"Miss Alaina, you're back?" Leola didn't sleep. When she saw Alaina coming back, she rushed to the door and asked with concern, "Miss Alaina, where did you go? You ran so fast when you went out, and you didn't tell me where you were going. I was so worried."
"I didn't know your phone number, so I had to call Mr. Bai..."
Hearing this, Adele trembled uncontrollably and clenched both of her hands into fists.
"However, I couldn't get through to Mr. Bai. I don't know if he was busy at that time."
Adele breathed a sigh of relief and slowly loosened her fists.
"Miss Alaina, have you eaten yet? I didn't know when you would come back, so I kept the food for you. If you haven't had your meal, I'll heat it up for you now." "There's no need." Adele said softly. She looked in the direction of the living room and then asked, "Isaac... Well, hasn't Mr. Bai come back?" God knew how much courage she had screwed up to ask this question.
However, she had to ask.
"Mr. Bai may be busy. He hasn't come back yet."
Adele let out a sigh of relief temporarily and nodded gently. "I'll... go to rest."
As soon as she returned to her room, she fell straight on the bed. She was too tired. She had walked for a very long time and had been worried for a whole day. She was physically and emotionally exhausted.
However, she could not fall asleep.
Although she had found Arvis, she was still being tortured by fear and worry, because she did not know what would happen to her when Issac came back.
Worried and uneasy, she felt that every second appeared like a year in length.
She was back, and Arvis should be back home, right?
She didn't know how long she had waited in deep anxiety. When her phone rang, she almost jumped up from the bed.
Looking at the caller ID, she swallowed hard and then comforted herself before answering the phone call.
"Hello, Mrs. Liu..."
"Alaina, I've taken Arvis home." Aria said on the phone, "I cooked for him, but he didn't want to eat. He said that he wasn't hungry. Later I asked him about it carefully, and he said that the man had bought him something to eat."
Hearing Isaac's name, Adele became even more nervous. She held the phone with more strength unconsciously and grabbed the sheets tightly with the other hand.
After a while, she asked in a trembling voice, "Mrs. Liu... did you say anything in the police station?"
"No. You told me not to mention you, didn't you? So I didn't mention your name."
"Then... did Arvis say anything? What's more, what... did that man say?"
As soon as she asked these two questions, she couldn't help but close her eyes tightly, waiting for Aria to answer her nervously.
At this moment, she was like a prisoner who was about to be sentenced to death. She was jittery and hoped that a miracle could happen.
"No." Aria replied. "Arvis stayed with him at that time. I don't know what they said, and I couldn't ask much, because I was afraid that it would be counterproductive. However, when I went to pick up Arvis, the man didn't ask much. He only asked me to take good care of Arvis in the future and not to let him run away again."
"No? But... Since you knew that Arvis was there and you saw him, why didn't you pick him up yourself? Why did you ask me to go there and even ask me not to mention you?"
Adele was stunned, and did not know what to say for a moment.
Just now, Aria was probably too worried about Arvis, so she didn't ask much. She had been worried that Isaac would know her identity, so she didn't think much. Although she told Aria that she would explain it to her in the future, what... should she say at this time?
"Alaina?" Alaina remained silent for a long time, so Aria called her by her name.
Adele came to sense. She pursed her lips. "Granny Aria, is Arvis sleeping now?"
"He's asleep. Maybe he's too tired today. I took a shower for him and then he went to bed."
"Mm." Adele replied, "Mrs. Liu, I'm sorry. I made you worried about him today."
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Aria felt a little guilty, "If I had paid attention to him all the time, he wouldn't have run away. You don't know how anxious I was when I turned around after buying things and didn't see him. I was afraid that I couldn't find him, and I was afraid that you would blame me. Later, you finally found him. But I was worried that you wouldn't let Arvis live with me anymore. Alaina, I should say sorry to you."
"Alas!" Aria sighed, "Alaina, I know that you're in a difficult situation now, but I made trouble for you and made you worried. The older I get, the more useless I become."
"Mrs. Liu." Adele felt a little sad, "Don't say that. I don't blame you." She only blamed herself because she was not a good mother, "Mrs. Liu, you asked me the question just now. Please forgive me for not knowing how to explain to you now. In the future, if there is a chance and I know what to say, I will definitely tell you, okay?"
"Okay, I see. I just asked it causally. I didn't mean to force you."
"Yeah, I know that you are concerned about..." Saying this, she heard the sound of the door handle being turned, and she was startled. Then she said to Aria in a hurry, "Mrs. Liu, I have something to do here. I'll hang up."
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