When they arrived at the hotel, there was still no update from the rescue team.
Avery immediately urged her children to eat, but Ivy spotted her reddened eyes and the exhaustion on her face that she could not
hide. "Mom, you've been awake this whole time, haven't you? You need to take care of yourself."
Avery knew that she could not lie to them and confessed, "I tried to, but | can't sleep."
"But you have to." Ivy wanted to suggest that Avery take ssleeping pills, but she did not do so as she knew that there were
side effects.
"Mom, why don't you get ssleep after dinner? Ivy and | will go to the mountain." Robert, too, had not slept for over a day, but
he was still young, and it had not affected him much.
"I wille along. If there are no updates, | wille back," Avery said. "I will get your dad toe back as well. He hasn't slept
at all."
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Robert and lvy instantly lost their appetites. Avery placed sfood onto their plates. "Eat up. Don't waste food."
Avery was struggling to eat as well but had to stay strong in front of her children.
"It's cold outside, Mom." Robert took a bite of his food and said, "lvy can stay here with you in the hotel! We won't be of much help
even if we go there. | can deliver food to Dad and make sure that he finishes everything."
Ivy understood what her brother was trying to say and immediately agreed, "Mom, let's go to sleep later! It's cold out there, and
I'm sure they will let us know as soon as they find something."
Avery glanced outside the window and saw the snow falling under the dimmed street lights.
"It's freezing and your sister must be suffering!" Avery sighed.
Sorrow took hold of Robert and Ivy once again.
Once they finished dinner, Avery packed the leftovers.
"Hayden has food over there, but I'm worried that your dad might not eat at all, so | figured | would deliver it to him. All he had was
a few sips of soup, and he has gone an entire day since then." Avery packed the food into boxes. "I'm going there! Let's go
together."
Robert and Ivy could not find a reason to stop Avery so the three called a taxi and headed toward the mountain.
The rescue team had built temporary shelters out of steel and a few tents. The shelter hardly offered anyfort.
Avery took her two children and saw countless people moving around. Swere moving the bodies, and others helped the
wounded inside the tents, while a few sat on the ground, munching on their food.
There were a large group of people on the mountain, searching for survivors as well, and despite scanning the entire site, Avery
could not find Elliot anywhere, so she handed the boxes to Robert and called Elliot.
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Ivy suddenly noticed a group of people standing at the bottom of the mountain and pointed in that direction. "Mom, look. Is Dad
over there?"
Just then, Avery's call connected, and she heard his phone ringing.
Avery spotted him from afar and immediately hurried over, while Robert and Ivy followed her closely.
Elliot answered the call and glanced around to find his wife and two children.
The rescue team was doing their best to locate Layla and her phone, and they were getting close to the spot that was seven
hundred meters above sea level.
It was a critical moment, so Elliot did not run toward his family despite seeing them.
Avery hung up and grabbed the boxes from Robert's hand before walking over to Elliot and handing him a piece of bread.
"Eat something! It's cold out here. You need food to warm up." Avery did not force him to go back into the tent, knowing that they
were all anxiously waiting for Layla to be rescued.