According to Oscar, that man looked rich but wasn’t a local in City C.
Hence, she guessed that the man must be from City B because he appeared in City B. She guessed that the rich man must be Declan Bailey mentioned by Matthew.
The man on the news was acting in the show with Declan at that time, so he must be someone that the latter trusted a lot.
However, he had been found like this in a temple.
Dolores believed that Theresa must have been locked up in a secret place as well, such as the Nanshan Temple.
The more she thought about it, the clearer the clue was, and the more frightened she became. If Theresa was hidden in the temple as she guessed, Dolores wondered if this naked man had any evil intention to Theresa.
Dolores was almost strangled. She patted her chest with strength, but no matter how much she did it, she still couldn’t breathe properly.
“Mommy! Mommy! Can we go out?” Amanda ran over, throwing herself into Dolores’s arms. She hugged Dolores, playing at being cute. “Mommy, I want to buy the dog food for Cotton. I also want to change the dog chain...”
“You can’t go out today,” Dolores interrupted her before she finished her words. Rubbing Amanda’s hair, Dolores said, “Good girl, you need to stay home. Don’t go out today.”
“Why not?” Amanda looked up at her in disappointment.
Dolores didn’t know how to explain to her daughter. She didn’t know what kind of man was that man named Declan. Since they dared to take Theresa away, it meant this Declan wasn’t a kind man. He also kept making trouble. What if he wanted to do something on the kids?
The villa was quite safe. Hence, Dolores tried to make an excuse to calm Amanda down, “It’s too hot outside...”
“We’ll sit in the car. The driver will take us. We don’t need to walk under the sun. Besides, we have sunscreen umbrellas, or we can wear the sunscreen hats,” Amanda quickly rendered Dolores speechless.
Dolores kept silent.
She wondered since when Amanda had become so sharp-tongued.
She put away her smile and became solemn. She said seriously, “You can’t go out today.”
Amanda blinked. Suddenly, she withdrew herself from Dolores’s arms, turned around, and trotted into her room.
She became angry.
Coral didn’t know what happened. She didn’t have the heart to disappoint Amanda. When they were bathing Cotton, Amanda kept nagging to buy something for Cotton. Hence, she tried to convince Dolores. “The kids want to go out indeed. We can take them out shopping. The driver and I can take good care of them.”
Dolores didn’t agree. Looking up at Coral, she insisted, “They’d better stay home recently.”
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