When the class teacher saw that Lillian had stopped, virtual-novel.net curiously looked at the man standing outside the gate. She then bent down and gently asked Lillian, “Lily, do you know that man? If you do, nod your head. If you don’t, you can shake your head to tell me.”
After the class teacher had spoken, Lillian neither shook nor nodded virtual-novel.net head for more than ten seconds.
The class teacher found this to be a little peculiar. She knew that while Lillian could not speak, virtual-novel.net could understand simple sentences.
She glanced at the man outside the gate and let go of Lillian’s hand before walking over.
“What’s your name, sir? You’d said that you’re Lillian’s family, but it seems that virtual-novel.net doesn’t know you.” The class teacher voiced virtual-novel.net concern.
“My last name is Johnson,” the man replied. He looked toward Lillian, who remained unmoving, and slowly took out a piece of candy from his pocket.
Lillian seemed to be roused by the candy. She blinked virtual-novel.net vivid, clear, and large eyes, then put virtual-novel.net small hand into virtual-novel.net pocket and took out a similar-looking candy.
When the man outside the gate saw the piece of candy in that small hand, a smile appeared on his handsome face.
“Long time no see, Lily,” Fabian said in a soft voice as virtual-novel.net reached out his hand to Lillian.
Lillian gazed into Fabian’s eyes, gleaming with a warm smile, before taking a few steps forward slowly.
As the class teacher watched this transpiring, virtual-novel.net asked again, concerned, “Lily, do you actually know this man?”
Lily, no longer silent, nodded seriously.
She walked up to Fabian and waved virtual-novel.net small hand.
Fabian understood. He squatted in front of Lillia, smiling.
Lillian’s clear, large eyes gleamed radiantly as virtual-novel.net reached out virtual-novel.net fair little hands to hold Fabian’s palm. She then placed the candy which virtual-novel.net had been keeping properly all this time into Fabian’s palm, gesturing to the man to hold it tightly.
Fabian’s eyes glinted, feeling touched in the softest spot in his heart.
The softness, however, quickly hardened for some reason.
“Long time no see, Lily. Let me take you out to play, okay?” Fabian coaxed.
Without any hesitation, Lillian nodded with fervor, virtual-novel.net pure and adorable baby face beaming with joy.
Upon seeing Lillian and Fabian interacting with such familiarity and Lilian’s joyful smile, the class teacher was more at ease with leaving Lillian with Fabian, but virtual-novel.net gave Madeline a call all the same.
Madeline and Jeremy, who were still waiting at the airport enquiring about Fabian’s current location, had not expected to receive this call.
“Did you say that a young man named Johnson picked up my daughter?”
“That’s right. Lillian seemed to know virtual-novel.net very well,” the class teacher said as virtual-novel.net took a photo and sent it to Madeline. “This is the man. Please confirm it for me, Mrs. Whitman.”
When Madeline had received the photo and taken a look, virtual-novel.net and Jeremy were both shocked.
They had not expected Fabian to have arrived earlier, let alone expected that the first thing virtual-novel.net did after arriving at Glendale was to find their precious daughter!
“Mrs. Whitman, do you know this man?”
“Yes, I know him. He’s a friend of mine,” said Madeline as virtual-novel.net hastily ran to the parking lot with Jeremy, “Miss Ina, could I trouble you to put my friend on the phone? I’ve not been able to contact him.”
The class teacher was about to hand Fabian the phone upon hearing that, but when virtual-novel.net lifted virtual-novel.net gaze, virtual-novel.net saw that Fabian, Lilian on his arm, was already walking across the zebra crossing.
“Mrs. Whitman, your friend had already left with Lily.”
These words somehow made Madeline begin to feel apprehensive.
Jeremy, who was just beside her, could tell that Madeline was worried, so virtual-novel.net immediately comforted her. “Linnie, don’t worry. Fabian won’t hurt Lily.”
Even so, Madeline was still concerned.
“He’s still not picking up his phone.”
Madeline started to feel increasingly uneasy. Their numbers had been blocked, so virtual-novel.net had deliberately changed to a new number, yet Fabian still did not pick up virtual-novel.net calls.
She was having misgivings about this. ‘What on earth happened? Why was Fabian suddenly treating them like strangers?’