Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 227 Carla's Determination

Carla waited anxiously for another two days.

During those days, she rarely ate or even slept. She kept on dialing Terence's phone number almost

every hour but still couldn't get him on the phone.

Carla had begged Theo to help her make some inquiries among his friends. But still, to no avail, there

wasn't any word from him. After all, he was far from NF. It would take time for him to receive

information.

Carla couldn't stand it anymore. She couldn't just sit there waiting for news without doing anything. She

thought and thought for some time, and then decided to ask Terence's grandfather for help. So, she

asked the driver to take her to the An's Manor.

She didn't want to disturb Nicholas, but at that moment she thought that she had no other choice.

As the hours passed, she was becoming more and more afraid that Terence might be in great danger.

Soon enough, she arrived at the North Yard.

As soon as she got out of the car, Race came over. "Miss Carla, Mr. Nicholas is resting. Is it an

emergency? If it's not that urgent, may I suggest waiting for him in the living room for a while?"

Shaking her head, Carla replied, "Sorry Race, but this is very important. I'm afraid the matter couldn't

wait any longer."

It was true, she couldn't wait a second longer or she might actually go crazy.

Seeing how serious Carla was, Race didn't ask any more questions. He gestured Carla to follow him

and they headed directly for Nicholas's bedroom.

"Mr. Nicholas, Miss Carla's here to see you," Race said softly as he bowed.

Carla was just behind him, following solemnly. The moment she reached the door, tears pooled in her

eyes and she was choked up for a moment.

Immediately noticing Carla's distress, Nicholas asked worriedly, "What's wrong, Carla my dear? Come

here and tell me what happened. Was anyone rude to you? Did anyone do you wrong?" When Carla

still struggled to respond, he added, "Don't worry. Since Terence isn't here, I'll protect you. I'll never let

anyone harm you!"

Seeing Carla crying made him feel really bad and he began to worry about her.

Carla shook her head. She slowly made her way to his bed and kneeled on the floor beside it. She then

held his hand and stated, "Grandpa, I haven't been able to reach Terence for three days. I'm really

worried about him. I had no other choice but to come here and ask for your help."

Nicholas was unable to speak for a while, trying to process what Carla had just said. "Carla, wh-what,

what are you saying? What do you mean you couldn't reach Terence for three days?"

Nicholas thought for a moment before he shouted, "Race! Come in here right now!"

Race immediately took the stairs to Nicholas's room. The moment he heard the man yell, he knew what

it was about. In his defense, he didn't inform Nicholas of any bad news since the man was in poor

health. He thought that it might not be good for him to stress over a lot of things.

When Race came into the room, he first looked at Carla and then turned to Nicholas. Not wanting to

anger the man any further, he quickly stated, "Mr. Nicholas, it's true that Mr. Terence is missing."

Another reason why he didn't want to tell Mr. Nicholas the truth was he thought or was actually hoping

that Mr. Terence would contact them very soon. If that was the case, he thought that he didn't have to

tell Mr. Nicholas the bad news. And then, he would have saved Mr. Nicholas a lot of unnecessary hours

of being worried.

That day would have been the third day that Mr. Terence had gone missing. A part of him knew he

couldn't hide it anymore.

It just so happened that Miss Carla came and told Mr. Nicholas about Terence's situation before he

could. If Race was being honest, he was actually thankful that she helped him in breaking the news to

Mr. Nicholas.

Upon hearing Race's words, Nicholas's eyes went wide and then he took a deep breath with one hand

on his chest. "Race, I order you to immediately send our men to NF and search for information about

Terence's whereabouts right now. Whatever it takes, you have to get my Terence back to me," he firmly

stated.

Nicholas took more deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

It dawned on him that he must be in good health until Terence was found and would be able to come

back.

Then, he turned to Carla and stated, "Carla, you have to relax right now. I sent out my men to find him

right away. Please trust me. I'll bring him back to us safe and healthy."

Nicholas promised as he held and patted Carla's hand.

"Grandpa, I..." Carla tried to speak. She had been biting her tongue for quite a while. Then, she outright

requested, "Grandpa, can I go with them?"

The moment he heard what she had asked, Nicholas immediately shook his head. "Oh, no, no, no.

Absolutely not. That place is really dangerous, especially for girls.

Carla, I'm not going to put you at risk. You just have to trust me. Please believe that Terence will come

back safely. Just wait right here in JA City with me, okay?"

Nicholas continued patting her hands. Although he declined her request, Nicholas was actually

impressed at how Carla was willing to risk her safety for Terence's sake. If he wasn't before, he was

definitely certain then that she loved his grandson with all her heart.

Later that day, Carla had left the North Yard for quite a while but

she was still in a daze. Judging from what Race stated, she was sure then that Terence was indeed

missing.

What she had been afraid of actually became a reality.

It was driving her crazy. At that moment, what she really really wanted to do was go to NF to search for

him herself. Even if she couldn't successfully find him, she still wanted to go. She thought that anything

would be better than to just sit around and wait. Moreover, if she were in NF, she would at least feel a

little closer to Terence. She believed that would make her feel better.

She would rather take the risk than wait there.

That night, Theo delivered the most unfortunate news to Carla. Apparently, the plane that Terence was

on crashed near OS River and there was still no word on what happened to them.

He also told her that Marcus had already sent his people to search and rescue Terence whether it was

day or night.

Carla sneered. She knew that Marcus's intentions weren't pure. 'He had been wanting to kill Terence

for so long. Rescue? More like he wanted assurance that Terence was really dead, ' she thought.

Since ancient times, there had been a large number of brothers who fought against each other in order

to gain family property and inheritance rights. Carla just didn't expect that she'd be unfortunate enough

to see it with her own eyes.

That night, Carla tossed and turned for hours. There was no way that she would be able to fall asleep.

Carla stared at the picture on her phone screen for a long time. On it, Terence and she were each

wearing a wooden fish bracelet that came in couples. Terence's wrist was on top of hers, making a

cross and showing how close their wooden fishes were, just like how close Terence and Carla were.

Once one of them was separate from the other, it would be incomplete.

Before dawn, Carla just gave up on sleeping and she got up from her bed. She went out and ran for

two hours.

As she ran, she kept asking herself, 'Carla Ji, you want to search for him and save him, but how?

You're useless. You don't even know the basics of self-defense. There's a strong chance that you

would be killed before arriving at NF. Since it would be impossible to go there, then how can you save

Terence?

Unless...'

While she was out of breath, Carla just realized something. Then, she turned around and ran towards

the villa.

"Miss Carla... where are you going?"

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and ran out to grab her by the arm.

"Sophie, don't stop me. Please take care of Sean while I'm away," Carla said as she tried to remove

Sophie's hand from her arm.

Sophie and other servants lived in the villa. So Carla was sure that they would be able to take good

care of her younger brother. As for Sean, she didn't tell him what she was really going to do. She told

him that she was going to stay with Terence for a few days.

She lied to her brother that Terence had gone on a long business trip. And she was just going to visit

him for a while.

"Miss Carla, please calm yourself. Mr. Terence will come back soon. When he comes back and finds

that you're gone, he will blame us,"

Sophie begged as she clung to Carla's arm.

'These days, Miss Carla and Sean's arrival had given the villa some life. Mr. Terence left several days

ago. If Miss Carla also leaves, this villa will become dreary again.

And for certain, Mr. Sean will feel lonely while both Miss Carla and Mr. Terence are away, ' Sophie

thought to herself.

"Sophie, I must do something for Terence. I can't just stand by and watch while he's in so much danger.

I can't just wait here anymore," Carla said with determination.

For the past several days, Sophie could tell that there was something bothering Miss Carla. She had

been a little out of her mind. Sophie had speculations that it had something to do with Mr. Terence and

Carla just confirmed her intuitions. Mr. Terence must be in a really dangerous situation.

"But Miss Carla, you'd be in great danger as well. What's worse, you don't have anyone to help you.

How can you save Mr. Terence by yourself? Miss Carla, please just listen to me.

Just stay here and wait for him to come back. Please don't do anything that could put you in a

dangerous situation,"

Sophie tried her best to persuade Carla. She was afraid that Carla might get herself in danger. On the

other hand, she was also afraid that when Mr. Terence came back and couldn't find Miss Carla, he

would be mad at them for letting her leave.

Carla shook her head, looking extremely as determined as when she walked in. Her eyes were as

beautiful as the pearls. At that moment, she had them fixed on Sophie and she firmly said, "Sophie, I

have already decided.

You don't have to worry. I won't go alone. Grandpa will arrange some bodyguards to protect me."

Then, Carla removed her arm from Sophie's hand and walked towards the door carrying her bag.

Sophie was unable to move from where she stood. After a while, she started crying as she began to

worry about Miss Carla and Mr. Terence's safety.

With her hands clasped in front of her, Sophie looked at the sky and begged the blessing of the gods.

She prayed for Miss Carla and Mr. Terence's safe return.