After the phone call ended, Avery checked the time.
She wondered where Elliot was.
The airport was in a secluded area. If he was in the city, it would take him at least an hour to rush over.
There was only forty minutes left until Avery had to board the plane.
There was no way she would wait for him.
If he missed her flight, she had to wait until the next morning for the next one.
Time was not on her side.
Mike noticed Avery's dejected expression, so he reached out and held her cold hand.
"Don't be scared, Avery. Whoever's behind this probably needs your medical skills," he consoled her. "Drag things on for as long as you can. I will definitely find a way to save you."
"We have to save Wesley first," Avery mumbled.
"Of course."
"Of all the years I’ve known Wesley, he's never refused me once out of the countless times I’ve asked for his help. He would always share good things with me. He's never asked me to do anything for him. Not even once... Every time I said I'd treat him to a meal, he would always pay the check in the end. He's like a brother to me." At this point, Avery's tears rolled down her cheek. "He could have just told them my name. That way, he wouldn't have gotten hurt!"
Mike's eyes reddened as he held her and said, "Don’t cry. Wesley will be fine.”
After Avery and Mike's departure from the Starry River Villa, the children had fallen into pits of misery.
Mike had told them that something happened in Bridgedale that needed their attention, and that they would come home immediately after things were settled.
However, he did not say how long it would take.
Moreover, tonight's events were too strange, and Hayden could not figure out what happened at all.
He had a strong hunch.
He was sure that something really awful had happened, and that's why his mother was that upset and had to leave in such a hurry!
Avery had never done anything like tonight. She had never insisted on leaving Layla and him behind without a heads up.
Hayden never cried easily, but tears were controllably escaping his eyes.
"Why are you crying, Hayden? Do you miss Mommy?" Layla had just calmed down earlier, but burst into tears once again. " Does Mommy not want us anymore? I'm scared, Hayden!"
Hayden wiped the tears off his face >f"< YKX; wrapped his sister in his arms.
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