The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149 Are You Lost?

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“Yeah, Danica’s right. If some other family’s kid goes missing, what’s it got to do with the Woods? Let’s just go home.”

“Okay, Grandma,” Bric replied sweetly.

Victoria started walking back, calling out, “Brie, get a good night’s rest. You need to be in top shape for the Olympiad math competition tomorrow! I heard if you win a prize, it’ll really help you get a recommendation to Vego University! If you get into Vego University, you’ll really bring honor to our family!”

About half an hour before Vance called, inside the orphanage, Peter was having a nice dinner at the table with the kids.

Sterling still wouldn’t come out for meals, but Peter and the caretakers were used to it.

When dinner was over, they just left his meal outside his door.

Peter chatted with everyone at the table.

“I heard Cassia’s sick?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Her dad said nobody knows what’s wrong, but she’s been in the hospital for days.”

“Bet those hospital bills must be expensive, huh?”

“The Woods are rich! Why worry about them?”

“Maybe, but you have to admit Cassia’s lucky. If she’d gotten sick here, we’d never be able to afford her treatment…”

Nobody in the orphanage knew Cassia was actually the Woods‘ real daughter. Peter never told a soul.

So everyone thought Cassia had just been adopted by a rich family.

In the last room down the hall, Sterling cracked his door open. He kept his head down, ear tilted, listening to the conversation.

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“Which hospital is Cassia in?” one of the caretakers asked.

“Her dad said it’s Harbor Pines Hospital on Sycamore Road,” Peter replied.

“Harbor Pines Hospital? Fancy place!”

The caretakers all gasped in surprise, mostly just envious.

“Harbor Pines Hospital…” Sterling repeated the name to himself.

After dinner, everyone started cleaning up, and Sterling took the chance to slip out.

Once he was outside, he pulled up the GPS on his phone.

He hadn’t gone out alone in ages. He understood navigation but had never tried it.

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After leaving the orphanage, the crowds got thicker. With his autism, big crowds made him panic.

The noisy laughter and shouting everywhere made Sterling deeply uncomfortable, but all he wanted now was to see Cassia.

After about ten minutes, Sterling got lost and ended up crouched by some bushes along the

street.

His phone had just been snatched out of his hand, and he was too scared to ask for help. He didn’t know what to do. Plus, it was rush hour, so there were people, lights, and noise everywhere.

Sterling huddled in the corner, shaking all over. He hugged his knees to his chest, digging his fingernails into his palms for comfort.

For him, that pain was the only thing that could distract him from the chaos around him.

“Hey kid, are you all right?”

He looked up and saw a woman with heavy makeup and flashy clothes.

Sterling shrank away, inching farther from her.

The woman looked at him, guessing that he wasn’t quite right mentally.

She studied his face.

He looked young and handsome, with some boyish innocence left.

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If she sold him, he’d fetch a high price.

Are you lost?” She gave him a big, fake smile.

Sterling clamped his hands over his cars, scooting even farther away.

Definitely not a normal kid. That’ll lower his price.

Doesn’t matter, though.

“Don’t be scared, kid. Come with me. I’m a good person. I’ll help you find your family, okay?” She coaxed him, but Sterling just ignored her.

Eventually, she lost patience.

“Come on, let’s go.” She reached out, black nails flashing, and grabbed for his arm.

“Ah!” Sterling jerked away.

The woman drew back in pain, glaring at her broken nail.

“You little brat! You don’t know how lucky you are!” She lunged again, this time grabbing his collar roughly.

Frightened out of his mind, Sterling sprang to his feet and swatted her away.

Her broken nail scratched a long line across his cheek, and blood started to well up.

Sterling was terrified. He ignored the pain and took off running.

Harbor Pines Hospital…

I have to get to Harbor Pines Hospital…

That was the only thing on his mind as he ran.

At that moment, Cassia rushed out of the hospital.

Just as she stepped outside, a black sedan pulled up.

She opened the door and got in.