Chapter 52. Released

His phone rang. I grabbed it from him and picked up.

“Hello, who's this? Where are my children?! Give them back to me!” I screamed into the phone.

“Hello, bitch. Been a while.” The voice chuckled, mischievous-sounding.

Tears were already falling down my face. Disbelief and shock spread through my features.

“Catherine?”

“I'm glad you remember me.” She laughed again.

Uncle Pete was surprised. He gestured for me to put it on loudspeaker.

“Where's my husband? I want to talk to him.” With shaky fingers, I handed the phone to Uncle Pete. He took it.

“Catherine?”

“Yes, it is me, darling. How have you been? I've missed you, it's been years.”

“Why do you have the children? How