In the past, Samuel would have immediately registered his blunder and reacted accordingly. Then, this mistake would have been brushed over.
But at that moment, he stared at the guests among the benches.
They were either strangers or familiar faces. Their expressions differed from one another, but none of them belonged on the face he wanted to see.
At the next moment, he disregarded everyone’s shouts and rushed out of the church hall.
Samuel!”
“Samuel!”
Chapter 11
“Sam!”
+25 BONUS
Many people cried out to him in anger, sadness, or despair, but he did not look back. He ran out of the church hall. Yelena instinctively wanted to run after him, but her vision suddenly blacked out, and she fell.
Everything descended into chaos.
Samuel got into his car, rammed his foot down the gas pedal, and headed straight to the Foster family house.
His mind kept replaying Joy’s gaze this morning, the yellowing note the butler had handed him, and the guilty look in the butler’s eyes.
A bad feeling rose in his heart.
No. It could not be!
He did not even wait for the car to fully stop in front of the Foster family house before he headed in.
With just a few steps, he reached the second floor.
As quickly as possible, he went to Joy’s room and opened the door.
But she was nowhere to be found.
All of Joy’s belongings had disappeared as well!
Samuel’s expression froze, and he grabbed the nanny as she passed by. “Where’s Joy?”
The nanny was shocked, and she stammered, “M–Ms. Joy left with a luggage bag this morning…”
A luggage bag?
She left?
The bad feeling grew stronger. He shoved the nanny away and wanted to rush downstairs, only to find that Francis had returned.
And he was furious.
