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Oscar’s words went nowhere. Neither Lily nor Owen took him seriously.
They always stuck together, acting like Oscar was too uptight, too soft. Anything he said, they either ignored or brushed off.
Oscar could feel it. His expression darkened, but there wasn’t much he could do.
By now, hotel staff had searched every inch of the dressing and changing rooms. And yet somehow, a three–year–old child had seemingly vanished into thin air.
With nowhere else to look, everyone turned their attention to the one person who’d been in the room the entire time–Yunice.
“I didn’t see any kid,” Yunice said calmly. Then after a beat, she added, “Unless he came in while I was in the changing room and left before 1
got back?”
The boy’s mother stormed up to her. “Security shows he never left. Don’t lie–you must’ve seen him. Did you hide my son on purpose?”
Yunice raised an eyebrow. “Hide him? You just said he came in and never left. I haven’t left either. You already searched the whole place–there’s no one else here. What do you think I did, make him vanish into thin air?”
If something had really happened to the boy, there would’ve been signs–blood, a body, something.
She casually spun a small trinket on the vanity and said. “Why are you all still standing here? If your kid’s missing, shouldn’t someone have called the cops by now?”
The woman dropped to her knees in front of her. “What’s the point of calling the police?” she cried. “You’re part of the Cooper family! I know who you are–Mrs. Cooper. My husband. offended your husband, and now you’re taking it out on me–on my child. Please, if you’re angry, punish me. Just don’t hurt him. He didn’t do anything. Just please, let my baby go!”
Yunice adjusted her seat, looking utterly unbothered:
Owen grew impatient. “Can you just answer the question? Did you take the kid or not?”
Oscar cut in sharply. “Come on. The room’s not even big enough to hide a child. And doesn’t anyone else think it’s strange she didn’t even consider calling the front desk? She jumped straight to blaming Yunice.” He turned to her, suspicious. “Even your husband might not know the full story between Yunice and Wyatt. So how do you know?”
The woman stiffened. “Word gets around. Someone told me.”
Yunice glanced at her coldly. “Let me guess–Elsie?”
Owen looked like he was about to jump in to defend Elsie, but Yunice cut him off. “Save it. Don’t
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But he handed Elsie 700 grand? Just like that? Sure, he said it was a loan–but who knows if he ever got that money back? Or if he even could?
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