Baby, I Found for You an Awesome Daddy

Charlotte and the little girl chatted outside for a while. Suddenly, a worker came over and knelt down in front of her without a word.

Both Charlotte and the little girl were scared by his actions. She immediately hid behind Charlotte and grabbed her sleeves. “Ms. Emerson…”

“Sir, what can I do for you?” Charlotte was very calm as she looked at the worker.

“My brother died. In that car. I went to the police station and asked. They said that it was an accident but I saw the tires of the car. There were  bullet holes in them!”

Trace of bullet holes.

Charlotte’s eyes widened.

“Ms. Emerson, I’m not asking you of anything but weren’t Mr. Fuller and his assistant in the car? That guy must be aiming for Mr. Fuller…”

Charlotte was silent for a long time before sighing helplessly. She reached out and tried to help him out but the man refused so she could only withdraw her hand. She held the little girl’s hand and said, “Let’s go.”

The workers reluctantly took a step forward but in the end, his eyes darkened and he didn’t try to stop them any further.

“Ms. Emerson, are we going to ignore him?”

“There’s nothing we can do about him,” Charlotte replied.

The little girl turned around to look at the man but finally she left with Charlotte.

However, even though that was the case, Charlotte did not forget about this matter. She immediately told Shane to see how he would handle and react to it.

But Shane just said, “Wait.”

Again?

What were they waiting for?

Charlotte was completely at a loss.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Peter was already able to get out of bed. He could walk but half of his eye was still swollen. Even so, the first thing he did was pick up his computer and work on the sofa.

Squeak-

Charlotte pushed open the door with a document in her hand. “Peter.”

“I’m here.” Peter looked up at her.

One half of his eye was swollen while the other half of his eye was bright and clear. Charlotte covered her mouth and laughed, “You look quite handsome like this.”

Peter scratched the back of her head and said, “Miss Charlotte, stop making fun of me. What can I do for you?”

“This.” Charlotte placed the document in front of him. “Help me upload this onto the orphanage website. I have to go to the police station with Shane right now so I can only ask for you and Zoe’s help.”

“Okay, don’t worry.” Peter took it.

The information said that the girl’s name was… None?

Peter was stunned. “Doesn’t she have a name?”

Charlotte shook her head. “The workers only said that they usually call her Olive, and the ‘father’ who brought her here and she herself also said so. I’ve asked for her real name but she said it was in the past. It’s good, the adoptive parents can name her anything they want.”

“That’s convenient.” That was all Peter could say.

A girl who was willing to give up her name. It seemed like her past life must be an unhappy one.

Soon, Charlotte and Shane arrived at the police station. After giving their statements and seeing the evidence, an officer wearing a black jacket brought the both of them into a private room.

“Someone tried to release this news online but I stopped it. I want to ask… Was it your idea or…”

“It’s none of my business,” Shane said bluntly.

The officer breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Then I’m relieved. I’ll ask them to block all related posts now.”

Shane nodded, but his eyes fell on one piece of evidence. “Were the aspergillus fungus natural or planted by someone else?”

“Mr. Fuller, aspergillus requires very harsh conditions to grow. Furthermore, if there were aspergillus present in the upstream, people downstream would’ve died a long time ago,” the official said thoughtfully without giving a clear answer.

“Okay.”

“Also, our forensic experts confirmed one of the people in the car had a knife. It was likely he tried to kill you but failed.”

There were two groups of people after him?

Charlotte couldn’t help but think of Mielle’s death. The first stab wasn’t fatal, she didn’t even notice it at all.

The two of them left the police station. They did gain some information, but it was the same as knowing nothing.

“Do you want to go back?” Shane asked her.

“Alright.”

“Don’t you want to go shopping?”

“Your injuries haven’t healed yet, why should we go shopping?” Charlotte grabbed his hand. There were still many red spots on his arms. It would be infected again if they stayed out for too long.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Shane withdrew his hand and said, “I’ll just disinfect the wound when we get back.”

However, Charlotte still shook her head. “I looked at the app yesterday. I found a few take-out places that looked pretty good. We can go back and order some.”

“It’s up to you.”

She smiled and wrapped her hands around his arms. Her face was filled with joy.

Shane leaned to one side to make it easier for her to grab his arm. As he passed the intersection, he suddenly heard a sharp sound of the engine backfiring. Charlotte walked forward oblivious to what happened but Shane noticed something was off.

How could someone start their engine at such a place?

It was a dead end, and there was no other road leading to the main road. Which meant the person was either coming to the police station or…

Shane pulled Charlotte back before she could take a step further.

A cloud of dust flew before her eyes. Countless specks of dust rained down causing her eyes to itch. She tried to rub her eyes but she could vaguely see the outline of a car.

After Shane pulled her 10 meters away from the car, he called the police to come out and investigate.

At this point, the car was on fire. It could explode anytime.

After all, the police station was not the fire bureau. In the face of a sudden disaster, they could only stand by and watch.

They didn’t have any professional equipment, even if they tried to put out the fire, it would be a death sentence.

“What…” Charlotte was so scared, her face turned pale.

Shane was silent, his cold eyes stared at the field of fire. The only way now was to wait or extinguish it. Then find out who the car belonged to and who was the victim.

The fire had spread wildly so Charlotte and Shane were brought to a safe place by the officer. He had also contacted the fire bureau as soon as possible and the firemen arrived soon.

There was no explosion. The firemen arrived very quickly because it was the police station that called them.

The fire was put out but the people inside had already been burned to death. The body was already charred black. Charlotte felt like vomiting at the sight. Her knees buckled and she leaned into Shane’s arms.

“Miss Charlotte is quite brave.” The officer felt like reminiscing his past as he looked at them. “It’s not the first time the police station was attacked. My wife met with a bomber once when she came. Many people died, the bomber was shot dead. She was sick for several days.”

“…” Charlotte grabbed Shane’s collar tightly as her body trembled. She was really scared.

Shane looked at the woman in his arms and said, “I won’t bring you here in the future.”

“It doesn’t matter.” She did not look up. “I want to be with you. We can go anywhere, even in places of pain and despair. I feel safe as long as I’m with you.”

Her words touched him. Shane gently placed his fingers behind her head and asked, “Are you ready?”

She nodded.

The officer shifted his gaze. He couldn’t help but think of his then-girlfriend, now, wife. It would be great if she was still here.

The body was carried out of the car by the police. After the autopsy was done, it was determined that the man was a labour worker. Although he was burned, it was obvious he was quite muscular and he had many injuries.

“Of course, we can’t exclude the possibility that this was an athlete,” the forensic doctor added.

“How could an athlete attack the police station?” The officer was speechless.

“It can’t be ruled out.”

The forensic experts seemed to be extremely stubborn. He wanted to control the situation.

Charlotte was a little afraid of him. Of course, she was more afraid of the body so she didn’t step forward.