Chapter 246 Yasmin Is His Daughter?
After Dash stopped moving, the other bodyguards finally pushed through the crowd and arrived.
Holden threw Dash to the bodyguards, turned back to look at Candice, and asked, "Ms. Elikin, are you okay?"
As soon as he asked, his expression changed.
Candice's arm was covered in blood, the shocking red color was alarming.
And there was Theo beside her.
Theo had been closer to the car window at the time, so his injuries were even worse!
Candice's face looked a bit pale. After calming down, she instructed him, "You arrange for people to handle things here, take us back to the research institute first, and send someone else to pick up the kids."
"Okay!" Holden immediately agreed and had someone help Theo into the car.
He also told two bodyguards to stay behind to pick up Elijah and Yasmin, then helped Candice into another car himself.
The crowd around them had almost completely scattered.
The kindergarten entrance became empty as the cars roared away from the kindergarten.
Just after they left, Elijah and Yasmin came running out quickly.
When the incident happened earlier, they were about to come out, but Zola saw someone causing trouble outside and stopped the children from leaving.
Through the railing, Elijah saw Candice's car and noticed that Candice's hands were covered in blood.
Both little ones were terrified. They watched as Candice was put into another car, their hearts full of worry.
When things calmed down outside and they could come out, Elijah immediately said to the bodyguard, "Quick, take us to Mommy!"
"Okay."
The bodyguard nodded and immediately took the two little ones to the research institute.
On the way, Elijah called Brandon, his voice a bit panicked as he asked, "Daddy, where are you?"
Brandon said, "I'm on my way back. Did Mommy pick you up?"
Elijah's tone was full of anxiety, almost crying, "Hurry up! Someone attacked Mommy just now, Mommy got hurt, and now she's going to the research institute."
Brandon's expression changed drastically when he heard this. "Don't worry, you and Yasmin. Daddy will go there right now!"
After hanging up, he ordered Knox sternly, "Turn around immediately and go to the Mortimer Group's research institute!"
Knox didn't know what had happened, but seeing Brandon so serious, he didn't dare delay and quickly turned the car around, heading toward the research institute.
More than ten minutes later, Candice returned to the research institute. Holden immediately called the staff and had them help Theo deal with the glass and injuries on his body.
The staff didn't expect that in such a short time, both of them would come back injured. They immediately said, "Quick, go to the medical room first!"
The bodyguard helped Theo over.
On Candice's side, she had someone call Anais over and went into another medical room to treat her injuries.
Almost at the same time, the two little ones and Brandon also arrived at the research institute.
"Daddy!" As soon as Elijah got out of the car and saw him, his heart finally settled a bit.
He took Yasmin's hand and jogged forward.
Brandon nodded and comforted them, saying, "Don't be afraid, Daddy's here. Let's go inside first."
The two little ones nodded. Seeing Brandon stride inside with big steps, Elijah and Yasmin also moved their little short legs, jogging behind to catch up.
When they reached the medical room, they just saw Anais wearing gloves, using tweezers to remove glass from Candice's arm.
Candice's slender hand was now stained red with blood.
Moreover, the glass was embedded quite deeply, and there was quite a bit of bleeding.
On the way here, a lot of blood had gotten on her dress, and her clothes were covered with bloodstains, making it look extremely serious.
Brandon's breathing suddenly stopped, and Elijah froze too.
On the way here, Yasmin had been too worried to speak. Now, seeing Candice bleeding so much, her tears burst out all at once.
She ran over, crying, "Mommy!"
When Candice heard that little voice, her expression froze for a moment. She turned around and saw Yasmin.
Because of the pain from her injury, her mind didn't immediately register what Yasmin had just called her.
She just looked at Yasmin and said, "You're here too?"
Yasmin cried with tears in her eyes, but didn't dare get too close to Candice's hand. She could only ask worriedly, "Does it hurt, Mommy? Why is there so much blood? Are you going to die?"
Hearing her innocent worry, Candice immediately forgot about the pain in her hand.
She quickly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I won't die. It just looks serious. Actually, only this part is injured. There's just more bleeding. Once Anais removes all the glass, stops the bleeding, and bandages it, I'll be fine."
Candice softened her voice and asked gently, "Were you scared just now?"
Yasmin nodded, "Elijah and I saw it from inside the kindergarten, and we were so worried!"
She stopped crying, but her eyes were still red.
While the mother and daughter were talking, Brandon walked to the bedside with Elijah.
Only then did Candice notice that Brandon had come too.
Her heart suddenly jumped.
Oh no, did Yasmin just call her Mommy?!
She instinctively looked at Brandon and found his eyes were unfathomably deep, his gaze fixed tightly on her.
Candice's scalp tingled. Not knowing what to say for a moment, she could only ask dryly, "You're here too?"
Brandon didn't make a sound.
But Elijah asked with concern, "Mommy, does it hurt a lot? Is this injury really not serious? Should we go to the hospital for a checkup?"
Candice was feeling uneasy at the moment and couldn't say much to comfort Elijah. She could only answer, "I'm really fine. This wound just looks scary. Once we clean up the blood, it'll be okay. If you're scared, you and Yasmin can wait outside for a bit!"
Elijah shook his head, "I'm not scared. We'll wait here for Mommy! We'll stay with Mommy!"
Candice hesitated before saying, "Okay."
After that, she didn't speak again.
The atmosphere moved forward slowly in silence. Except for the sounds Anais made while treating the wound, you could hear a pin drop in the medical room.
At this moment, Brandon's state of mind was surging violently.
First, he was annoyed and extremely worried because Candice had been attacked and injured.
Before his emotions had settled, after entering the room, he suddenly heard Yasmin call Candice Mommy.
His heart was now filled with shock.
Because he was so shocked, he even wondered if he had heard wrong.
But soon, he dismissed that doubt.
He recalled the scenes of Candice and Yasmin together before.
From their reunion until now, she had been alone with a relative's child.
She and Yasmin had lived together in Seaside City for so long.
What family would leave such a young child unattended for so long, entrusting them to someone else?
Thinking more carefully, Yasmin's usual dependence on Candice, and their intimate interactions.
That wasn't something relatives would show at all, was it?
So Yasmin was Candice's daughter?
All this time, had these two been acting in front of him?
This guess struck Brandon's heart.
He looked at Yasmin with a somewhat complicated expression.
Yasmin looked about the same age as Elijah!
When the two were together, they were very in sync. Looking closely, there were some similar features between the two little ones.
Brandon also remembered that from the first time he met Yasmin, he couldn't feel any rejection toward her. That wonderful sense of closeness was inexplicable.
All these thoughts made Brandon instantly rule out the possibility that Candice had a child with someone else.
So, Yasmin was his daughter?