Darling, Don’t Run Away! - Chapter 285

Seattle, Washington.

“Miss Lily? Miss Lily…??” Jamal searches the little girl at the back of the mansion. When he saw one of the maids who just pass by the garden, he immediately stops the maid.

“Wait, Jenna, did you see Miss Lily today?” he asked. A bit worry as he didn’t see either Lily or Alex today. Did something happen to those two kids? Why are they not in their room?

The maid named Jenna shakes her head before she squinted her eyes a little. “Oh, I think Miss Lily probably at the maze garden. She likes to plays there this past few days.” the girl said, and Jamal nodded before he says thanks to the maid.

Running to the maze garden, he keeps looking for those kids. It’ll be big trouble if Raymond or Brian found out that they went missing. But, thinking back how tight the security around the house, it’s quite impossible for someone to break in and kidnap them.

“Lily?? Miss Lily….?? Are you in here??” Jamal shouts out Lily’s name and not long after her head pops out from behind the bushes wall. “You’re looking for me?” Lily asked while blinks her eyes a few times.

Sighing in relief, Jamal put his hands on his chest. “Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you the whole morning. Oh, by the way, did you see Alex, Miss Lily?” he strides to her before Lily run to the bench and take a seat there. She is then signaling Jamal to sit beside her on the bench as he looks like he just finished the marathon.

“Alex is with me. We’re playing hide and seek. I think he’s still looking for me. Why are you looking so worried, Uncle Jay?” She lows her voice as she was asking Jamal to do so too. The truth is, she tries to repair some parts of Alex’s body. In this place where there’s no security camera is only at the maze garden and her mother’s secret base. Maybe because her mother requests it so when she was still alive.

But, because Kiera is still in sleeping mode, she can’t access to the brain room. She can’t always hide from the maid too since this little robot with her right now is not the real Alex. The robot doesn’t really know how to interact and show emotions as the real Alex.

If they got found out, she’d be in a lot more trouble. So, it’s best if she tries to find another place where there are fewer people, and she can generate a valid reason just like now.

“I’m actually a little worried about master Alex. He doesn’t eat much and talk less these past few days. Did he fall sick? Or do you know if anything is wrong with master Alex?” Jamal told Lily about his worries. Hoping that this little girl could give him some clue.

“Um…” Lily tap her finger on her chins. Try to find an excuse. It’s not that Alex did on purpose to eat lesser than he usually is, but he’s a robot! She needs to extract out the food on that robot’s stomach storage every time they’re done eating and clean it up after. About the robot talk less than usual is also because Lily set the program for him to not say unnecessary things to anyone.

It’s to protect from people to find out that he’s not the real Alex here. ‘Mm..what should I say…’

“Haa…Honestly, he’s telling me to keep it as a secret. But I think just telling you is okay.” Lily starts her white lies.

Hearing what Lily’s about to say, Jamal, turn his body slightly to her and ready to listen to the secret.

“Alex…he doesn’t really like to stay here. He said he misses his parents and um..you know..he’s a little bit under the weather lately. But don’t worry, Uncle Jay! I’ll cheer him up! He’ll return to himself soon. Just…don’t force him to eat much.” Lily put on a smile on her face and pat on Jamal’s arm.

Hoping that he’ll believe her.

A few seconds passed, and Jamal finally took a deep breath. “I feel sorry for master Alex too. But, I think he’ll reconnect with his family soon. So, miss Lily..” Jamal looks at the little girl before he pats on her hair.

“Please help me to cheer up on master Alex. At times like this, he needs a friend and a sister like you to lighten his mood.”

“Mm! You can count on me.” Lily said confidently and stayed with her cheerful face until Jamal went out from the maze garden. Once he’s gone, Lily drops her head lowered.

“Alex…come back home, hurry.” she mutter before going back to where the robot is lying around the ground. She’s not so good with mechanical stuff, but for a basic, at least she can handle it.

After done repairing the part that’s broken, Lily hide all the tools under the maze wall where people can’t find it. “Now, Sky…I need to work on your stupid code,” she grunts while walking out from the maze garden with the robot following her from behind.

….

Somewhere in a snowy mountain,

Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!

“Hey kid, could you shut up for a moment?!!” the guy who was stationed to guard him here, glaring at him with a murderous look.

Sky keeps ignoring the man as he is still clicking the pen on his hand. His brain keeps processing the same thought over and over again. Did he give Lily the code that she couldn’t break it? What if she can’t break it within the time he had?

What his plan after this? He needs to find out his own way out. Yes, he needs a plan B. All of the bank data is already in his hand, and it just a matter of time before he could plant his own virus and transfer the money to that weird guy account.

But, before that…does he really need to follow what that guy said? If Sky crosses that guy, will he be able to get out of here alive? Hmm…too many thoughts that running on his brain, and he can’t stay calm at all.

“Hey!!”

Bang!

The guy was shot in his head by the man who suddenly barges in his room. That guy who likes violence is none other than ‘the assistant.’ “Master Curtis wants to see you.”

“Do you have to kill him?” Sky asked and only looked at the guy’s blood, which already smeared the floor. ‘Ugh!..the smell is suffocating.’

“He’s an annoying bastard,” he replies it short and escorting Sky to Curtis’s private lounge. It’s almost dinner time and that Curtis likes to have dinner with Sky. He said he wants to adopt Sky as his son, which makes the little boy feel a bit uneasy.

Even though Sky is just a child, that child got a brain, and he can be a threat to his master. But, for now..it’s better to watch out with this kid action.

Sky did not say anything to the assistant guy and walk to the room where it has a long marble table in black color, and at the end of the table, there’s someone who’s smiling widely at him.

“Oh…my dear son~ come, hurry, come! Let’s eat together.” the man said as he was pointing his finger to the chair at the front of him.

Sky took a seat and looked at the cuisine on the table. There’s a weird lump of meat that caught his eyes, and the smell is not pleasant either.

“Oh? You wanna try a new recipe that I’ve cooked?” Curtis rolling her finger to the servant before someone slicing the meat and put it into Sky’s plate.

The smell is quite hard to ignore. “What is this?” Sky asked. He could guess that’s not any meat that he used to eat.

“Um…what’s the name of that girl again?” Curtis turns his head to his assistant before the man replies it instantly, “Laila, Master Curtis.”

“Ah~ Laila..so, I named the dished as ‘Laila grilled,’ hehehehe..” He laughed and sliced the meat on his plate before he chews it. Savor the taste.

“She’s so beautiful that I thought she might be yummy. I guess I was right. She’s so delicious. Come, son. Have a taste of her.” Curtis said again.

In Sky’s rational mental already shaken with fear and anxiety. Who wouldn’t be scared if someone said that he just grilled somebody and eat them??

“Thank you for your offer, dad..” Sky uses the word ‘dad’ to call Curtis. As he thought, Curtis likes it when he calls him dad. His eyes look shimmering.

“Yes, yes, yes, son! Eat, eat..”

“But I like seafood more. Oh! Look at those big prawns! I love it.” Sky grabs the fork on the table and stabs at the prawn on the plate. Luckily there are other dishes that he could eat other than that stinky meat.

“Oh?” Curtis looks dumbfounded, and he just stares at Sky, who eat the prawn so scrumptiously.

“You like seafood, huh?” He asked and rubbed his chin a little.

Nodded, Sky put on a cute smile on his face. ‘I’m not a cannibal like you, crazy monster!!’

“Hmm…I guess I could find some seafood stock for you. As long as you didn’t forget to make me rich.” Curtis said and enjoyed his dinner again.