Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Valda chuckled, “Don’t you think it would be a shame if your beautiful eyes didn’t get passed down to your children?”
“But me, I prefer looking into your eyes,” said Brian.
Valda felt a wave of sweetness in her heart. Although she thought her eyes were just ordinary, well…
this is probably what they mean by “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.
“If everyone was like me, then where would your genetic traits be displayed?” Valda said.
“Blood type, the child’s blood type, is the same as mine,” said
Brian.
Valda chuckled and then lowered her head, looking at the little baby in her arms. “I hope our Harley can open his eyes soon!”
She really wants to see what the baby looks like with its eyes open, and she also wants the baby to see her as its mommy as soon as possible.
On their way back, Jason and Grace brought up the Abbott family once again.
“I will expand the search range beyond Emerald City. The person who took Lawrence has not been found yet. If we can find that person, we should be able to locate Lawrence’s whereabouts.”
“Has the police found any leads?” Grace asked.
“There are some leads, but they are few. With just these leads, it’s not enough to find the person,”
Jason replied.
Grace sighed, “The Abbott family’s situation is also my responsibility. I knew Wilona had a gambling problem, but I didn’t really help her quit. As a result, she went to borrow from loan sharks and ended up like this.”
“This is her own problem, not yours. You don’t need to feel guilty about it. It’s like someone wants to use a kitchen knife to harm others. Should we blame the seller of the knife?” Jason said.
“Although that’s what you say, but…”
“Grace, this is Wilona’s own choice, not someone else’s forcing her. She chose this path herself. If you feel guilty about it, how many things in life will you feel guilty about? Maybe in the future, you will be afraid to do anything, even to be kind to others, for fear that they will become greedy like
Wilona. Isn’t that right?”
“We helped the Abbott family, but whether they choose to do good or bad with our help is their own choice. Since they made their choice, they should bear the consequences themselves,”
Jason comforted.
“I understand. I won’t dwell on it,” Grace said. “By the way, is Philip and William coming to Emerald City tomorrow?”
“Yes, tomorrow. They will be staying for about a week this time. I have arranged a hotel for them,”
Jason replied.
“William has arrived, and Jasper’s mood might improve a bit.” Over the years, the relationship between the two children has been deepening. Since their own two sons couldn’t help Jasper let go of
Lawrence’s matter, perhaps William could.
The next day, William arrived at the Reed family’s place as soon as he got off the plane.
“William.” As soon as Jasper saw William, he rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
For her, two friends are very important: Lawrence and William. Lawrence is currently missing, and she suddenly feels afraid that one day William might also go missing!
She doesn’t want to lose any more friends.
William hugged Jasper and said, “Sorry for coming to see you so late.”
After learning about Lawrence’s accident, he immediately wondered how she was doing.
But Deer Capital and Emerald City are so far away, and he couldn’t come by himself. So he could only comfort her through video calls and then ask his father to bring him to Emerald City.
In the video, he saw her looking sad and upset, but he couldn’t do anything except say some comforting words. He couldn’t hug her or stay with her all the time.
“William and Lawrence still haven’t been found,” Jasper choked up and said, “And… when he got into trouble, he once called me.”
This is also the most heartbreaking thing for her, she didn’t receive that phone call at the time.
If she answers the call, can she tell her mom and dad earlier and ask for their help to save Lawrence?
“This is not your fault, anyone can miss a phone call,” said
William.
Jasper choked up and said, “I want to find Lawrence. Mommy, Daddy, and the police have been looking for him, but they haven’t found him yet.”
“I will find out, and I will also ask my father for help,” said William.
“William, thank you,” said Jasper.
On that day, the Barlow family had dinner together with the Reed family, and after dinner, William accompanied Jasper to his room.
William noticed that on Jasper’s desk, there was a photo of
Lawrence and Jasper together.
She has very few photos with Lawrence, only a few, and this is one of them.
In this photo, she and Lawrence are looking at each other and smiling, both of them seem to be very happy.
Her smile was bright, while Lawrence, though a bit shy, smiled sweetly.
William looked at Lawrence in the photo, and the way Lawrence looked at Jasper with such affectionate eyes reminded him of himself. He must have looked at Jasper the same way.
He had a complex feeling that he couldn’t quite put into words when he found out Lawrence was missing.
Once, he had hoped that if Lawrence had never appeared in Jasper’s life, she wouldn’t have focused so much attention on him.
He doesn’t like how much Jasper cares about Lawrence, it makes him feel anxious as if Jasper might be taken away by Lawrence if things continue this way.
But despite seeing Jasper so sad and upset, he would rather have Lawrence there.
When she feels bad, he also feels bad, even worse than when
Lawrence is around her.
“By the way, have you visited Auntie Valda’s newborn baby?” William intentionally brought up a lighter topic.
Jasper shook his head and said, “Not yet. Mom and Dad have already gone to see the baby. They said we’ll have to wait until Auntie Valda is discharged from the hospital before we can go see the baby. It might take a few more days.”
“Then let’s go see the baby together when the time comes. I also want to see the little one,” said
William.
“Okay,” Jasper replied.
William intentionally shared some interesting stories and experiences he had in Deer Capital with
Jasper, hoping to distract her from constantly thinking about Lawrence and feeling guilty and sad.
Meanwhile, in the living room downstairs, Philip was chatting with the Reed family.
“I didn’t expect Lawrence, this child, to have such a big impact despite not knowing Jasper for long,”
said Philip.
“Yes, these two kids got along well, but we never expected this kind of outcome,” Grace sighed.
“If that child really died, it would be even harder for Jasper to accept. But now that he’s missing, it’s a silver lining in a bad situation, at least giving people some hope,” said Philip.
“Hope?” Jason said calmly, “They only knew each other for a few months. Jasper is still young. After five or ten years, she will eventually forget.”
“That’s true, but they were just friends who knew each other for a few months,” said Philip. “What about you guys? After the police stop searching, do you plan to continue looking for him?”
“We will,” Jason said. “We will increase manpower to search for at least a year. If we can’t find him within a year, then we’ll have to rely on luck.”
In other words, if no one can be found nationwide within a year, the chances of finding someone afterwards are very low.
“Anyway, we should go register at the place for finding missing persons. It’s just a pity that the police only have DNA data for the Abbott couple and not for Lawrence!” Grace said regretfully.
If there is DNA data available, the chances of finding Lawrence will be much higher as long as he is still alive.
After all, as time passes, the appearance of children at this age will also change significantly. Moreover, if Lawrence suffers from amnesia and forgets the past, it will be even more difficult to find him.
The DNA data, on the other hand, will not change no matter how many years have passed, making it a strong piece of evidence.
The three of them discussed some ways to find the missing person. Philip checked the time and realized it was already past 10 o’clock without him noticing.
“It’s getting late, William and I should go back,” said Philip.
“I’ll go call out William,” Grace stood up and walked towards her daughter’s room.
When she pushed open the door, she saw two children lying on the bed.
Jasper leaned against William’s chest, tears still streaking down her face, while William held her in a comforting embrace, as if consoling her from before.
Grace looked at the two children, and a soft expression crossed her eyes.
Their behavior reminded her of a situation from a few years ago. At that time, William had not yet returned to the Barlow family and was living with the Reed family. Jasper often slept with William and would sometimes bring him to her room or go to his room.
Sometimes fate can be so strange.
Before, she never imagined that one day Lily’s child would become friends with her own child.
Her imprisonment back then was all because of Lily’s selfishness.
And Lily ultimately got what she deserved for the past grudges of the previous generation. She only wanted to leave them in the past and not pass them on to the next generation.
Jasper and William getting along so well is actually really great, maybe it’s even some kind of destiny.
I hope William can really make his daughter happy.
Grace approached and gently tucked in the blankets for the two children before leaving the room.
Back downstairs, she turned to Philip and said, “William is asleep now, so I think we should let him spend the night here.”
“Asleep?” Philip raised his eyebrows and then smiled slightly. “Then I’ll trouble you to take care of