Chapter 782
Layla was not a clueless child.
She glanced at the woman who followed her in with the corner of her eyes. She did not know this person at all, so why would she claim that the re was something she needed from Layla?
Layla relieved herself and swiftly pulled her pants back up.
“Don’t be nervous, Layla.
I’m not a badperson,” the woman immediately started talking once Layla was dressed.
“Iam sent by Elliot.”
Layla instantly lowered her defenses at the mention of Elliot.
Though she did not officially admit that Elliot was her father, he had been nice to her; at the very least, she believed that Elliot wouldn’t hurt her.
She sighed a breath of relief and said, “you scared me, Auntie!
Why did Elliot sent you here to look for me?
Why didn’t he just contact me directly?
I saw him just yesterday!”
Guilt flashed by the woman’s eyes.
“It’s more of an important matter and it’s peculiar, so he was worried that he might scare you if he talked to you directly; that’s why he told me to come instead.”
Layla was only beginning to lether guards down, but i mmediately became nervous again at the woman’s words.
“What kind of important and peculiar business do you have to say to a kidlike me?”
Layla enjoyed pretending to be an adult, but she had never forgotten the fact that she was a child.”
My momis in Bridgedale, but you can call her!
You can talk to my brother as well!”
In Layla’s mind, though her brother was the same ageas her, Hayden was already a mature individual.
The woman shook her head.
“You r mother doesn’t know about this. It’s about a crimson The look on Layla’s face instantly froze in response to the words.
‘Acrimson colored box?
‘Layla had received countless gifts on every special occasion and they were all wrapped i n boxes of different colors, so Layla couldn’t qu i teunderstand what the woman meant by ‘acrimson colored box ‘.
“There’s no rush, Layla.
The crimson box I’m talking about belongs to Elliot.
Did you and your brother take a crimson colored boxfrom his house before?”
Woman explained in details AKOJGP h Layla immediately remembered.
It was the crimson colored boxthat she had taken from Elliot’s study room when she went to his house.
In truth, her mother had been rather strict on educating them and stealing from someone’s home was absolutely forbidden; however, something ticked offin her head that daywhen she thought of what a dirtbag Elliot was for not raising her and her brother, and making her mother angry.
Hence, she took someth i ngof his on purpose as a punishment towards her.
She had been younger then and there wasn’t much she could do to Elli oteven if she wanted to,but she had never imagined that a boxthat she had randomly taken contained someth i ngthat important.
“Doyou remember it now, Layla?
The boxcontains something really important to Elliot.”
The woman noticed Layla looking away and instantly knew that there was something to it.
If Layla hadn’t seen or taken the box, she would have denied it right away.
Achild her agecould never hide what was truly on her mind.
Layla looked up and scanned the woman up and down.
Her brother had told her that the box contained something important to Elliot and that she was to keep it a secret.
None of them had mentioned it to their mother or mike that the boxwas buried under a tree in their yard.