Veronica Barlow said somewhat timidly, âWill the kidnappers ask for a lot of money? On TV, kidnappers kidnap children for money. If⦠If you donât have enough money, I can give you all my money. I⦠I still have the money my mother gave me. Iâll talk to the lawyer.
Heâll give it to me in advance and then we can save Mason.â
Enduring the pain, Rosalind Bush said, âThey⦠They have money to spend. Your money is nothing to them! Do you know who they are? Mason is so lucky to have them as parents!â
Veronica Barlow ignored Rosalind Bush and just looked at Grace earnestly. She did not know who Jason was, nor what status the Reed family had in Emerald City. All she knew was that they were people who were willing to save Mason!
Graceâs nose felt sore. She instantly took Veronica Barlow into her arms. âUncle Reed and I will prepare the money. Donât worry, Veronica.â
âIâm sorry⦠I⦠I didnât take good care of Mason!â sobbed Veronica Barlow. The girl who had viciously bared her teeth to her stepmother earlier seemed to be revealing her fear and sadness at last. Her little body trembled slightly in Graceâs arms.
âNo, I should be the one to apologize. I failed to recognize Mason,â said Grace. Mason was kidnapped not by chance. They knew that from the fact the kidnappers knew Mason was her and Jayâs flesh and blood.
Besides, the kidnappers had asked the Weiss family for the ransom and not the He family!
Mason was from the Reed family, so he was worth being kidnapped!!
âWho is it? Who found out before we did that Mason is our flesh and blood?â Grace suddenly thought of Secretary Wang, who was in prison.
âOnly Secretary Wang knows where the child is. Did Secretary Wang tell the kidnappers? Are the kidnappers⦠people Secretary Wang knows?â
Many questions ran through Graceâs mind.
Jason made Archer Barlow tell him how he previously adopted Mason. It turned out that Archer Barlow was willing to adopt Mason because someone gave him two million dollars to do so. Then, he went to the orphanage and adopted Mason as per the strangerâs instructions.
âThat⦠That man told me to take good care of him and⦠he said heâd pay me every September. He paid me last year, but he stopped⦠this yearâ¦â Archer Barlow said with a tremble.
Jason asked for Secretary Wangâs photo. At the sight of it, Archer Barlow immediately identified Secretary Wang to be the stranger who paid him!
âFind out who Secretary Wang has been having contact with over the years!â ordered Jason. He previously had people look up Secretary Wangâs whereabouts in recent years but not the people Secretary Wang had been in contact with.
The He familyâs living room was now being utilized as a space to carry out their search.
Archer Barlow and Rosalind Bush watched in horror.
Worried and remorseful, Veronica Barlow asked, âWill Mason be in danger? If only I had grabbed his hand. I⦠I want to help too, aunt Cummins. Tell me, what I can do to save Mason?â
Grace hugged Veronica Barlow as she sobbed. âYouâve done a good job. Youâre a good sister. Mason is lucky to have a sister like you. Donât worry, Mason will come back safe and sound. Iâm sure of it!â
She wanted her son back safe and sound no matter what! She owed that kid so muchâ¦
She had never even heard the little one, who was in her womb all those years ago, call her âMommyâ!