Chapter 732
She had even promised the little girl that she would bring her here when she grew up.
However, she did not think that they would never get to the day when she grew up.
Madeline took out the little pendant she carried around her neck. Before this, Lillian would always carry it with her.
She opened her eyes that had gotten red in the wind and caressed the pendant. “Lily, I’m taking you to Pirate Land now. Can you see?”
She forced a smile. The pain in her heart was extremely evident and bone-crushing.
Madeline could not control her emotions. She held the pendant and started crying.
“Lillian…”
However, she quickly thought about Jackson. She did not want to show any negative emotions in front of another child.
Madeline wiped her eyes quickly and looked to her side.
However, when she looked over, there was no one next to her. Aside from the people behind her in line, she did not see Jackson anywhere.
Madeline felt as if her heart had plunged into a deep abyss. This loss of balance made her face white.
“Jack? Jack!”
She frantically started searching everywhere for him.
She could not bear the pain of another loss again.
“Jack!”
Madeline screamed loudly, causing the people around her to look at her curiously.
They did not understand why she was crying so heavily.
“Why is this happening?” Madeline stood in the crowded theme park, and everything in front of her was black. She felt like she was going to suffocate at any second.
“Linnie!”
Jeremy ran to Madeline through the crowd and saw how pale her face was. When he saw her crying hysterically, he felt as if something had penetrated his heart and he was struggling to breathe.
“Linnie, what’s wrong? Linnie?”
“Jack…” She mumbled, feeling lifeless. “I lost Jack. Why am I such a horrible mother? I couldn’t protect my daughter and I can’t even watch over my son now. How am I even qualified to be their mother?”
Madeline realized she might not have heard him when she was too busy missing Lillian.
She let out a sigh of relief. When she was about to ask why Jackson wanted cotton candy and balloons since he did not like them, she heard the little guy say seriously.
“Lily doesn’t have time to play with us today, so I’m buying her favorite cotton candy and balloons for her. She’ll be so happy when she sees them.”
Tears rolled down Madeline’s cheek immediately. She held Jackson and smiled in despair and relief.
The corners of Jeremy’s eyes were wet as well.
After a while, the atmosphere became less tense.
Jackson got into a bumper car happily while Madeline and Jeremy watched and waited for him patiently at one side.
Jeremy did not waste this chance to show Madeline the evidence he found. “Linnie, I found some clues to prove that Lily was not kidnapped by the human trafficker. Someone else kidnapped Lillian.”
Madeline did not want to talk to Jeremy, but after experiencing the helplessness of not being able to find Jackson just now, she was able to sympathize with Jeremy regarding his negligence.
She lowered her head to look at the screen. Then, she saw a woman who was dressed similar to her luring Lillian out of the shop from the footage that Jeremy had magnified.
She was still wondering which woman would do that when she spotted a peculiar detail.
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