Chapter 132
As soon as Haley spoke, everyoor froze as if struck by lighting
Even Haley herself was taken aback she hadn’t expected that in her rage, the would accidentally reveal the secret about saving someone.
Her Lace turned ashen, and she nervously glanced toward her parents for help
Logan and Evelyn’s expressions shifted drastically, but it was already too late to say anything. Todd and Nancy were just as shocked.
“You’re full of it.” Nancy snapped, glaring. “Do you really think we wouldn’t know who saved Alex?”
Todd turned to Alex, his face serious. “What’s going on here?”
Alex’s gaze flickered toward Ellie, his eyes uncertain. “Well, it’s not something I can explain in just a few words”
Ellie ut expressionless next to Nancy, her back stiff and t
lense.
Her hands, gripping the cushion, subconsciously tightened around it, her knuckles turning white..
There couldn’t be this many coincidences. Both Ellie and Haley, at their most naive age, had saved a young boy.
“It’s impossible!” Nancy blurted. “You saved Alex Do you have any proof!”
Nancy jumped up suddenly. “Without proof, the Warren family won’t acknowledge any of this”
Haley, seeing that Nancy wasn’t backing down and seemed ready to leave, grew more desperate. “Of course I have proof Alex himself confirmed it, and that’s why he’s been so nice to me.”
Haley turned to Alex, her voice rising in panic. “Alex, speak up! I sacrificed so much to save you, you can’t let everyone accuse me like this.
Alex’s deep eyes
locked on Ellie.
From the look in his eyes and the tone of his voice, it was as though he was speaking directly to Ellie. “When I was kidnapped, there was a girl who risked her life to save me.
“I took off the necklace I was wearing and gave it to her. I’ve checked, and the one Haley has is the same one”
Ellie remained stoic on the couch, but a storm was raging inside her.
Halley had saved Alex, and Alex had given Haley a
a necklace.
And the man Ellie had saved also gave her a necklace.
Not long after Ellie joined the Warren family, she had offered her own necklace to Haley. But Haley had refused, and the necklace had mysteriously disappeared.
Ellie hadn’t thought much of it at the time and hadn’t made an effort to look for it
Because deep down, she didn’t want to keep the necklace, nor did she want to see it again
Thinking back, when she first arrived at the Warren family, she never let anyone into her room except Haley.
Ellie raised her eyes calmly to meet Haley’s gaze.
The more uneasy Haley looked, the more unsettled Ellie felt.
The boy Ellie had saved that day was badly injured, covered in blood. She couldn’t make out his face, but it couldn’t have been Alex
It can’t be him,‘ Ellie thought, her mind spiraling into confusion.
“Where’s the proof? Show it to me,” Ellie said, watching Nancy reach out to Haley
ey for evidence, her heart pounding so violently it felt like it might leap out of her chest.
Haley hadn’t expected Alex to bring up the necklace. They had agreed that the secret of that necklace would remain between the two of them, with
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no third party knowing
In a panic, Haley glanced at Elle, then stubbornly lied. “I lost the proof, but Alex knows”
“Ellie,” Nancy noticed Ellie’s pale face, and quickly pulled her up. “Why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell!”
Elbe pressed her aching chest, her face growing unnaturally white. “I think I stayed up too late.
Nancy added, “If you want something out of this, bring the proof to the Warren family, and I’ll get you a check. With your kind of quality, dreaming of marrying Alex is just that, a dream.”
Noticing Ellie’s discomfort, Nancy wasn’t willing to waste any more time. She gave Todd and Alex a glance, then pulled Ellie out the door.
As soon as the Warren family members left, Evelyn hurriedly locked the door behind them.
In the suite, a loud slap rang out. Haley was struck hard by her father, the force of the blow leaving her dizzy and disoriented, her vision swimming.
Evelyn quickly stepped in front of Haley, confronting her husband. “Haley has been bullied like this, and you’re still able to hit her? How can you do
this?”
“idiot.” Logan growled. “You know full well that necklace has something to do with Ellie, and yet you still dared to say it in front of her. Where’s your
brain?”
Haley had already lost count of how many times she’d been slapped that night.
Her face was so swollen and bruised it couldn’t even be described as pitiful, and her sobs were even more terrifying to hear. Tve thrown that necklace away!
“No one except me and Alex has ever seen it. No matter how much Elle doubts it, she can’t catch me on anything”
Evelyn cut in. “This isn’t your home. With your face like this, how are you going to face anyone! Let’s get you to
you to the
“Enough, don’t say any more.” Evely hospital first.”
As the first light of dawn crept in, at the Warren Manor, Todd and Nancy sat on the couch, their faces serious.
sat across from them, clearly unsettled.
Alex slowly walked in, glanced at his parents, then at Ellie, and finally sat down beside her.
Ellie frowned and shifted to the side, creating some distance between them.
Alex tilted his head, has gaze darkening as he looked at the space between them.
Todd spoke seriously. “Alex, when you were kidnapped, it was Nolan who saved you, Why are you now saying it was Haley?”
Todd continued, “Also, why did Haley claim that saving you made her infertile?”
Alex’s eyes kept darting toward Ellie, his expression indecisive.
He hesitated for a long moment before finally speaking. “When I was kidnapped, I overheard the kidnappers on the phone saying the Warre family had called the police and they were planning to kill me.
“I managed to escape, and I was saved by a girl. Not only did she save me, but at a critical moment, she blocked a needle that was supposed to be injected into me.”
Alex continued, “I had a head injury, couldn’t see clearly, and was disoriented. I ripped the necklace off my neck and gave it to her, telling her to get me out of there.
“But when I woke up. I was in a hospital, and over a week had passed.”
Alex explained. The one who got me to the hospital and called the police was Nolan, but there was more than one person who saved me”
Todd’s face darkened. “Why didn’t you say anything earlier?”
Alex’s eyes flicked toward Ellie again, his gaze cloudy. “Because I made a promise to that girl, to go back and find her. I thought I could do it.”
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He went for several summers in a row.
Just as he had promised, he wore a white sh
shirt and carried a pink cartoon backpack
He stood at the south entrance of Industrial Park, waiting. He waited until the area was demolished and rebuilt, but the girl never came to pick up the backpack
Elle sat numb on the couch, fragments of memories flashing through her mind.
“Keep the necklace safe, take me out of here, and I’ll repay you the boy had said.
“I lost my backpack. My mom will scold me if she finds out. Can you buy me another one?” Ellie had asked.
“Don’t cry. Wait for me. I’ll get you the prettiest backpack, pink,” he had promised.
“Then you wear this outfit, carry the pink backpack, and wait for me by the big tree at the south gate. When I see the pink backpack, I know it’s you, she had told him.
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