Chapter 238

“Baber is a smart kid. He wouldn’t just wander off.”

Calliope frowned, pulling out her phone to call Baber.

No answer.

Her stomach twisted. Then she remembered—she had seen Horatio and the others earlier, but not Lisette.

Could it be her?

Given Lisette’s personality, it was entirely possible.

“Split up and keep looking. Check if the park has security cameras. See if we can get footage of the last places we passed.”

With that, she turned on her heel and marched off to find Horatio and his group.

“Why are you back? Had a change of heart?” Valerian asked the moment she spotted Calliope.

“Where’s Lisette?”

She scanned their faces. “Where is she?”

“Why do you ask for her? You’re not about to start picking on Lisette again, are you?” Ulysses exclaimed, his voice laced with dissatisfaction. “You’ve got it out for her or something?”

Calliope stepped forward, locking eyes with him. “I’m asking you, where is she? Did she take Baber?”

Valerian’s brows furrowed. “The kid is missing?”

“Where is Lisette?” Calliope asked again.

“The kid’s gone, and you’re looking for Lisette? You think she kidnapped him? Maybe if you were actually watching the kid instead of playing hero, you wouldn’t have lost him in the first place. How do you plan on explaining this to Upton?” Ulysses scoffed.

Before Calliope could retort, Lisette’s voice chimed in behind her.

“Callie, Baber is just a kid. Mr. Thorne trusted you to take care of him. You should’ve been paying more attention. Now you’ve lost him, how will you plan to tell Mr. Thorne?”

Lisette’s voice dripped with sarcasm. She then looked back. “Mr. Thorne, she didn’t fulfill her task. Now the kid’s missing, aren’t you going to do something?”

Calliope turned just in time to see Upton, right behind Lisette, approaching. She immediately understood that Lisette had set her up.

It was so clear now. Lisette had taken Baber, hidden him away, and then gone to fetch Upton, feeding him a story that Calliope had been careless and lost his son. She was trying to drive a wedge between Calliope and Upton.

Calliope looked at Lisette. “Lisette, I’ll give you one chance. If you took Baber, hand him over now. Otherwise, you’re about to regret it in ways you can’t even imagine.”

She leaned in slightly. “Baber isn’t just any kid. He has health issues. If something happens to him, it won’t just be me coming after you. Upton won’t let it slide either.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about! Why would I take him?” Lisette turned to Upton. “Mr. Thorne, she’s the one who lost Baber! She thought you and she couldn’t be together because of Baber, so she got rid of him. She was too busy playing the hero for someone else just now. She lost him on purpose!”

Upton’s gaze, bone-chilling, flicked to Lisette.

Calliope strode over to Lisette, each step menacing.

Chapter 238

“Lisette, I gave you a chance. And you don’t want it, forget it then.”

“What are you doing?”

“Teach you a lesson!”

Calliope grabbed a fistful of Lisette’s hair and yanked, before landing a sharp, stinging slap across her face. Lisette shrieked in pain, eyes wide with shock as she glared at Calliope. “Calliope, are you freaking insane?!”