Elias frowned slightly. "Why did you suddenly think of that? It's in the past now, so let's forget about it."
Amanda could only smile as a reply. "I just feel ashamed. All my father ever did was either ask you for money or take your child away."
"It's not your fault, so why would you be ashamed?" The man's tone was calm. He never thought that Amanda was to blame for this.
Elias had a point, but Dick was her father, after all.
Amanda didn't say anything more until he pulled up in the parking lot near the amusement park. The two hurriedly entered the amusement park and looked around. There were children everywhere, so they would have a hard time finding Aiden.
Amanda looked at the man next to her. "Let's split up and search. I'll go this way, and you'll go that way."
With that, she got ready to turn around and leave.
Elias, however, grabbed her hand and held her back. He took out his phone and checked the GPS, which indicated that the target was nearing them.
"It's OK. The GPS says that he's less than half a mile from us. Come with me."
Elias walked to the left. Amanda walked a little slower because of her high heels, so the man gripped her hand and pulled her along as they walked through the crowd.
Amanda's foot bent a little, and she almost fell among the crowd.
The man held her arms securely and pulled her into his embrace.
Even though Amanda didn't want to be too close to him, she lost her balance, so she subconsciously hugged the man's tall body.
The man protected her in his arms as they painstakingly made it out of the crowd. Amanda looked at the throng of people behind her, instantly feeling relieved. "How much further?"
The man glanced at the indicator on the map on his phone. "Around 300 yards to go. They're very near. Looks like they're on some ride."
Amanda was looking everywhere for Dick's figure as well. It would be too difficult to spot Aiden in a place like this, so she decided to look for Dick instead.
Elias followed the GPS indicator and slowly walked toward the target.
The two arrived at the merry-go-round, but they didn't see any trace of Dick and Aiden.
At that moment, Amanda grew a little anxious as she stood on tiptoe, scanning the place. "Where are they? How come I don't see them?"
Elias was confused as well. The GPS indicated that they are right here, so why aren’t they in sight?
What is going on?
Did some error occur in the system he developed himself? The man lowered his head and tried to figure out what went wrong with the system.
Amanda took out her phone, trying to dial Dick's number again. It might go through this time.
Beep… beep…
The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.
Amanda suddenly heard a familiar ringtone, and she wondered why it sounded so familiar.
It sounded like Dick's ringtone from many years ago.
Amanda looked toward the source of the ringtone and caught sight of a middle-aged man. He was standing right outside the fence of the merry-go-round.
At that moment, Dick took out his phone. When he saw that it was Amanda, he answered the call. "Why are you calling me again? I told you I'll send the child back later. Why are you so impatient?"
As Dick spoke, he looked everywhere in search of someone.
In reality, he was even more panicked than Amanda and Elias at that moment because he accidentally lost Aiden again.
Dick was stunned. What a terrifying coincidence…
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