You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 505 Demi Is A Spy

After getting out of the car, Cali looked around and slowly walked to the bathroom. She wanted to discuss a possible way to escape with Demi, but she dared not act rashly because of the vigilant bodyguard following them closely.

Cali and Demi entered the bathroom together, taking the twins with them. The bodyguard stayed outside and guarded the door.

Shutting the door behind them, Cali finally said, "Tasha and the bodyguard must be on Jett's payroll. What do we do? We don't have a way to contact Count Nangong. If we take too long in here, it will cause suspicion. And you don't think we can take them on, do you? How can we, two women and two children, defeat them?"

"There must be more of them out there. This setup was carefully planned," Demi said and pretended to be lost in thought.

At the moment, Cali still didn't doubt Demi. "What you said made perfect sense. We have to find a way out of here as soon as possible. It will be great if someone steps in to use the bathroom right now. We can borrow their phone to call the count."

Demi walked around and stood behind Cali, a sinister smile twisting her face. No one was coming to use the bathroom. The bodyguard at the door had been tasked to make sure of that. They could not let Cali escape so easily. Demi looked outside and saw the bodyguard sending away everyone who wanted to come in. Pretending to be anxious, she said, "Look, he's not letting anyone in."

"Damn. Okay, let me use the bathroom first." Cali suddenly came up with an idea. She turned around and picked a cubicle to use.

Demi knitted her bows in confusion. "You were serious about having to go?"

"Yes. I have tummy issues when I get nervous," Cali answered and then shut the cubicle door. She loosened the baby carrier buckle and took Don down from her back.

Don had woken up. His big eyes were like black grapes soaked in water, solid and shiny. He just stared at Cali quietly, which was such a huge relief.

Cali shushed Don and reached for his little hand.

Their bracelets were equipped with a positioning system and an alarm system, which were linked to Nina's and Vicente's mobile phones. All Cali needed to do was to press the button.

'What?

Where the hell is the bracelet?'

Cali's heart broke into a sprint when she realized that Don's wrist was empty. There was no sign of the bracelet anywhere.

Trying and miserably failing to steady her breathing, Cali checked Don's other wrist. The bracelet was not there either. Her eyes narrowed.

The bracelet was gone. How could it be missing? 'How could the bracelet disappear just like that?

I was the last person to touch Don, and nobody got near him since we left the castle.

Demi and I were the only people in the back seat. Oh, my God. Demi. It's Demi!

Only Demi saw me putting the bracelets on the twins, and only she was sitting close enough to me to take them off quietly.

Demi is Jett's spy!'

Cali put her hand over her mouth, stifling her cry.

This was a critical moment. She could not alert the enemy in any way. Demi was with the driver and the bodyguard, and she did not stand a chance against them.

'And Van is in Demi's hands. Calm down, Cali. You're not going to get out of this with your head in shambles. Calm down and think. There must be a way to escape them. Come on, think!'

Cali suppressed the raging storm of fear and panic in her heart. She took a few deep breaths. When she finally calmed down, she put Don on her back once again and secured the carrier's straps. When she opened the door and went out, she saw Demi withdraw her hand in a hurry.

Cali pretended not to see anything and said to her, "I think I have an idea."

Demi averted her gaze for a moment and replied, "What is it?"

Lying through her teeth, Cali explained, "We pretend to know nothing and return to the car. I remember stuffing an old phone in the diaper bag. Let's just hope it's still there. I don't remember taking it out anyway, so that's our best shot. We should head back, act like nothing's wrong, and secretly contact the count with that old phone."

Cali kept glancing at the bodyguard outside. Her words were so convincing that Demi simply nodded and took a deep breath. Demi underestimated her enemy. She did not count on the idea that a nurse-turned-nanny like Cali had a few tricks up her sleeve.

"Okay, let's go." Demi walked out of the bathroom first with Van in her arms. Cali followed suit.

With Demi in front of her and the bodyguard behind her, Cali felt her heart race once again. She was alone in the presence of Jett's spies. With every step she took, she found it more and more difficult to breathe.

Cali was not planning on getting in the car again. If she did, she would be a piece of meat on the chopping block.

Van was still in Demi's hands. She had to find a way to snatch him back as soon as possible.

Seeing the car getting closer and closer, Cali quickly walked to Demi's side and whispered, "Demi, let's slow down and buy some time."

Demi took a look at her. There was no way Cali was getting out of here in one piece anyway, so Demi played along and slowed down.

"Have you come up with a better idea? Maybe we can flag down passers-by and alert them. That's the only way we can get help."

"I agree, but that's too risky. Let's hold on a bit longer." Cali swept the surrounding environment with her gaze and found a farmer's market nearby. She could run there as fast as she could and get some help. At this point, it was her only chance.

She shifted her gaze from the entrance of the farmer's market to Van who was in Demi's arms.

'I'm sorry, Van.'

Cali made up her mind and pinched Van's leg without Demi noticing. The next second, Van started bawling.

He cried and screamed so loudly that the birds nearby sprung off the branches they were sitting on.

"Van, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" With a worried look on her face, Cali reached out and held Van in her arms.

"Well, you..." Demi was startled by Van's sudden shriek that just exploded in her ears. She was so surprised that she did not even see Cali take Van from her.

"Good boy, don't cry. Don't cry." Cali paced back and forth with Van flailing and howling in her arms. She patted him gently on the back.

The twins had a tacit understanding. The moment Van started crying, Don immediately followed his lead. Soon, every passer-by looked in their direction with a confused expression.

Demi was at a loss. "What happened? Why are they crying all of a sudden?"

"I don't know. Maybe they're hungry." Cali made up an excuse and continued coaxing the two children.

She had to calm them down first before she made a run for it. Otherwise, the twins' cries would just serve as a beacon Demi could follow anywhere.

"How about we get in the car first?" Demi eventually felt uncomfortable being watched by a bunch of strangers passing by. Scared of attracting the wrong kind of attention, she reached out and said, "Let me hold Van. I'll calm him down."

"Wait a minute. I'll give Van to you once he's fine. It's difficult to coax these two kids when they cry. If I don't soothe them right now, they'll just cry until they get tired and fall asleep. And trust me, that's a very long time. Just let me do my job." Cali turned around and did not let Demi take Van back.

Demi thought that Cali trying to calm the children down outside for everyone to see was a bad idea. But at the same time, she did not want to ride with two screaming children.

"Fine."

"Thank you." Cali coaxed the two anxiously. "Boys, don't cry. Only when you stop crying can we go see your mommy. If you keep crying, we won't go see your mommy."

Van finally stopped crying at the mention of the word "mommy." A few seconds later, Don calmed down as well. Cali took a deep, shuddering breath. She held Van close to her chest and double checked the straps on Don's baby carrier.

'Now!

Run!'