Chapter 775: WE FOUND HER
"What do you think if they were in a relationship?" asked Daniel curiously, he wanted to know what Alia thought and what she felt about this.
After the first comment given by Alia, Daniel realized that this younger sister could see the problem from a different angle and was quite reasonable too.
"I feel happy because someone is protecting Kia," said Alia honestly. "There was no one to protect her back then when she was bullied." The words just came out in a sad tone because that was what had happened before.
"Bullied?" Daniel frowned. He didn't know that Kia had been bullied. "When was she bullied?" he asked in a slightly sharp voice and this took Alia by surprise, he then lowered his voice. "I never knew about it, how do you know?"
If only Daniel knew about it, of course he would have found out who had treated his sister like that and beaten him up until he couldn't walk properly again.
"When did that ever happen?" Daniel asked again with more urgency, while Alia was thinking about it. She was trying to remember what happened.
"I think it was when Kia was just entering high school. She's a new student at the school." Alia then nodded, confident of her own memory.
If Kia had just entered high school at the time, it meant that she was in grade ten while Daniel was in grade twelfth, which was also his last year at school.
"I don't really remember because I was a kid at the time, but I saw Sis Kia once come home with a face full of wounds and dirty clothes." Alia remembered it clearly because that moment was deeply etched in her memory, even though she was still a child.
At that time, Kia came home wet and her clothes were dirty. In addition, there were several scars on her cheeks and arms.
However, when Alia asked this, Kia simply brushed it off saying she had fallen, which she believed, but after three or four days of this happening in a row, only then did Alia realize that Kia was being bullied at her new school.
"Maybe she did fall," said Daniel in an uncertain voice.
"Do you really believe that Sis Kia would fall and come home like that for several days in a row?" asked Alia with raised eyebrows. She would say that Daniel was being unreasonable if he said that he believed it to be so.
"Then how come no one else knows but you?" Daniel wasn't sure about this, maybe because Alia was only six years old at the time, so her memory might be a little unreliable.
"Because there's only me at home together with Sister Kia." Alia then sat on the sofa and looked at the beautiful night view from the window behind her. If it wasn't for her being placed in this room, she wouldn't be able to admire this beautiful night view every night.
"Then, where am I, mom and dad?" Daniel sat beside Alia too and looked out at the night view of the city. It was a beautiful sight, but his heart felt restless.
"Mom and dad would usually be working, while you were busy with extracurricular activities at school." Alia remembered that she spent more time with Kia.
Daniel also remembered those times. His father would work until the evening, while his mother would take the day shift to earn extra money for Alia's medical expenses.
Their mother took the day shift because she had to wait for Kia to come home from school to replace her and continue looking after Alia.
Which meant Kia couldn't participate in any activities after school. She had to go straight home because otherwise there would be no one to look after Alia and his mother couldn't go to work.
Wait…
If that was the case, it also meant that Kia couldn't go out to hang out with her friends after school or participate in extracurricular activities like Daniel.
And it was only now that Daniel realized that Kia didn't participate in any activities at school not because she didn't have any hobbies, or when she didn't have many friends, not because she was gloomy or anti-social, but because she didn't have time for that.
Kia was busy taking care of Alia and also taking care of the house in place of their parents who worked, while Daniel was busy with school activities because he was already in his senior year and would soon graduate then.
"If only Brother went to the same school as Sister Kia, Brother Daniel would definitely be able to beat up the people who bullied Sister Kia first." Alia took a deep breath.
Right, that would have happened if they were in the same school, unfortunately they were in different schools.
It was because when Kia was about to enter high school, Alia's condition worsened and she couldn't go to the same school as Daniel, because it was a good school, so of course the fees would be very expensive.
They could keep Daniel there since he was already in his final school year, but Kia still had three more years to go until graduation and no one knew what would happen to Alia during those three years, so they had to save as much money as possible.
Daniel didn't realize it before, but now he realized how lucky he was to still be able to live a normal school life and hang out with his friends, even though things weren't so good at home.
But, in his defense, he also had to start working part time because their parents could not pay for his studies.
"Yeah, I'd have definitely beaten them up." Daniel didn't even know that Kia was bullied. If only he knew...
"Sis Kia never came to see me, huh?" asked Alia, looking at Daniel with a sad face. "Is she still mad at us?"
Mad?
Daniel didn't even know what Kia was feeling right now, because he wasn't sure now after hearing what Alia had to say.
Were they that inconsiderate of her back then? This new understanding really disturbed Daniel's heart.
"Of course not, she must be busy," said Daniel reassuringly, he knew that Alia didn't believe him, but she didn't say anything.
"Yeah, I guess so too," Alia muttered. She remembered how caring Kia used to be when she was taking care of her, always being by her side.
How Kia used to study and do her homework beside her bed so that Alia would not feel all alone.
Alia missed her quiet older sister.
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"I already found out who you were with at the time," said Richard, he really couldn't understand how he had to find out who Misha was in touch with when Kia sent a message informing him of her pregnancy.
"Who?" Misha forgot who he was with when the incident happened. He didn't remember it at all.
"Abigail Lutz, daughter of Andrew Lutz, your business partner in electronics." Richard then gave a report containing photos of evidence of their relationship and also some evidence that they were indeed together when it happened.
Seeing this, Misha took the report and began to go through it. He seemed to have a vague recollection of it after seeing this evidence.
"Good job," Misha said quietly and after that Richard withdrew from the room, leaving him alone there.
Misha looked at the woman's profile with narrowed eyes and looked at the contacts on his phone.
He then contacted the lady using his office phone to meet with her the next afternoon to confirm that it was she who had sent the message.
Unexpectedly the woman accepted Misha's invitation and sounded very happy. She even sounded a little smug, because she thought Misha finally thought about her again.
"Of course, I'll come," said Abigail in a slightly teasing voice.
But, that was the only confirmation Misha needed, because after that he didn't have to say anything as he immediately hung up, causing Abigail to blink her curly eyelashes in disbelief.
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"Welcome back Alia!" cried Lyle and Amber, as well as three other members of their family who could attend the welcoming party for Alia's return.
The three people were two younger sisters of Lyle and one older brother of Amber. They all brought gifts for Alia.
"How are you?" asked Tania, Lyle's eldest sister. She walked over to Alia and kissed her cheek gently.
"I'm so good!" said Alia with a beaming face, she then received gifts from Tania and the others, while her father and mother said that their gift for her was in the room, she could see it later.
And after opening presents from the three people there, they then went to the dining table for dinner, which was filled with a cheerful atmosphere while they chatted with each other, sharing how their lives had been lately.
"I think you have another daughter, where is she?" asked Anthony, Amber's older brother. He had only been back in the area for a few months due to work, so he didn't really know what had happened in the last few years.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere at the dining table became awkward when they heard the question.
None of them had brought her up until now because Amber and Lyle never wanted to talk about what Kia had done. Of course, everyone else at the dinner table knew the reason for Kia's 'exile' four years ago, except for Anthony.
"What's the quiet girl's name?" asked Anthony again.
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