“Isn’t it obvious what  I want  to do? I want  to let you experience what it’s like to lose someone you love, forever.”

“Carter! Carter! ” Beep—

When Jeremy was about to stop him, he heard the busy tone on the other side of the phone.

Carter hung up the phone, and the plane took off ten minutes later.

Jeremy immediately and decisively booked a plane ticket to St. Piaf online. When he was about to head home to pack his bags, he received a sudden call from the schoolteacher.

On the other end of the line, Jackson’s teacher sobbed and said inaudibly, “Mr. Whitman, the school was on fire just now. We had been in such a hurry in putting out the fire, and Jackson and another kid in the class disappeared after we’ve put out the fire. We’ve checked the security footage, and we saw two men forcefully taking them away during the fire.”

After learning about this, Jeremy immediately went to the school to look at the footage.

When he saw the two men in black who came to the school with a purpose on the footage, Jeremy immediately understood.

Those must be Carter’s men.

that Jeremy would immediately chase after him once Jeremy knew that Carter had taken Madeline

Jeremy could not

meticulously planned

his son who had his mouth covered, his fingers slowly clenched into

His heart thought of Madeline, but

Madeline lest he made everyone even more worried

he could

looked at the wedding ring on his ring finger and made

wait for me. I’ll go look for you after I find our son

looked at the ring and promised

later, Jeremy received a phone

and her voice was laced with anxiety. “Jeremy, just now, a man called and said he kidnapped Jack. He told us to prepare 1oo million to

speak, but Jeremy could figure out

then hung up the phone

very well that Carter was just doing this to buy

not predict how sinister and cruel Carter could be—he might not even

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