Chapter 36

Adelaide "I'm okay, Elias. I'm home." She told him. He looked up at her with those crimson puppy eyes. Her heart melted. "Is it true? Did dad hurt you?" He asked her. She looked up at Geoff who looked away awkwardly. "No. He didn't." Adelaide lied, looking back at the boy. "In fact, your dad saved me from a bad man." She told him. Elias looked at her with a new light in his eyes. "I told you my dad is still good." He exclaimed. Adelaide nodded, hugging the boy to her. She didn't have the heart to tell him. He's so young. She wanted him to keep that perfect image of his father for as long as he could. "By the way, some visitors arrived just before you got here. They looked pretty important, so I sent them to your office." Nathan told them. Adelaide met gazes with Geoff. Who could have shown up? Geoff opened the door to his office and Adelaide found several people waiting inside. One was a man with grey hair pulled back with a Hawaiian shirt and blue cargo pants. Another couple with dar