About Livy Jones
Even though she became suspicious again because she saw the bloodstains and holes in the clothes that Sea threw away, Alice kept trying to convince herself to always think positive.
"Huh, Alice, why do you always have bad thoughts? Even though bad thoughts will make you uneasy," Alice said to herself.
She returned to pedaling her bicycle, and when she arrived at the restaurant, Felix had just arrived.
"Hi, Alice, good morning," said Felix.
"Good morning, Felix!" said Alice cheerfully.
Alice also did not forget to greet all her friends at this restaurant.
"Hi everyone! Good morning!" said Alice, waving her hand.
And all her friends also greeted Alice in a friendly manner.
"Good morning too, Alice!"
They started preparing the ingredients and tidying up the plates.
Soon the restaurant will open.
5 minutes after the restaurant opened, a middle-aged woman became their first customer.
The woman sat on one of the visitor benches.
The woman's face looked very tired.
Alice slowly approached the woman.
"Excuse me, madam, can I help you?" said Alice kindly.
"Good morning," she said.
"Would you like to order something?" Alice asked, holding up the menu board.
Then the woman shook her head.
"Sorry, I don't want to eat, please just make me a warm drink," she said.
"Ah, I see, we provide several kinds of hot drinks, which one do you want?" Alice asked.
"Make me a hot chocolate," she said. The woman began to hold her temples and massage them for a moment.
Alice does not immediately serve the woman's orders, Alice is a person who is very sensitive to the feelings of people who are in trouble.
Seeing the woman's appearance, made Alice very sure that the woman was in trouble.
"Excuse me, madam, are you feeling unwell? Or perhaps you are worried about something?" Alice asked the Woman.
The woman began to lift her chin slowly.
"Yes, I'm looking for my daughter," said the woman.
"Where is your daughter?" Alice asked.
"She's gone," she said. Then slowly the middle-aged woman took out a piece of paper from her coat pocket.
"I'm seeking for my daughter," she said, handing Alice a slip of paper.
"She is, isn't it—" Alice looked surprised to see the photo of a girl in the flyer, and this was the same girl as the pamphlet she had found at the time.
This middle-aged woman was looking for the Mute Girl she met the other day.
"So you are the family of the girl in this pamphlet?" Alice asked confidently.
The middle-aged woman nodded.
"Yes, I'm the birth mother of Livy Jones, the girl in this celebrant," she replied.
"So the woman hasn't been found yet?" Alice looked uneasy.
"No, until now I'm still looking for Livy, as a mother, I miss my only daughter," said the middle-aged woman while sobbing.
Alice was sad to see her, then she gave the handkerchief to the woman.
"I did see your daughter, but only briefly," said Alice.
The woman immediately lifted her face.
"Is that true?!" She was so enthusiastic, "then where is my daughter next? Do you know where she is?!" the woman asked, gripping Alice's shoulders tightly.
She wanted to get an answer from Alice right now and get a light on the whereabouts of his daughter, but unfortunately, things didn't go as expected.
Because Alice had let the girl be helped by Sea.
And now Alice didn't even know where Livy Jones was anymore.
The woman who claimed to be Livy's mother looked very disappointed.
Slowly she also told Alice, about the reason Livy disappeared.
"Livy also left because of my fault," she said.
"Why, you, are blaming yourself instead?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, because I let her dad Chase away her out. My husband hates Livy so much, he said Livy was just an unlucky child, and only embarrassed the family. She can't accept Livy's flaws, but unlike me, as a mother, I accept whatever my child's flaws are, moreover she is a good and obedient child. But honey, I was too weak and scared to face my husband, so I let him kick Livy, and now I've realized my mistake, I'm such a stupid mother," the woman said with tears in her eyes.
Alice couldn't stand the sight, she hugged the woman's body.
"Be patient, Ma'am, I'll help you, as best I can, as soon as I see Livy, I'll call you," Alice said as she gently stroked the woman's shoulder.
"May I know your name?" Alice asked, then the Woman stretched out her hand.
"My name is Rose Jones, call me Rose," he said.
"Yes, Mrs. Rose, nice to meet you, and I hope you will be more patient in dealing with this matter, and sorry, I have to get on with my work first," said Alice.
Rose lowered her head for a moment. "Please," she said with a smile.
Alice went into the kitchen and then she made an order from a woman named Rose.
Even though she wanted to chat with Rose a lot, Alice didn't like the others, so she quickly got on with her work first.
Rose's words kept bothering Alice, she felt sorry for Rose.
Especially to Livy, she was a very poor girl.
Growing up to be an adult girl with mental retardation and unable to speak, is not an easy thing.
What's more, her father hated her.
'Did her father beat her often too? So that the girl's body looks a lot of bruises and bluish?' Alice asked herself.
***
By the time the break came, the middle-aged woman named Rose hadn't left yet, and Alice came back to her, to chat a lot about Livy.
"Madam, not go home?" Alice asked, pulling up a chair and sitting next to the woman.
"I, haven't come home yet, because I haven't found Livy," she replied.
"Okay ... I understand, then let me accompany you," concluded Alice.
And the woman smiled. "Thank you," she said.
"Madam, does your husband hit a lot too, Livy?" Alice asked.
"Hit?" Rose looked a little confused.
"No!" answered Rose.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I'm very sure, because even though my husband is very rude and hates Livy, my husband has never hit Livy at all. Only his words were very rude," Rose explained to Alice.
"Are you sure?!" Alice couldn't believe Rose's explanation, because it seemed impossible for Livy's father not to beat her up.
It was clear that Livy had many bruises all over her body.
if not her father did it then who else?
To be continued