Azalea smiled and high-fived each of them in celebration. “Mommy is fine! How about all of you? Were you scared?” The four children shook their heads in unison. “Not at all!”
“It was kinda fun!” North added.
“Very exciting, indeed.” Carter nodded.
“And it was interesting!” Blake echoed. And Terry cheered, ‘Can we do it again?” Olivia was speechless. “You want to do it again? I was so worried I was almost scared to death!”
Jewel laughed out loud at that. “They’re a bunch of little devils. What’s there to worry about? It’s the others who should be afraid when they meet them, right?”
Olivia, too, couldn’t help but laugh as she looked at the kids. Jewel then told Olivia to keep the children. company while she went and checked the situation outside.
After Olivia gave a hum of acknowledgment, she locked the car doors and gave Eugene, who had been waiting, a call. “We are done here.”
Eugene finally felt the tension ease when he heard those words. “Is everyone alright?” “Yup. The kids are fine too. They even found it exciting.”
“Heh. Let me talk to them, please.” Olivia proceeded to put the phone on speaker and handed it to North. “Tell me what Azalea told you.”
Eugene didn’t know whether to laugh at his son’s antics. “That’s the first thing you are asking me?” “Mhm!” “She told me to treat you better.”
North snorted. “I don’t believe it.”
“It’s true, though.” After thinking for a moment, North decided that it was just an act, and he didn’t want to argue with his father about it. He asked again, “When are you going to rescue her?”
“I was waiting for this call from you guys. I’ll make a move as soon as I know you are safe.” “Well then, be safe, Daddy. You don’t have to save save her. They’re all on her side anyway They won’t really hurt her.”
Eugene sighed in relief. “Yes, sir. Where is Carter and the rest of them? Why aren’t they saying anything?”
Olivia handed the phone to the Rogers siblings once again. “Daddy wants to talk to you.” The three of them only quietly looked at each other.
“Are you still holding a grudge?” Eugene asked. “Daddy was just acting with you at the kindergarten gate.”
Carter was the first to speak up. “We know, Daddy. We don’t hold grudges like that.” Blake added, “We’re all fine, and we weren’t scared at all.”
Terry nonchalantly huffed, “It wasn’t challenging at all.” Hearing those words made Eugene laugh. “That wasn’t challenging enough for you boys? Daddy almost had a heart attack! You should all go. back with Mommy first. Daddy will be back soon.”
Olivia couldn’t help but remind him, “Stay safe, Did you bring anyone with you?” Eugene replied, “I did, so rest assured. I’ll be home soon.”
“By the way, we have another scene to act out later, right? You have to be stuck between two choices to look like a man of deep affection!”
“Whatever you want, Olivia.” Eugene sighed indulgently. Olivia then hummed and hung up the phone. Meanwhile, a total of five men were all captured outside.
Olivia instructed Curtis to accompany them to the police station to handle the matter, while she, Jewel, and Shannon would bring the children back to Muse Peninsula.
Azalea and Cameron hid inside a container on a cargo ship. They were at an abandoned dock filled with containers similar to the one they were in.
They stared at Eugene who got out of the car in the distance in surprise. It turned out that he did come alone with a box in his hands. The sea breeze made him appear somewhat lonely as he strode toward them along the shore.
Cameron’s pupils contracted, and he stood up suddenly as he gawked at Azalea with a puzzled expression. “Eugene actually came to rescue you? Didn’t Olivia call him?”
Azalea, on the other hand, was overjoyed. “How could she not have called? I knew Eugene has feelings for me! See? He chose to come and save me at this critical moment. He only feels responsible for Olivia because they have children together. He truly loves me! Our feelings over the years can’t be fake, can they?”
Excited as she was, she remained oblivious to the gradually darkening expression on Cameron’s face. She continued to beckon to him, “Cameron! Hurry up and tie my hands and feet up. Make sure I look pitiful.”
