Female Novel
Chapter 1046
Chapter 1046 Going to the Island of Despair
Seeing that he had not rested for days, Old Master Crawford was worried for his grandson. He put asleeper sofa in Luke's bedroom.novelbin
Luke turned on the light, sat up, kept the bed, and walked out of the study.
He opened Tommy's bedroom door. There was a small orange night light next to the bed.
Ever since Bianca was abducted, the usually cheerful and playful boy had fallen silent and easily cried.He used to love to watch cartoons and eat snacks, but those could no longer pique his interest.
He would even wake up from his nightmares and look for Bianca.
Johann suggested that he put a nightlight next to Tommy's bed to soothe his emotions. After doing so,Tommy rarely woke up in the middle of the night.
Luke gently stepped inside and saw that Tommy had kicked the blanket onto the floor. He pressed hislips together and covered him again with the blanket. Bianca used to be the one to do that.
Bianca would wake up once or twice in the middle of the night to check on their children.
Tommy rolled over and mumbled in his sleep, "Mommy..."
Luke's body froze. He looked at his son.
Tommy did not wake up. His eyes were still closed. He was probably dreaming of Bianca.
"I miss you, Mommy," Tommy mumbled again. His voice shook as though he was going to cry.
Luke sighed. Remembering what Bianca used to do, he sat down on the bed next to Tommy and gentlypatted his back.
As expected, Tommy stopped sleep-talking and relaxed his furrowed brows.
Luke stared intently at Tommy's face. His usually chubby face had slimmed down a little.
If Bianca returned and saw Tommy like that, she would blame him for not taking good care of thechildren.
Luke continued to comfort Tommy for the next ten minutes. After that, he looked at Tommy's sleepingface once more, sighed, and left the room. He checked on Lanie and Rainie to make sure that they didnot kick the blanket away, then went to the study.
Sitting on the chair, he looked at the computer screen. In the past few days, he had been trying tosearch for Bianca as well as handling company matters.
He thought for a while and eventually decided to call Percy.
At three o'clock in the morning, Percy was already sleeping. He opened his eyes when the phone rang,paused for a while, and picked up his phone.
Seeing that the call was from Luke, he answered it, expecting good news." Have you found your wife?"He asked.
"No." Luke would inadvertently clench his fists whenever anyone mentioned Bianca. He would notforgive her abductors.
"Are you crazy? Why do you have to call me in the middle of the night? To think that I was having anice dream," Percy cursed. He glanced next to him, and Nina was not there.
"I want to go to the Island of Despair," Luke told him his decision.
"The Island of Despair? Didn't the Russian government take over that place? It's probably a barrenisland by now." Percy got out of the bed and walked out of the bedroom. As expected, he saw Ninasitting on the couch in the living room. She was hugging her legs, and she seemed lonely.
She was shocked when she saw him come out of the bedroom. When their eyes met, Percy could seethe panic and sadness in her eyes.
"I think that someone from the Island of Despair did it," Luke said.
"I don't think anyone from the Island of Despair got away..." Percy went up next to Nina and sat down.He thought that his good friend was overthinking.
The Russian government had arrested the important figures of the Island of Despair and imprisonedthem in the most secure prison in the country. Percy had caught those who tried to escape. As far ashe was concerned, the League of Shadows was no more.
Luke continued as though he did not listen to what Percy said. "Make preparations." "..." Percy wasspeechless. Luke seemed to want to ask him to go along as well. "Alright, I'll make arrangements, andwe'll leave the day after tomorrow. Don't do anything rash for now. I don't know if the Russian army isguarding the island. I'll inform the right people so that we won't be treated as intruders." "Mm, thankyou." It was rare that Luke said that. Then, he ended the call.
Percy was surprised. Did he mishear? The usually arrogant and ungrateful Luke would say "Thankyou" to him.
He thought that Luke would only say that to Bianca.
"Is there any news about Bea?" Nina was anxious to know about any updates on Bianca, but she hadto wait for Percy to finish the call.
"No." Percy tossed the phone aside and looked at her. "Luke wants to go to the Island of Despair. I'll begoing with him the day after tomorrow." "Mm." Nina was slightly disappointed that Bianca had not beenfound.
Percy could see the disappointment in her eyes. He was quite unhappy that Nina did not say anythingelse, as though she was not worried that he was going to the Island of Despair.
He had an awkward feeling in his mind. "Why are you sitting here?" "I can't sleep." Nina could feel hisanger and wondered what was going on.
A month ago, Percy had declared that he would spend the night with Nina.
At first, she was not used to it after living alone for so long. When he was not around, she would havesome freedom. Now that he went to her mansion every day after work, she was not very comfortablewith the sudden addition of another person in her private life, as though that person had affected hermood and living habits.
She could not feel at ease. The more she lived with Percy, the more depressed she was. After knowingthat Bianca had been abducted, her depression worsened, although she was used to being alone.
"Are you worried about Bianca?" Percy's tone softened when he saw the sadness in her eyes.
He knew that Nina had been friends with Bianca for many years. It was normal for her to worry abouther good friend.
Nina thought about it. Was her worry for Bianca keeping her up? That was not totally the case. Hergaze fell on Percy's face. The man was handsome, but he was not gentle, yet she could not say that he
was distant. One thing for sure was that he was very rich. He was the dream lover of many women in ACity.
She did not feel any joy living with him. Instead, she felt as though she was his prisoner.
Nina eventually figured out the reason why she could not sleep, but she dared not say it. She noddedand said, "Mm. It's been a week."
She thought that she was quite pitiful for not being able to tell the truth to Percy. He would not haveliked to hearthat.
If he heard what he did not want to hear, he might abuse her further.