“Adam….” Arabella mumbled as her heart was thumping so fast.
Her breathing became unstable as she was already trembling. The terrible feeling of losing her son again, made her knees soften.
“Adam…” She snapped back to her senses and ran out to find her son.
“Adam!” She went to the master bedroom quickly to check him there and Bill.
She felt Bill was tricking her again.
Maybe he brought Adam away from her again.
He left her there so she could not easily follow them.
Or maybe it was all Bill’s plan.
Her expression dropped realizing the whole scheme of Bill.
How could she be so gullible not to decipher immediately Bill’s plan?
She hated herself for thinking about that while she was running toward his room.
“Bill!” She knocked on the door panickily shouting. “Bill opened up!” She called him again even if she was hesitant if the man was still inside the room.
She didn’t have the hint to surrender even though her nervousness was already eating her up. “Bill! Please open the door! Please don’t do it to me!” She was already crying. Just thinking of losing Adam again, her tears were already pouring like rain.
“Bi…” She had no sign of stopping as she had gone hysterical when the door opened.
Bill appeared in front of him with a doubtful look.
He was frowning like he didn’t like her screaming.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so loud?” His frown went deeper as he sounded like he got disturbed terribly by her noise.
Arabella felt an overwhelming relief seeing him.
She was imagining too much.
She felt a bit guilty for thinking badly about him earlier.
“Adam… I can’t find Adam. And…” She was catching her breath before she continued. “His bag was not inside his room.” She added trying to stabilize her breathing and her knees.
“What?!” Bill was furious.
He couldn’t believe the words he heard as he quickly strode towards Adam’s room to confirm the situation.
Arabella followed quickly.
It was already dark outside and she was sure that her son would ask her permission if ever he wanted to stroll outside.
It was dark outside and most dangers happened at night.
Upon seeing Adam’s room was empty, Bill ran off.
He went outside and got his phone.
“Ginger, have you happened to see Adam there?” Bill was calling danger in a hurry.
“No… I’m sor…” Ginger answered but wasn’t finished.
Bill already dropped the call.
“Adam!” Bill shouted while hurriedly walking.
“Adam!” Arabella also shouted on the opposite side.
“Bill, Arabella!” Ginger was quick to reach their villa with her men holding torches. “We will help,” Ginger announced and ordered her men.
Then she called her brother Victor, “Victor, Adam is not here. Is he with you?” Ginger’s tone was annoyed like she could not forgive him if he had the boy.
“Adam? I’m milking the cows in the lab. I’m not with him.” Victor frowned.
As a man who knew the farm very well, he got worried then he dropped the call.
They all went in different directions to find the lost boy.
Earlier, Adam cleaned up himself.
When he got 5, he already limits his mom to taking care of him.
He already did all the things that he could do on his own.
Now, he felt very fresh.
The stinky mud was not on his body anymore and he felt proud of it.
He wanted to boast about it to his mom so he got out but surprisingly, he saw his mom and his dad in the living room.
They were fighting.
He wanted to stop them but he could not move.
His heart was breaking and their words were making him sad.
Adam heard everything.
They tricked him.
His mom and dad were not okay.
They faked everything.
Adam’s tears rolled down as he heaved repeatedly.
The little boy was disheartened knowing that he was just being played by his parents.
He was disappointed because he thought he was like a normal kid with a complete family.
A responsible father, a loving mother, and him, a genius kid.
But why he could not laugh at the fact now?
He thought he mastered the art of healing himself.
He was doing it for a long time with his father and mother who had different issues with each other.
He thought he already accepted their indifferences but still, he was still hoping that they would love each other as a normal couple.
Disheartened, Adam grabbed his back and went away.
At this time, he didn’t know where to go.
He carried a flashlight but he was not sure where he was going.
He was lost.
Even though he wanted to come back, he could not find the way.
There are lots of trees around him and the road was rocky.
“Adam… you are the genius, Adam. You can do this.” He muttered trying to boost his confidence. “Ahhh!” Adam’s loud voice echoed in the night.
Meanwhile, Bill got a horse.
“Bill, I’m going. Please don’t leave me here.” She was very anxious.
She had experienced last night how dangerous was out there.
“You can’t help.” Bill sounded. His tone was impatient like he was angry at her again.
Arabella blocked herself in front of him and his horse.
The horse abruptly halted.
It made a loud sound before it screeched. “What ah!!!” Bill wanted to curse her for being so hard-headed.
If he didn’t pull the rope on time, Arabella would be in great danger.
“Let me join you. Please…” Arabella said beggingly.
Bill frowned.
He was annoyed but he nodded.
Arabella was always stubborn and she didn’t even notice that she was wasting his time.
With the thought of Adam, Bill agreed.
Obviously, they didn’t have time to argue.
Bill rode the horse thinking of possible directions where Adam could go.
The farm’s servants were scattered on a vast land.
Bill went in the only direction where he could not see some torches.
“Adam!” Arabella kept on shouting her son’s name along with her restless heartbeat.
She kept on shouting but she didn’t get any reply.
“Adam!” Bill shouted loud but still there was no reply from the little boy.
At the night, they could hear many crickets and mixed insects and animal sounds.
It made her worried for Adam.
She knew her son was brave but somehow, he was still a kid.
Everything on this farm was new to Adam.
How could he possibly survive out there?
And what about if there are wild animals again?
What if they attacked Adam?
She could not imagine what would her son’s trauma if he could survive.
Arabella quickly shook her head to get rid of her thoughts.
She was aware that she had to stay positive for her son and she prayed a lot.
“Adam!” Bill shouted again.
His loud voice echoed in the dark.
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