"Oh… your Daddy must be very happy, right?" Ben was extremely moved. "If my son could be as exceptional as Hayden when he grows up, and if he could protect me like Hayden, I would be touched to death!"Layla said, "Uncle Ben, your son surely won't be as great as Hayden! My brother is the world's greatest person."Ben's smile stiffened on his face.Layla continued, "Unless Hayden dies, then will your son be the greatest person, because by then even Daddy would be dead, too."What Layla meant was that her father and brother were the greatest men on earth.Ben said, "Layla, it's New Year's, don't talk about death!""Hey! Can you two stop talking about such macabre things?" Lilith immediately said. "Can't you just pray that I'm pregnant with a daughter? I don't want a son!"Ben was speechless.Layla giggled. "Aunt Lilith, you surely have a girl in your tummy."Lilith was delighted when she heard that. "How do you know?"Layla said, "Hehe! I'm just talking nonsense! I'll tell you

"Who's looking after who right now!" Mike teased. "How is your investigation coming along? Have you gotten any evidence yet?""I've gotten Juliet's phone, I've also got her sim card." Elliot recounted what he did these past few days. "But it's a pity I didn't find any leads on Ivy. Juliet seemed to have the maturity and meticulousness of someone beyond her age.""What on earth is she thinking? She bought other people's children, yet she doesn't return the child to them. Technically speaking, she did not seem to be the type of person who would torture children. Raising children takes up a lot of money! Didn't that burden scare her?""The rich and poor both have their ways of raising children. With the poor, as long as the child didn't starve to death that would be enough." When Elliot found out that it had been Juliet who had purchased Ivy, the worry he felt lessened. From what he understood of Juliet, she was not the type that would mistreat a child."Juliet went to college in Ar

"Let's have a meal. Bring your son, too. We'll talk then," Nick said. "Should I call Edward and Ted, too? They are at home!""Since they are home, get them to come, too." Elliot knew that this meeting was unavoidable."Sure, then let's meet tonight!" After Nick settled on the time, he asked, "Send me a list of the types of food that your son likes. This is his first time at my place, I'll be sure to treat him well." "Hmm."After the call, Elliot sent the menu that Avery had sent to him the day before yesterday to Nick.Then, he sent a message to Avery. [I've decided to take Hayden to Nick's place to have dinner tonight. It's just a meal. I won't do anything else.][You might not do anything else, but are you sure they won't want to do anything? This is a setup. Discuss it with Mike and Hayden. You can't go unprepared.][Hmm.]After responding to Avery, Elliot went to Mike's room. Before entering Mike's room, he gently knocked on the door.Before he could wait for Mike to resp

"My! Hayden is already so big!" Edward looked at Hayden with a wide smile. "Hayden, you're almost as tall as your father!""You sure are growing up fast!" Nick lamented. "The last time I saw you, you were much smaller."Ted said, "Elliot, is your daughter that tall too? He is taller than me!""My daughter is a little shorter," Elliot said, "but she is still taller than you.""Hahaha! What good genes! Elliot is tall, Avery is not short either," Nick said with a smile, welcoming them into his place. "Did you buy these gifts in the afternoon when you went shopping?"Nick had called Elliot that afternoon, asking him to come over, Elliot had told him that he was out shopping."Hmm. Hayden isn't too familiar with this place, so I took him around." Elliot and Hayden entered Nick's place together.After changing their shoes, they headed to the dining area."You all should spend a few more days here since you're here! Come over to my place tomorrow. I'll treat you all to a meal," Edward

"Go on, then!" Hayden interrupted Nick and pulled out a small remote control from his pocket, before showing it to them. "We can all die together! At least I won't be lonely."Edward's eyes widened as he stared at Hayden's hand.Nick's and Ted's eyes grew wide, and they stared at Hayden."Wh- What is that?!" Ted had a bad feeling about it."What does that control?" Nick asked.Elliot, too, could not help but ask, "Hayden, what is that?"The other three turned to stare at Elliot when they heard his question. Elliot did not seem to know what Hayden was holding despite the two of them being on the same side."This controls surface-to-surface missiles. I bought three missiles," Hayden said.Nick, Edward, and Ted all remained quiet."You bought it from the Ylore military force?" Elliot asked thoughtfully."Yes! They sold them to me because I paid them enough," Hayden said confidently before turning to look at Edward. "Your house is on Locust Road, right? I've looked into it and yo