Sheffield was forced to take the crying baby. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"Hey, what's up with the mask?"

"To hide her from the press. Why do you ask?" Terilynn asked.

"She's short of breath already from crying so much. The mask makes it more difficult for her to breathe. We gotta take it off." Sheffield eased the straps off gently, then took the mask off.

The baby's face was covered with tears and snot. Terilynn took out a tissue to mop the little girl's face.

Gwyn continued to cry as she looked at Sheffield's face. With one arm holding the little tyke, Sheffield took the tissue from Terilynn to wipe her nose.

"Sweet Little girl, don't cry. Uncle Sheffield is here with you. It's all right..." Sheffield was never so patient.

After wiping her tears and snot, Sheffield finally saw her little face clearly. He nodded and said, "Cute and pretty. She'Ll be a heartbreaker when she grows up."

Hearing his voice, Gwyn never moved her gaze away from Sheffield's face again.

“Hey Little girl, can you say your name? No? Come on, don't cry. I'l buy you something yummy. Okay?" In Sheffield's eyes, every expression on the little girl's face was so lovely and adorable, melting his heart. He liked the little tyke a Lot. That in spite of himself.

Gwyn hiccupped. Although she didn't stop crying, at least she was quieter.

A very different voice called out to them.

“Hello! You there!" Just then, three policemen on patrol came over and looked them up and down.

“What's up?" Joshua had a bad feeling about this. ‘Are they here responding to a human trafficking report?’ he wondered.

“Why is she crying? Are you guys related?" The police looked at each of them carefully, looking for signs of malfeasance.

Terilynn rolled her eyes and said, “Officer, do you need your eyes checked? This is Joshua, Darius Martin's kid. You know-the former mayor?" Then her hand on Sheffield's shoulder.

"And this gentleman here is the current CEO of Theo Group. You seriously think we're human traffickers?"

The three policemen looked at each other, and then one of them said, "I think we need to check IDs, just to be sure. May I have them, please?”

Joshua cooperatively took out his ID card and explained, "The baby is related to my girlfriend. This girl took one look at me and started crying. Afraid of strangers, I guess."

They looked. He was who they said he was. However, that was not enough to prove that he was the son of Darius.

Seeing the still-suspicious look in the policeman's eyes, Terrilynn also took out her ID card to drive the point home.

"Here's my ID. My father is Carlos Hilton. We own this place!" She gestured to Shining

International Plaza. She continued, "Don't believe me? I'll call the manager of the Alioth Building and ask him to come here to confirm it."

They were pretty close to the Alioth Building. So she had to find the nearest manager.

Gwyn's cries had largely subsided, and she was just weeping and fussing now. She pressed her little face against Sheffield's chest, and choked a little.