Chapter 263: Chapter 264

Chapter 264 She Gave Up Everything

Nolan, standing by the door, immediately turned around to look at her. “What did you just say?”

Colette lifted up the small bear–shaped telephone watch. Tears streamed down her face. “This is the

watch I gave to Peytie the night before your engagement. When we were kids, I promised her that if

she came in first place, I would give her the latest model watch of that year. But that year, I left. This is

my attempt to make up for what I should have given her.”

Colette placed the phone watch on her chest. “Peytie must have come already. She doesn’t want the

phone watch, and she doesn’t want me as her mother. It’s my fault. It’s all my fault.”

Nolan had already run out.

The large hospital was bustling with people. He couldn’t find the person he had been longing to see.

“Peytie!”

Nolan shouted Peyton’s name loudly, but no one responded.

Lucian walked up to his side and said, “Mr. Dalton, I have found out. The person who took the watch is

a hospital janitor. She said someone gave her money to do it. Mrs. Dalton did not come.”

Nolan’s heart sank slowly. Peyton didn’t even come to take a look at the seriously ill Colette. Obviously,

she had already let go of this family bond.

Can she even let go of her own biological mother? What about him?

Nolan felt his head spinning uncontrollably. His body was swaying, about to collapse.

Lucian reached out and grabbed his hand. “Mr. Dalton, are you okay?”

Nolan held back his heartache and said, “Lucian, Peytie didn’t want me anymore.”

Some raindrops fell from the sky. Nolan refused Lucian’s help. He walked aimlessly, taking deep and

shallow steps towards the front.

The cold wind mixed with raindrops blew fiercely towards him. Nolan took a few steps and suddenly

turned around.

“I knew it!”

“What?”

“No matter it was a plane or a high–speed train, as long as Peytie buys a ticket, I would be able to

know it immediately. And I had people set up checkpoints at all the highway intersections for

inspection. She wouldn’t put herself in danger.”

Lucian looked at Nolan. “Mr. Dalton, so what you mean is…”

“She traveled by water!”

Nolan’s eyes brightened a little. “Hiding a person in an outbound cargo ship is as simple as it gets.”

Lucian frowned. “But Aelford Port is now one of the top three ports in the world. There are so many

cargo ships coming and going every day. It won’t be easy to find it. And there are also international

cargo ships.

docking for supplies. Even if we obtain a proper search warrant, it will still take a lot of time to search

each ship one by one.”

“Print out the data of all the cargo ships in the past seven days.

Departures. Arrivals. Even if it’s just someone passing by to have a drink of water, make sure to record

it in detail for me!”

“Yes.”

Nolan seemed to have found his direction. He clenched his fist and thought, “Peytie, I won’t let you get

away!”

At this moment, Kevin had already finished all the preparations. Kevin stuffed Dawn into the cat carrier

and said with a faint smile, “Peyton, let’s go.”

Peyton stared at the cherry blossom tree in a daze. “Wasn’t it supposed to be two more days? Why did

it suddenly change?”

“Leave early, have peace of mind.”

Kevin looked at her gently. “What’s wrong, Peyton? Do you have any more wishes?”

Peyton shook his head. “No. I have already said goodbye to the person who should bid farewell. Let’s

go.”

Kevin knew what she was thinking. After all, it was her homeland

where she had spent so many years. They didn’t know when they

would come back. Moreover, she hadn’t found out who that person was yet. She always had some

concerns about this matter.

“Okay.”

Kevin carried Awn’s toy and went out. Peyton stood at the intersection and looked in one direction.

That was the Schmitt’s home. She saw the tall plum tree.

“Do you want to say goodbye?”

“No need. I didn’t want to complicate matters.”

Once she went to the Schmitt’s home, Nolan naturally knew her whereabouts.

Peyton slowly averted his gaze, silently saying goodbye in his heart, and then got on the car.

The car slowly drove into the street. Peyton gazed at the scenery she had seen for so many years. Her

mood was complicated.

Seeing her gloomy expression, Kevin comforted softly, “Peyton, wait for me a moment. I’ll go to the

Jaymson’s to buy some snacks.”

“You remembered my preferences.”

have never forgotten the things you liked.”

Kevin got off the car and hurriedly walked into the alley.

Due to being in a hurry, he left in a rush and accidentally bumped into someone. His car keys fell down.

The red ball hanging on the car key scattered and rolled along the cobblestone road to the side of a

pair of shiny leather shoes.