"What are you doing!" Aunt Cagwin, seeing him harm himself, hurriedly pulled him away and scolded irritably, "We’re a family, and a family should help each other. I’ve never blad you, and neither has Freddy. What do you have to bla yourself for? Life is just like this—everyone works together to get through the toughest tis, and then all the days to co will be good."
After she spoke, she tucked the blanket around the man on the hospital bed, pursed her lips, and said with anxiousness, "I’ll go look outside again, McKinney is only so big..."
Indeed, McKinney is only so big, but to outsiders like them, it was as vast as a maze.
Aunt Cagwin felt a desolate helplessness in her heart, but she didn’t want to burden him with the pressure, so she spoke with a heavier tone, not knowing whether she was encouraging him or herself, "I will definitely find soone!"
Uncle Cagwin silently watched her pull the blanket up for him and then suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice, "Why not give Mrs. Lawrence a phone call?"
He was referring to Cindy Lawrence.
Their family had co from the county to this area, and in McKinney, they barely knew a few people. The only influential person they knew was the Quinlan Family.
Aunt Cagwin’s first reaction was to refuse, frowning deeply, "You’re talking about Mrs. Lawrence? She... wouldn’t want to help, would she?"
Cindy Lawrence was known for her harsh, stingy, and petty nature, and she always looked down on poor relatives like them. Aunt Cagwin had never forgotten the disdain she faced while working at the Quinlan family.
She had seen through it all long ago!
Uncle Cagwin, looking exhausted, leaned back and said in a weak voice, "We are relatives, after all. She is your maternal aunt, and your mother’s cousin sister. Freddy is like a nephew to her. Blood is thicker than water. Maybe she was unwilling to help before, but she might be willing this ti."
"I don’t want to ask them for help," Aunt Cagwin turned her face away, speaking quickly and anxiously.
"If there was another way, I wouldn’t want to ask for help either, but it’s too difficult for us to find soone with our connections here in McKinney. The Quinlan Family is the only one we know, the only one we can ask for a favor."
Aunt Cagwin turned back to look at him, her gaze hardened, and her hand clutched her clothes as she said softly, "Can’t we just wait for Nathalie to co back? Nathalie has studied a lot; she might find a way to contact Freddy..."
Uncle Cagwin firmly interrupted her, "Nathalie is only in her senior year of high school! Don’t forget she’s the sa age as Freddy, they’re both just kids. How can we always trouble her because of a little kindness in the past? If we can solve this ourselves, then we should. Why drag her into it? If we don’t ask them, do you really want her to be the one who goes begging to the Quinlan Family?"
Aunt Cagwin fell silent once again.
Yes, if she didn’t approach Cindy Lawrence herself, she certainly couldn’t make Nathalie plead with that family.
That family had mistreated Nathalie before and even driven her out of their ho. How could she bear to make Nathalie ask them for help?
She didn’t think for too long. Her expression beca resolute as she stood up and said to the man on the hospital bed, "I’m going to make a call."
...
She didn’t call Cindy Lawrence but instead called Jeff Quinlan.
At that mont, Jeff had just returned ho from the airplane and after receiving Aunt Cagwin’s call, grabbed a jacket and hurriedly left the house, driving to the City Hospital to find her.
After learning about Freddy’s situation, he wasted no ti and started making phone calls in front of Aunt Cagwin to find connections.
Quinlan Family real estate had collapsed, but Jeff’s connections were still intact. Having been through many ups and downs in the business world, he was much more resourceful than Aunt Cagwin. Confronted with this situation, he didn’t frantically search for anyone available, but instead called soone he knew at the police station, asking if they could help search the system for a missing person.
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