3

On the phone screen, the word "daughter" came into view. She pressed several times before the call was connected.

A cheerful female voice came from the other end: "Mom, the plane just landed and my phone is out of battery. I'm afraid you'll worry, so I'm charging it at a roadside store now."

Instantly, the woman held the phone helplessly, tears falling like beads from a broken string. "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay... Mommy was almost scared to death..." she said chokingly.

After she recovered her strength, she held onto the wall and walked toward the door. When she left, she turned around and bowed her head to apologize to the police, her eyes full of gratitude and apology.

My mother looked at her leaving figure, thoughtful. "The end of the college entrance examination is a high incidence of disappearances. I always hope to find clues about the deceased, but I don't want to see their desperate eyes when they find out that their children are dead..." She sighed softly.

After hearing what my mother said, I curled up in a corner helplessly. Mom, no one will despair. If I die, no one will care...

Captain Smith frowned and said worriedly, "Lucy Thomas has been missing for so long, why don't you give her a call and ask her to make sure the child is okay."

After saying this, my mother's face darkened again. "I pity these innocent and sensible children. It would be better if she died outside!" Her eyes were full of hatred for me, but her twisted features softened when she saw the name on the phone.

" Hello? Baby, do you miss your mother?" At this moment, a gentle smile appeared on my mother's face, and her eyes were full of love. I don't need to guess that it was Lily Thomas who called. She never showed me a smile, but at this moment she kept caring about her adopted daughter.

" Baby, Mom is busy with a case recently, which is a bit troublesome. I didn't have time to celebrate your birthday that day. Can I make it up to you after the case is over? You are alone at home these two days, so you must lock the doors and windows, and be sure to eat on time. Mom has prepared a week's worth of meals for you and put them in the refrigerator before going out. Remember to heat them up when you eat. Mom will take good care of herself. Don't go out these days. Summer vacation is the peak period for missing female students."

I just watched quietly in the corner, watching my mother's undisguised love for another person who was not related to me by blood. She seemed to talk for a long time, so long that I could only see her mouth opening and closing behind me, but could not hear her voice.

At this time, the guard came in and interrupted her call: " Jane , here is a package for you." "There is a bow outside, it must be a small gift." My mother took the package in her hand in confusion, tilted her head and clamped the phone around her neck, and said in surprise: "Baby, did you buy a gift for me?" "Your health, safety and happiness are the best gifts for me." As she spoke, she smiled and reached out to open the package.

Looking at the box, my heart beat faster and faster. There was dried blood on the bottom of the box... I couldn't help shaking. But Lily Thomas on the other end of the phone said: "No, mom, was it sent by Lucy Thomas ... I seemed to see her holding a box that day, and she ignored me when I asked her..."

Hearing her aggrieved voice, her mother's face turned cold instantly. She swept the express delivery from the table to the ground, "She dares to be cold to you? It's outrageous! I will scold her now!" After that, she immediately hung up the phone and kicked the express delivery to the trash can.

Captain Smith came in with a lunch box and put my mother's portion on her table. "What's wrong?" he asked in confusion. My mother searched for a long time before finding my number. "Nothing, I want to see what this Lucy Thomas wants to do!" After pressing the dial button, no one answered. My mother's patience was exhausted bit by bit. The phone was automatically hung up, and a prompt came that no one answered.

Captain Smith looked at my mother's phone in confusion. " Lucy Thomas didn't answer the phone? Impossible." My mother said coldly: "I think she is really rebellious! She didn't even answer my call, and she had the nerve to send me a courier. I don't need her fake kindness!"

As she finished speaking, she bent down and prepared to throw the package into the trash can. Captain Smith saw the dried blood on the bottom of the box and immediately shouted, "Wait! There's something wrong with this package!" As he spoke, he picked up a hand knife from the table, walked to the trash can cautiously, bent down and inserted the hand knife into the black tape.

My heart almost jumped out of my throat. Mom, you will know soon. I really didn't lie to you... After discovering the murderer who killed me, Mom completely collapsed...