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 unknown number,

stopped in my tracks.

screen and said, "Answer it. Put it on

through, and it was impossible to determine if it was male or female. It sounded very eerie. "Ms. Chloe, I assume you already know, right? Your father is in my

you? Why have you kidnapped my dad?" I asked

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

looked at Atlas, my heart pounding, "What notebook? My dad... He doesn't have

"Let's

the parking lot outside. I wondered if it was a regular

Why would they want my dad's notebook?" I asked as we

my hand. "This must be related to

get back to the Pleca Park, keep it low-key, Ask your mom what they brought back. I don't think they. meant a laptop

perhaps due to not having rested well in over a day. My heart was racing, and

Atlas pulled me into his arms, whispering gently, "Relax. I'm here.

returned to Pleca Park. Before