Chapter 8 All Alone

• “Why aren't you driving? Isn't Nicolette waiting for you?” Kathleen asked coldly.
• Samuel had wanted Kathleen to take the front passenger seat, but he changed his mind when he heard what she said and started the engine.
• Neither of them spoke a word on the way home.
• The atmosphere in the car crackled with tension.
• Samuel felt that it was all Kathleen's fault.
• If she had behaved like she was before, they would not have argued.
• Halfway through the journey, Samuel's phone rang.
• It was Nicolette again.
• “What did you say? I'll go over immediately.” Samuel suddenly stopped the car and turned to Kathleen. “Get down. I'll ask Tyson to come and take you home.”
• Kathleen refused to move.
• “Get down.”
• “It's almost twelve. Are you going to leave a girl here all by herself?” Kathleen's heart wrenched.
• “Tyson will be here in five minutes.”
• Kathleen felt a sickening lurch in her heart. Her face was drained of color.
• Biting her lip, she got out of the car.
• “Five minutes. Tyson will be here soon. Wait here,” Samuel said.
• Kathleen lowered her head and kept quiet.
• She had nothing to say to Samuel anymore.
• Even if Samuel did not have any feelings for her, he should know that it was not safe to leave a girl by the road at this hour.
• Yet he had chosen to leave her by the road.
• Samuel glanced at Kathleen. For some reason, he felt awful seeing her head hung low.
• Just then, his phone rang again.
• Nicolette needed him now.
• Without hesitation, Samuel drove away.
• Tears ran down Kathleen's cheeks, falling to the ground.
• Five minutes later, Tyson arrived to pick her up.
• However, there was no one on the road.
• Where is Mrs. Macari?
• Tyson tried to call Kathleen.
• However, no one answered the phone.
• Sensing that something was not right, Tyson quickly gave Samuel a call.
• “Did you find her? Remember to send her home safely. If she's hungry, ask—” Samuel started talking the minute he picked up Tyson's call.
• “Mr. Macari, Mrs. Macari is missing,” Tyson said in a quavering voice.
• “Missing?” Samuel frowned.
• “Yes. There's no one on the road. I tried calling Mrs. Macari, but no one answered the phone.” Tyson was starting to feel nervous.
• “Send some men to look for her. You must find her no matter what,” Samuel bellowed.
• What should I do if something happens to her?
• “Okay.” Tyson hung up the phone and ordered some men to search for Kathleen with him.
• However, they could not find her within a ten-kilometer radius.
• Tyson checked the surveillance cameras and got the shock of his life.
• Indeed, Kathleen had met with a bad guy.
• A man who appeared to be drunk had dragged her into an alley.
• Tyson's face turned ashen, and he called Samuel immediately.
• Stunned, Samuel said, “I'll be right there.”
• He stood up and was about to leave when Nicolette tugged at his sleeve. “Samuel, what's the matter?”
• “Something happened to Kathleen.”
• “Something happened to Kathleen?” Nicolette pursed her lips. “Is she deliberately causing trouble because she doesn't want to divorce you?”
• “No.” Samuel was very sure that it was not planned by Kathleen. He knew her to be a very simple person.
• “All right, then. Go quickly and come back soon. I'll wait for you,” Nicolette said.
• Samuel nodded and walked out.
• Nicolette bit her lip. Kathleen, you're really scheming, but it's no use. Samuel is mine.
• Samuel rushed to the scene where Kathleen had gone missing.
• Tyson handed a phone to him. “Mr. Macari, this is Mrs. Macari's phone. There's blood on it.”
• A chill ran down Samuel's spine. “Go find her! I want her dead or alive!”
• “Understood!” Tyson nodded and immediately ordered his men to search again.
• Samuel's knuckles whitened as he gripped Kathleen's phone. He prayed hard that nothing had happened to her.
• “Oh my god!” Gemma Young was shocked to see Benjamin Young carrying a girl, who was smeared with blood, into the house.
• “Stop talking nonsense! Move aside!” Benjamin growled.
• Gemma quickly moved to one side as Benjamin placed Kathleen on the couch.
• Gemma walked over. “Isn't she... Kathleen?”
• “Yes. Bring me a towel.” Benjamin's eyes were fixed on Kathleen.
• “Okay.” Gemma went to the bathroom and handed a wet towel to Benjamin. “Benjamin, what happened?”
• “I was on my way here to look for you when I saw a drunkard harassing a girl. I only realized that she was Kathleen after I saved her.” Benjamin helped Kathleen wipe her face.
• “Why is there blood?” Gemma frowned.
• “It belongs to the drunkard. She's not hurt.”
• Gemma folded her arms. “Benjamin, shouldn't you send her to the hospital?”
• “She asked me not to send her to the hospital before she passed out.”
• “Why?” Gemma did not understand at all.
• “How would I know?” Benjamin shrugged. “I'll leave her with you. I'm leaving.”
• “Benjamin, where are you going? You have blood all over you. Will someone call the police if they see you in this state?” Gemma was worried about her brother.
• “I am the police. Who are they going to call? I'm going to the police station to check who her family is and give them a call.”
• Gemma's face darkened. “Does she still have any family? She's like us. Our parents are no longer around.”
• “I'll still have to check.”
• Kathleen had muttered the name “Sam” when she was conscious.
• Benjamin thought Sam must be her family, possibly her boyfriend.
• They had not seen each other for so long. Benjamin was not surprised that she now had a boyfriend. However, he was a little heartbroken.
• Benjamin left after instructing Gemma, “If Kathleen wakes up, ask her who else is there in her family. Give them a call and get them to pick her up. If she refuses to say, leave her alone. Don't force her.”
• Gemma looked at Kathleen's ashen face and sighed.
• She was wiping Kathleen's face with a towel when Kathleen opened her eyes.
• “You're awake.” Gemma sounded relieved.
• Stunned, Kathleen looked at Gemma in a daze. “Gem?”
• “Oh, you still remember me? I thought you've forgotten about me ever since you were adopted by the Macari family,” Gemma teased.
• Kathleen paused for a while. “I wasn't adopted by the Macari family.”
• “Whatever it is, I'm glad that you're awake. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?” Gemma started to examine Kathleen.
• It had been so many years, and Kathleen was still as beautiful as before.
• “I'm feeling fine. Where is this place?” Kathleen pursed her lips.
• “My house. My brother saved you. He asked me to call your family once you're awake, in case they get worried.”
• Kathleen looked up in bewilderment. “I don't have any family.”
• She would have nothing after she divorced Samuel.
• Gemma said wistfully, “That's right. We have no family. We are all alone now.”
• “You still have Benjamin,” Kathleen corrected her.
• Gemma sighed. “Oh, do you want to give the Macari family a call?”
• Call the Macari family? What will Samuel do if he knows about it?
• Kathleen was put in a spot. If Diana and Wynnie knew that Samuel had left her alone late at night, and she had almost been molested by a drunkard, Diana would know that Samuel had gone to look for Nicolette.
• It would incur Samuel's wrath.