Once Bitten, Twice Shy


426 Gone Forever

Half an hour later, the car arrived at a pier where a speedboat was docked.

The three of them got out of the car and onto the speedboat.

The driver drove the speedboat towards the center of the sea, setting off waves upon waves of water behind them.

Samantha glanced at Timothy from the side. He was calm as usual, but Samantha was feeling vigilant.

There was a nagging feeling that things were going too smoothly.

As they gradually reached the center of the sea, they spotted a medium-sized yacht floating there from a distance. The speedboat approached the yacht and stopped there.

The driver turned his head to look at them and said, “Your son is on the yacht.”

He implied that that was as far as he would send them.

Timothy looked up slightly and pulled Samantha up.

Samantha said solemnly, “Timothy, be careful…it might be a trap.”

Of all the places they could arrange for Matthew to be picked up, they just had to do so in the middle of an ocean…

Timothy held her hand and smiled. “Don’t worry. Donald will do as he has promised me. Matthew will be waiting for us on the yacht.”

There was nothing Samantha could say to refute him.

Indeed, even if there was a sea of flames ahead of her, she would have to go up as long as Matthew was there.

She curled her lips and said, “Let’s go then.”

Timothy boarded the yacht with Samantha and went to the deck.

There was a small sofa on the deck and Samantha immediately saw Matthew’s small body lying on it. Her chest tightened and she ran over in a few strides

Matthew’s familiar little face came into view and Samantha’s eyes instantly turned red.

She had her misgivings initially, but she did not expect that Donald would give the child back to her…

Samantha crouched down and called out softly to Matthew, “Matt. Hey, Matt…”

She shouted several times but Matthew remained asleep and did not wake up. Her expression changed slightly and she asked hurriedly, “Timothy, take a look at him! Matt isn’t responding!”

Samantha could not help but panic.

Timothy stepped forward and squatted beside her. He patted her shoulder and reassured her, “Don’t worry. He’s fine. He’ll be alright once he wakes up.”

Donald brought Matthew to experiment on and fed him a gamut of medications. It was normal for Matthew to have a confused memory and a weak body as a result.

He would not tell Samantha about that though, because Samantha was the kind of person who would have settled scores immediately with Donald.

Samantha frowned, “Are you sure?”

“Yes.” Timothy pointed his fingers to help her tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “I promise, alright?”

Samantha closed her eyes.

In any case, Timothy did help her find Matthew and it was not the time to settle scores with him.

As for Matthew, she would bring him home before finding a doctor to give him a thorough examination.

“Let’s head back, Timothy. We’ve already found Matthew.”

“Okay.”

Samantha stretched out her hand and wanted to hug Matthew, but Timothy said, “I’ll do it.”

As soon as he said that, he immediately carried Matthew up.

Samantha decided to just let him carry Matthew up. As soon as she was about to get up, a few tall and strong men appeared suddenly in the cabin.

Barry was the one leading them.

Samantha recognized him at once because he was Donald’s trusted thug.

Barry used to be the number one boxing champion in the ‘underworld’ and had extremely monstrous strength!

Timothy’s eyes sank slightly. “What’s wrong?”

Barry bowed politely before saying, “Mr. Barker, we have orders to send you for a ride once your family is reunited.”

It was pretty clear what he meant when he said, ‘send you for a ride’.

Samantha bit her lip hard. Donald was not going to return the child without a fight, and it turned out that the three of them were about to go past the point of no return.

Timothy smiled and sneered. “He sent just you guys?”

He did not take the other subordinates seriously at all, and he was not afraid of Barry either despite never going against the latter.

Barry might have been the number one boxing champion, but that was news from ten years ago.

The newer generation would always excel the previous one.

Barry smiled gently and asked, “Didn’t you notice anything wrong, Mr. Barker?”

Timothy suddenly felt dizzy when he heard that and his expression changed immediately when he looked at Matthew in his arms.

The boy’s clothes had been laced with a powder that would cause unconsciousness.

He and Samantha would unconsciously inhale it when they approached Matthew…

Samantha felt dizzy too.

As much as she tried to resist, her hands and feet gradually became weak and she lost consciousness as soon as her vision went black.

Samantha collapsed right away and Timothy stretched out one arm to support her. He did not faint immediately because his position was unique.

He looked at Barry coldly, and despite his weakened state, the look in his eyes made his spine turn cold.

Barry gasped secretly and realized why Donald wanted to get rid of Timothy-he was disobedient, and there would be more troubles in the future if he was not gotten rid of.

However, Timothy could not be treated like any ordinary person. None of them could lay a finger on him, or else there would have been more trouble once the police started investigating.

As a result, they had to put a little more thought into it.

Barry said to his subordinates, “Do it.”

The subordinates acknowledged Barry’s orders and immediately walked toward Timothy, Samantha, and Matthew.