Beyond the Divorce

Atlas furrowed his brow and said into the phone, "Mike, don't worry! We're heading there right away. Call the police and let them investigate. We'll be there soon." "All right. Hurry up and come over. I'll try to gather some friends to figure things out."

After hanging up the phone, he turned to Cane beside him. "Book the plane tickets immediately. Jared, I'll leave things here to you."

In the hospital room, everyone seemed a bit lost. Lauren reassured me, "Go quickly! You can leave this to me and Jared. Don't worry. We'll find him."

I just glanced at the weak Oliver lying on the hospital bed and said, "Oliver, take care of yourself. Sorry!"

He blinked. "Go on."

Atlas, Cane, and I left the room. We immediately ran into Ivanna who was carrying a thermos.

She asked, "Where are you all going in such a hurry?"

"We've got something urgent. We'll leave things here to you."

I was still pondering how someone could disappear like that? A perfectly healthy person, at that?

It was an

stopped in

immediately looked at my phone screen and said, "Answer it.

impossible to determine if it was male or female. It sounded very eerie. "Ms. Chloe, I assume you already

you? Why have you

course, there's a reason. Now listen carefully. You have eight hours to hand over your father's notebook. Bring the notebook to the small town. When I call, exchange the notebook for your father. Otherwise, we'll have no choice but to take him away." "What notebook?" I pressed, but the other side had

at Atlas, my heart pounding, "What notebook?

frowned and pulled me. "Let's

parking lot outside. I wondered if it

would they want

"This must be related to your father's profession. Don't overthink

it low-key, Ask your mom what they brought back. I don't think they. meant a laptop when they

to not having rested well in over a day.

into his

Park. Before getting out, I took a deep