The other side answered quickly, with a steady tone, “Hello?”

“Lucas is missing,” Evelyn told him directly.

For a moment, the man’s voice and breath disappeared on the phone. The next second, it became heavy and clearly suppressed, about to burst with emotions. “When did it happen?”

Upon hearing his question, Evelyn’s last glimmer of hope shattered. If it wasn’t Huston, then who could have taken their child? Evelyn couldn’t believe it was a random occurrence. It must have been someone she knew or someone who knew her.

“Just now, downstairs from my home,” Evelyn recalled Lucy’s

words, and the tightly wound nerve snapped. She couldn’t

help but choke up as she continued, “My mother said he

disappeared in the blink of an eye. My parents are searching

for him now…”

As Huston listened to the woman’s trembling and incoherent voice, he knew she must be going through immense anguish, just as he was. Holding the car keys, he walked outside while

on my way right now. It hasn’t been long since he disappeared, so nothing serious. should have happened. Trust me, this is Jewel City, and

and strength. Evelyn finally felt a slight relief from her anxious heart. She wiped away her tears with her hand. “What should we do now? Grace called the police earlier, but they

a

investigate. You go meet

Huston instructed, fearing that she

couldn’t help but remind her, “Don’t move from

wait for me.”

closed her eyes, and teardrops the size of

knees. “Hurry

surged through

safety and felt immense

vowed to tear apart the

“Alright.”

from different directions. Evelyn arrived a little earlier and had a shorter

but just as she arrived, Huston

his

fast he had

his life.

tears in front of the building. Even the man, who rarely shed

“Evelyn,

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