Chapter 269

Cillian was in Charlie's room, listening to Charlie elaborate how his life so far had been. Hearing the stories made a melancholy feeling wash over Cillian. He'd missed out on so much in the past five years. However, starting now, he was going to make up for it, both to Charlie and Bellatrix. The feeling of his phone vibrating in his pocket brought the father and son moment to an abrupt end. Cillian's expression darkened the moment he pulled out the device and took one glance at the text message that stared back at him. [You have less than thirty minutes to make it to Golden Home Orphanage if you don't want anything to happen to Bellatrix.] The message read, coming from the one number he swore he'd blocked, Damien. “Is everything okay?” Charlie asked, staring at his father and taking in his expression. He'd lived long enough with his mother and Avery to know when something wasn't right. Snapping his gaze up from his phone at the sound of Charlie's voice, Cillian pocketed his phone and