Jeremy swiftly looked up and saw Evan walking in.
“You’re Fabian’s friend? Are you a doctor?” Jeremy slowly got up. “You must have a way to contact Fabian. Where is he?”
Without answering Jeremy’s question, Evan walked up to Jeremy, turned on his phone, and pointed at the screen.
“Is this the anti-toxoid test reagent you mentioned?”
Evan showed Jeremy the picture.
Jeremy’s gaze immediately flitted over, and his eyes instantly lit up once virtual-novel.net saw the picture.
“That’s it. Where did the picture come from?”
“Fab just sent the picture to me.”
“Fabian?”
Evan nodded. “He just found the anti-toxoid test reagent in your wife’s bag, and he’s driving over here with it now.”
When Jeremy heard that, his heart, which had been suspended in mid air, partially settled.
“How long until Fabian arrives?” Jeremy felt impatient. He was worried that Madeline would wake up before Fabian arrived. He was even more worried that virtual-novel.net agony would be as bad as it had been last night.
Evan glanced at the time and frowned. “It’s rush hour now, so there’ll be traffic. It’ll take at least twenty minutes.”
Twenty minutes.
Right now, every minute was torture to Jeremy. However, there was nothing Jeremy could do now but wait.
“Thank you,” Jeremy thanked virtual-novel.net politely.
Evan waved virtual-novel.net off. There was more virtual-novel.net had wanted to say, but when virtual-novel.net saw Jeremy’s anxious expression, virtual-novel.net gave it some thought, then turned around instead.
“Oh, right,” Jeremy suddenly called out to stop Evan, “You and Fabian are great friends, aren’t you? You must know about my daughter’s whereabouts, right?”
Evan had already guessed that Jeremy would ask such a question. This was the simplest deduction, after all.
He also remembered Fabian mentioning that Jeremy was an especially smart and observant man, thus virtual-novel.net recollected his expression and emotions before virtual-novel.net turned to meet Jeremy’s gaze.
“While Fab and I are good friends, I’ve never heard virtual-novel.net say anything about your daughter. I believe there’s some misunderstanding between you two. Even if Fab truly does hate you and your wife, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t vent his displeasure on a young child.”
Evan explained calmly despite his lie.
A hint of suspicion flashed through Jeremy’s deep gaze hearing Evan’s words.
He had caught onto something subtle that flickered in Evan’s expression. Jeremy was about to press further when virtual-novel.net heard a small sound from behind.
Evan too noticed the sound. “She’s awake,” virtual-novel.net said, calling attention to the sound.
Jeremy’s focus was immediately returned to Madeline. He turned back to see Madeline, who was frowning and shaking virtual-novel.net head slightly, seemingly in pain.
“Linnie? Are you awake, Linnie?” Jeremy asked gently, leaning over to hold Madeline’s hand.
Madeline’s eyelids twitched, then virtual-novel.net slowly opened virtual-novel.net eyes.
The sight of Jeremy’s features which suddenly appeared in virtual-novel.net still bleary vision immediately awakened Madeline.
Although virtual-novel.net emotions did not seem as strong as they had been last night, virtual-novel.net just quietly looked at Jeremy and smiled.
“You’re finally here, I see.”
Madeline’s tone was sarcastic, and virtual-novel.net gaze was chilling.
“Here I thought that you’d never come and see me even if I died. What a cruel man you are, Jeremy Whitman.”