Selena’s heart thumped, not knowing how to answer at all.
Her heart was beating like crazy. She felt that she was standing on of a cliff, and she could not escape even if she turned back.
But her adoptive mother stared at her with scorching eyes, not giving her any chance to escape. Her brother, Jasper, also looked at her and trying to persuade her through his gaze to stop hiding this time.
But how could she tell the truth? Those burning pains suffered by people, and the truth that could make a person breakdown, she really did not have to courage to say it out.
“Mom, please stop asking me. I’ve already begged the child’s father to do a bone marrow match, but he failed to match. So, please don’t ask me anymore…”
Selena knelt on the ground and cried out loud.
“I’m not trying to escape, it’s just that he did the test, but it didn’t work. He doesn’t have any other family member and brothers or sisters. I’ve stopped contacting him and we won’t meet each other ever again. Mom, can you stop asking him?”
Selena cried and begged. Elliot frowned as she looked at her adopted daughter. She was not sure if her words were true, but Elliot saw that Selena cried so badly. Selena even said with conviction that the child’s biological father had did the test, but they did not match. This matter seemed to be a huge blow to Selena as well.
Elliot did not want to ask any further. She felt that if she asked again, Selena would collapse. Elliot frowned and spoke.
“The child is yours. I believe that you will not lie to me about this kind of thing. Since the child’s father failed to match, this matter ends here. I will not force you again in the future. Get up, the floor is cold. You still need to take care of Dan, don’t get sick.”
Selena’s eyes were red, and she felt extremely guilty. Jasper, who was standing aside, felt sorry for her. He spoke.
“Mom has said, don’t kneel on the ground again. You are part of our family. We tried to persuade you because the doctor said that biological parents have a higher chance of making a match. But we did not expect that the child’s father has already gone to the hospital to do the matching test. Since this is the case, then forget it. Get up quickly.”
After saying this, Jasper had stepped forward to hold his sister’s hand. Selena also stood up hurriedly.
The family remained silent for quite some time. The atmosphere was a little sad. Right at this moment, Bailey walked in from outside.
He looked at the silent and sad faces of his family members, and then looked at his daughter’s red eyes and sighed softly.
“Although the chance of finding a suitable match for this disease is very small, but it does not mean there is no hope. Our family has money. We can use the best medicine to treat him. Moreover, friends around us are willing to help too. Out of so many people, there must be a suitable match. The most important thing right now is that we should not immersed ourselves in grief. We should try to get help from the people around us, understand?”
Elliot nodded, then Selena and Jasper also responded quickly.
“After I got off the plane, I went to the hospital for the matching test to see if I can be matched. Now, let’s eat first and wait for the results to come out.”
The Holland family ate their lunch in a sad and silent atmosphere.
On the other hand, on Georgia’s side, Camden had contacted her and even arranged a meet up this afternoon. Camden will come to her mansion after work, and Georgia would spend the whole afternoon playing with Annie at home.
At 6p.m., Camden finally reached Georgia’s house and knocked at her door. After Georgia opened the door, Camden walked in.
Wilson and Elsie had been waiting at home for a long time, and after everyone sat on the sofa, Georgia spoke to Camden.
“Did you get the file?”
After all, she saw Camden came empty-handed. She was a little worried that he had failed to do so. Camden gave her a smile.
“I did not take the whole bag out. It would be too risky. However, the contents inside my house were captured, I can send the photos to you now.”
Georgia and Camden exchanged their contact number, then Camden sent the file to her. Inside the file was some compressed photos, then Georgia directly sent to Wilson and Elsie.
They downloaded the file and opened it. Then, they continued to look at the information inside the photos. Whereas, Camden sat beside and explained about it.
“I looked at the case inside. It says about a fire. More than thirty children in the orphanage did not manage to survive from the fire. Chase, as the head of the orphanage, could not shirk the blame. It is reasonable to say that he must bear the responsibilities, but he turned out to have gotten a lot of money and started a small company. He lived a prosperity life from that onwards. Obviously, this fire case is not that simple. Before this, you guys also reminded me not to dig too much information about this to avoid being found out by others. Hence, I did not ask too many people. Instead, I read through news from the Internet, and I found some clues.”
“Before the fire broke out, there was a child in the orphanage who was retrieved by his biological parents. I found the information of the parents, but I don’t know the current situation of the child. He should be in his twenties this year. Hence, he should know what happened in the orphanage at that time and why the fire happened a few days later? At least he should know some clues. Furthermore, Chase ran away and started a new life. There must be a major secret behind this incident. What’s more, the child’s parents are living in D City.”
Within the time Camden explained all this, Georgia had finished reading all the information about the fire that year, but she couldn’t see any hidden secrets.
What Camden said later, was the real focus of the conversation.
“What’s the child’s name? And what are his parents’ names? Do we have a chance to meet them once? Will it alert others and let the mastermind behind them find out that we are investigating about this?”
Georgia asked these questions and Camden spoke up.
“That child should now be called Benton Jimenez, his father’s name is Freddie Jimenez, and his mother’s name is Grace Green. If we want to meet his parents, we have to ask them out carefully. So, we have to find a middleman to ask them out. Freddie is the general manager of a branch of Robert’s company. If we ask him out by using our names, something will possibly happen. Miss Lane, I understand that your current relationship with Mr. Simpson is a bit awkward, but I think, you can let him to help us. Using his name to meet the general manager of his own branch will be safer. You can talk to him about this matter when you meet him again. If you go and meet this family all alone, it is not very safe indeed.”
Camden had very thoughtful considerations about this matter. If she went to meet Freddie’s family abruptly, and she had such high attention now, someone would indeed notice her movements. Furthermore, Elsie and Wilson had been investigating about the past recently. If all of these actions were connected together, it was very likely to be found out about what they were doing right now. However, getting help from Robert was not an easy task, but it also seemed to be the only way at this moment.
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