Blind Date Turned Proposal

“This is now an official police record. Please take a moment to think carefully about where your father might have gone. In the meantime, we’ll have some officers search the nearby area, Scott tried to reassure Josie.

However, Josie couldn’t shake off her unease. “Officer Buncho, my father couldn’t have just lost his way like that. He was in the car…”

Scott’s extensive investigative experience triggered a thought, “Do you know of anyone who might hold a grudge against him?”

The notion of enemies sent Josie’s thoughts spiraling.

She couldn’t pinpoint them even if there were indeed any adversaries. Among the people she could recall, none of them seemed to have any direct animosity toward her father.

Josie pursed her lips, “Let me think again. I’ll let you know if I recall anything.”

Scott nodded.

As he was getting ready to enter his car, a colleague patted him on the shoulder and said. “Relax, Buncho. You’re out here on duty for a reason. Why’s still the long face? Don’t worry. They wouldn’t keep you waiting for an eternity.”

Scott responded with a teasing glance before addressing Josie, “Do you need a lift?”

back suddenly,

her car, pressed the

Josie sped away, the police officers exchanged hushed murmurs. One asked, “Officer Buncho,

an even deeper line, “I am. Her

she?”

Dexter Russell’s wife.”

Scott had assumed personal

driving was reckless and daring, as if she had

headed for the VIP elevator and swiped her card, gaining entry. She rode it to the top floor

Dexter did

“Mrs. Russell?”

to disregard them, they hastened to add, “Mr. Russell’s meeting is still ongoing. He’s not

taut as she shifted her course and headed directly to the conference

you can’t enter. Mr. Russell is

company, all wielding significant influence. They were engrossed in discussing critical matters concerning the

conference room, causing a stir among the attendees, who all raised their

bearing the cold seriousness. befitting a