A clear voice was heard. They saw Emmeline standing there with tears flowing down her face.

“Emma…” Abel and Benjamin were stunned.

Emmeline looked fragile and determined at the same time.

“I’m okay now. Both of you, please leave.”

Abel kept quiet.

“Emma, wake up! Don’t be silly.” Benjamin said.

“I said that’s my business!” Emmeline cried. She missed Timothy very much. She wouldn’t listen to anyone including herself.

This is weird. Abel stepped forward to hold her hands when he saw her tremble. She turned around and dodged.

“Please leave. Don’t bother me.”

She left and the two men looked at each other in dismay.

“Mr. Benjamin, just as she said. We will solve our problems by ourselves. Please don’t meddle in our business.”

Don’t meddle? What would I tell Master Adelmar if anything happened to Emma?

“Lastly, Mr. Benjamin,” Abel cleared his voice with a cough. “I truly love Emmeline. I will not give her up no matter how difficult the situation is. It’s no use fighting with me!”

Abel left the platform leaving Benjamin to think of his words.

He would not give Emmeline up?

Benjamin felt a pain in his heart.

—

The next day, Timothy begged Abel to let him meet Kendra.

Abel made a call to Emmeline to invite her too. She accepted the invitation.

Emmeline and Timothy bought a large amount of milk powder and some baby supplies at the supermarket. Abel helped them to put them in the car.

They reached Kendra’s neighborhood after 40 minutes.

Timothy was excited looking at the door full of advertisements. He knocked on the door, “Auntie, auntie. I’m Timothy. I came to visit you and the baby.”

Not a sound was heard.

Abel knocked this time, “Ms. Kendra, are you home?”

No one answered.

When Emmeline was about to knock. The opposite neighbor’s door opened.

“Are you guys looking for Kendra?”

Emmeline nodded, “Yes. She’s not at home?”

“She divorced her husband yesterday and she left. She only brought along her child with her. Such a shame for a nice girl like her,” the neighbor said.

“Divorced? It has only been one day.” Emmeline was shocked.

“This should happen earlier. Marrying a peasant would be better than marrying him.”

“Do you know where she went?” Abel asked. He felt unpleasant as he thought of the baby. He thought of donating some money to help her get through.

The neighbor shook his head, “I don’t know. I only knew she was from the villages.”

“Which village?” Emmeline asked.

“It’s… the Brookwater Village.”

Emmeline frowned. Brookwater Village? That’s a remote village. She made a living there when was kicked out by the Louise family until she gave birth to the triplets and met Robert.

Emmeline politely thanked the neighbor.

Timothy pouted after the neighbor closed the door. He was upset.

“How could Auntie Kendra leave just like that?”

“Maybe she wanted to leave this family badly, but it was rushed.”

“Let’s go. We’ll discuss the village later,” Abel said.

Emmeline agreed as they couldn’t do anything about it.

“Let’s go home.” Timothy agreed too.