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Chapter 1939
"I was just asking, but I know what kind of a person you are. Once you set your mind to something, no one can change your mind," Dean said and continued after a pause, "Giving this a try isn't that bad. Even if you fail, everything will simply remain the same. Elliot wouldn't fire you.""Who knows? He only set this target for me so that I would give up. I am too stubborn, and I enjoy proving my worth, so I won't regret it even if I fail in the end.""I do admire your perseverance, Natalie.""I admire you, too, Dean. I personally think that you are just as talented as Elliot.""Don't say that! I can't hold a candle to him!" Dean gaped and glanced around. "Natalie, you mustn't say things like that!""This is my office, Dean, you don't have to worry. I only said so because I know word won't get out," Natalie said just in time for the assistant to return with the tea.Natalie accepted the tea and asked the assistant to leave.Dean looked over at Natalie after the door was closed."
Chapter 1940
The next day, Ben arrived in Ylore.Dean had informed him that Elliot might be in an accident and Ben could not simply sit still, so he decided to hurry over.Chad took Ben to where Hayden was building his station.Ben adjusted his spectacles as he stared at the incomplete station in confusion. "GPS chip? And it requires a specific type of signal station?""I'm confused too and asked Hayden about it last night. He said that it wasn't your typical GPS chip but that it was something he created on his own.""I thought he has school right now?""He should have his own free time outside of school, too! In any case, he says that the GPS chip he created was encrypted and required signal from a specific station. He mentioned that someone in Bridgedale has already started using the GPS system he created," said Chad. "He's been working non-stop until twelve in the morning, and he only takes a break when I force him to. He then comes back here before dawn."Ben's expression darkened. "Why
Chapter 1941
Ben and Chad followed Nick to a nearby restaurant to eat.At the restaurant, Nick sighed. "This is the sixth day since they went missing."Both Ben and Chad completely lost their appetite at the remark.The longer they took, the less hope they had in finding them. No matter where Elliot and Avery were, they had to be in a horrible situation if the others could not reach them.At three in the afternoon, the station was completed and Hayden hurried to the closest hotel from the station where he had been staying for the past two days.It was five hundred meters from the station and he could see the tower from the window of his room.He returned to the hotel and shrugged off the raincoat, while Chad helped remove the helmet he had been wearing."Hayden, why don't you eat something first?" Ben handed him a lunchbox."It can wait until after I find Mommy!" Hayden was not feeling hungry at all, but his voice was already hoarse from dehydration."Just take a sip of water, then!" Ben o
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The others followed him out of the car.Hayden had installed the system on his iPad and strode toward the red point marked on the map.Chad's eyes reddened at how remote and desolate the area was."This whole area belonged to that criminal organization." Nick had been here before and said, "It's deserted, so no one comes here under normal circumstances.""I guess there are still survivors from that same organization and they are probably the culprits behind this kidnapping," Ben said.Chad could not help but shed tears at what Ben had said."Chad, I'm just guessing. Don’t cry." Ben did not want his theory to be true, as that would mean that there was no chance that Elliot and Avery were still alive."Ben, I think what you said makes sense." Nick stepped on the muddy path alongside them. "Apart from the members of that organization who know about this place, no one else would bother coming here."Chad took off his glasses to wipe his tears."Alright, don't cry." Ben tapped him
Chapter 1943
There were no furniture or dividing walls. Only the kitchen and washroom were in separate rooms. "Baam!"In the kitchen, one of the bodyguards pushed a cabinet down.Since they could not find Avery's phone despite the fact that there were merely a few pieces of furniture in the hut, they had resorted to shoving all the furniture down.To their bewilderment, a miracle unfolded before them once the cabinet was moved aside."Mr. Felix, there's a door here!" The bodyguard shouted once he spotted the rusted door.Everyone else ran over in an instant."Bring it down!" Nick commanded once he saw the door.The bodyguard cleared his throat. "Boss, we can just open it." He then pulled the door open and an entrance appeared. It was dark. They gasped.Ben had not expected his theory to be right. Chad was overwhelmed with a premonition that Elliot was long gone.Just as the others stared dazedly at the entrance, Hayden went past them and darted into the darkness."Hayden! Let the body
Chapter 1944
There were no dividing walls in the basement, and one could see the entire room clearly."Mr. Felix, I don't see Mr. Foster anywhere!" the bodyguard said.Ben and Chad paced around the basement as well and noticed that though there were no walls, there was another passage."There's a really small passage over here!" Chad shouted at Nick.Nick immediately sent his bodyguard over, who crawled inside and returned in twenty minutes."Mr. Felix, the entrance is blocked and I can't get past it!""Go outside and circle back to see what's going on with the exit!" Nick ordered.While the bodyguard went outside to search for the exit, Nick looked at Ben and Chad. "Let's go outside! I will get my men to search this whole place all over again! If we still can't find anything, we can always tear it all down and expose the basement so that we can search every corner..."Ben scowled in confusion. "Not only is Elliot missing, but is the prisoner they took with them.""Yeah! That's what I'm th
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"Chad! Don't panic! We haven't found his body yet! Maybe he escaped!" Ben said in hopes of consoling Chad.Chad took a deep breath and steadied himself. "The door that leads to the basement from the inside was locked from the outside, and the other exit was sealed. Mr. Foster... How exactly did he escape? He even gave Avery his shirt! That means they were both inside the basement! They must have been there for a while, or he wouldn't have given his shirt to her. Why didn't he contact us if he managed to get out? Why didn't he help Avery?!" Chad was becoming increasingly agitated as he spoke."But his body wasn't down there!" Ben adjusted his glasses. "I don't believe that he's dead! I won't believe it!"Nick interfered before the two started fighting one another. "Stop it, the two of you! I will call the police here to investigate. My bodyguards will monitor the whole situation and inform you right away when they find Elliot. You two should head over to the hospital to check on Aver
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The bodyguard saw Hayden pouncing at him fiercely, and he immediately fled.Ben and Chad held Hayden back to get him to calm down."Hayden, sit down. Your mother will be fine. She's a doctor. She knows how to save herself in extreme conditions. We have to believe in her." Chad pulled Hayden over to the chair and made him sit down.Ben took out a piece of tissue and passed it to Hayden."I'm with your Uncle Chad. Your mother will be fine. I don't know about your father…""I don't care about him. I only want Mommy to wake up!" Hayden only had Avery in his heart."But Layla and Robert care about him." Ben knew that Hayden did not like to hear that. "If they knew that something had happened to Elliot, they would surely be very sad. Now there's only you supporting the family, you—""Ben, let's not talk about this first. Let's wait for Avery to come out first!" Chad thought that this topic was too cruel for someone Hayden's age.Even if Elliot and Avery were to pass away, there was s
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