Female Novel
Chapter 1361
The very thought of fruit was the furthest thing from his mind. All he could think about was the
overwhelming urge to see his daughter.
But before he could even respond, a thunderous explosion ripped through the air.
He stiffened, jolting upright from his seat.
"Hello?"
But there was no reply from the other end, the signal seemingly sliced clean through.
Augus bolted back to his car and sped towards the source of the call, following the signal that had led
his daughter to reach out to him. It didn't take long before the scene of the accident came into view.
Onlookers had already gathered, with reporters swarming the scene.novelbin
Two cars had collided, flames leaping high into the sky, making it impossible to discern the condition of
the occupants.
Augus felt as though he had been struck by lightning, his mind in a fog as he got out of the car. His
gaze fell to the ground, where a photograph lay at his feet.
The woman in the photo, the one he had been searching for so long, was smiling, but it was a smile
that seemed forced, a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. Behind her was an unfamiliar backdrop he
had never seen.
His heart felt like it had been hit by a stray bullet, his pupils constricting sharply.
This was the woman he loved.
This was her in the photograph.
He clenched the photo in his fist and made to run towards the blazing wreckage, but a crowd of people
blocked his path, and then, a second explosion rocked the vehicles.
The cheerful voice of his daughter echoed in his mind.
"Dad, what kind of fruit do you want?"
"I didn't want to come back, but I missed you."
"I'm on my way to see you."
As the flames engulfed the sky, something inside Augus seemed to puncture his soul, leaving him
feeling utterly drained.
He opened his mouth to speak, but words failed him.
After a long moment, he shakily took out his phone and dialed Dr. Herrington's number.
"Dr. Herrington, my daughter, she’s dead."
But it wasn't Dr. Herrington who answered; it was Maja.
"Dr. Herrington's been injured. There's been an accident, a shooting, and he's in the hospital. Can I
help you with something?"
Dr. Herrington sat quietly on a white hospital bed nearby, seemingly condoning Maja's overstepping.
"Maja, who's on the line?"
He was weakened by his gunshot wounds and soaked to the bone.
"I don't know."
Maja handed him the phone.
As Dr. Herrington took it and saw the caller ID, he knew instantly who it was.
"Mr. Sanders."
Augus was silent for a few seconds before he asked in a pained voice.
"Dr. Herrington, my daughter."
"Mr. Sanders, I took precautions to keep her from being targeted, switching between two cars. I never
imagined both would crash. I ended up in the water with gunmen waiting for me. As for your daughter,
I've lost contact, and it doesn’t look good. You might want to ask your eldest son or Judith. I didn't tell
you the truth this afternoon because I knew that if the real heir to the Sanders family returned, she'd
face insurmountable obstacles."
A vice seemed to grip Augus’s heart.
"At the very least, let me know the child's name."
"Jolin. Her name is Jolin. She was raised in Crystalbrook Valley, and her age was deliberately
understated by a few years."
Dr. Herrington spoke with a hint of a smile in his eyes, but through the phone screen, Augus couldn't
see it.
He just stood by the roadside, staring at the still-raging fire, feeling as if everything had fallen into
silence.
And after the silence came a boundless rage.
Overcome by shock, Augus fainted.
Dr. Herrington hung up and, with an unexpectedly kind gesture, arranged for someone to pick up
Augus.
Then he tossed the phone aside and looked at Maja indifferently.
Maja smiled at him, "What's wrong?"
Dr. Herrington chuckled lightly, tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
"Nothing at all."