Billionaire's Regret: Losing Me And Our Son - Chapter 117: Chapter 117

I did not expect that my first meeting with Quinn after being rescued would end so unhappily.
In the afternoon, the police heard I was awake and sent someone to take my statement.
I told the police what had happened and asked him, "Officer, did Forrest tell you who the 'sir' behind him is?"
The police officer's face was serious as he told me, "Forrest is on the loose. We're doing everything we can to catch him."
I was stunned. After asking in detail, I found out that after I fainted that day, Forrest and a few of his subordinates escaped on the yacht.
When the police arrived, they only caught a few hooligans from the base. The hooligans were paid to do their jobs, so they knew nothing about Forrest's background.
I couldn't help but frown. The next second, I suddenly thought of someone.
I asked, "How's Gemma?"
That day, I watched helplessly as Gemma was shot and fell.
"Is she... still alive?" My eyes widened. I had always felt sorry for Gemma and wanted to ask about how she was doing.
"Yes, she's one of the kidnappers. We'll investigate and interrogate her later. We can't tell you anything else." The police officer rejected my question, closed the notebook, and stood up to leave.
Knowing Gemma was still alive, I finally heaved a sigh of relief.
At night, just as I finished dinner, York walked in with a lunch box. It was almost early spring. He was wearing a long gray wool cardigan that made him look tall and straight.
Even the young nurse who changed my dressing couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
"What are you doing here?" I was stunned, still having a stress response to him.
York placed the lunch box on the bedside table and smiled. "Mom told me to come. This is the chicken soup she made for you."
He was handsome, to begin with. When he smiled, his bright eyes seemed more charming.
After saying that, he turned around and asked the nurse, "Can she eat chicken soup now?"
"Yes." The nurse blushed when she heard York asking her. She probably had misunderstood something. She looked at me and said enviously, "Ms. Hinton, your boyfriend is good to you."
Before I could explain, the nurse quickly left the ward and even closed the door for us.
I was speechless. I looked at York and asked, "You enjoy this, huh?"
We were siblings, but York always deliberately did something flirting in front of unknowing outsiders.
I didn't understand what he was after, wondering if he was a psychopath.
York raised his eyebrows and said casually, "If you had told the nurse I am your brother when I came in, wouldn't everything be fine?"
As he spoke, he scooped out the chicken soup in a small bowl.
It was hard for me to say a man who had threatened me with despicable means was my brother.
At that moment, I just wanted to send him away. "Leave it here. I can eat it myself."
"Mom said I had to see you finish it with my own eyes." York's smile didn't diminish. He looked like an obedient boy to his mother.
I pursed my lips, took the bowl, and wolfed it down. I quickly finished the chicken soup.
Right then, York suddenly said seriously, "By the way, Dad asked me to send someone to investigate who harmed you behind your back. So, I have some questions for you."
I set the bowl back on the table and watched him intently.
York looked at me deeply and asked, "Do you have any suspects?"
In an instant, many faces flashed through my mind. I had offended a lot of people over the past year.
Diana, Elijah, Skylar, Alex... But my intuition told me that the "sir" wasn't among them. Diana and the Hinton family could not build bases on the uninhabited island.
As for Alex, although he had sent people to follow me, I still couldn't figure out his motives. Besides, if the Madden family was behind this, why would they keep me alive?
I shook my head and whispered, "Not a clue."
York wasn't surprised. After a moment of silence, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It looks like we can only figure out something to catch Gemma and make her talk."
Hearing Gemma's name, I was stunned. Wasn't Gemma being watched by the police?
I was shocked. "You found Gemma so quickly?"
"I'm faster than you think." York was smug. He narrowed his eyes and told me, "After you went missing, I immediately investigated your recent activities. I found you'd transferred 300 thousand dollars to Gemma, so I followed the clues and got Gemma's background information.
"Speaking of this Gemma, there's a saying that everything happens for a reason."
I was not surprised that York was so capable and efficient since he grew up in the Smith family. But his evaluation of Gemma piqued my interest.
"What makes say that?" My thin lips parted as I waited for his answer.
York said, "Gemma was born in a poor village. When she was two and a half, her father, who went out to work, was diagnosed with cancer. He didn't have enough money for treatment, so he chose to kill himself.
"When she was three, Gemma's mother couldn't stand the Hernandez family's poverty and ran away with another man in the name of working in town.
"From then on, Gemma lived with her aged grandparents. When she was twelve, she entered junior high school, and her grades were not bad. She was admitted to the key school."
The information that York found was more detailed than what Rose had gathered. Gemma's life experience was far more tragic than I had imagined.
York continued, "Gemma's family couldn't afford her study in town. But back then, some property developers bought the Hernandez family's house with a considerable sum of money.
"Gemma's grandparents sold all their assets and brought her to seek refuge in their daughter's place in town. Their eldest daughter who married into town was Gemma's aunt.
"Everything seemed to be going in a good way. Gemma and her grandparents stayed at her aunt's house, and Gemma successfully entered a key high school.
"However, her aunt's husband, Gemma's uncle, was a gambling addict. That day, after he lost all the money, he went home to steal her grandparents' money.
"In the end, he was caught by Gemma's grandparents who came back early from a walk.
"In for a penny, in for a pound. Gemma's uncle chopped the old couple to death and ran away with their money.
"After that, Gemma quit school and became a problem girl. She did all kinds of shady things. Two years ago, she got together with Forrest."
I listened focusedly and felt sorry for Gemma.
"Poor Gemma! Fate is so unfair to her," I couldn't help but mutter.
Gemma could have had a good life, and she could have become an outstanding woman.
York looked at me deeply and said calmly, "One has to accept the outcome of what he chooses to be."
I sighed. "Did she ever have a choice?"
York told me the Smith family's lawyer would sue Gemma in my name. By then, Gemma would spend the rest of her life in prison.