Chapter 496 A Pleasant Surprise

“Alright, Miss Shelton.” The man quickly retreated after Florence’s admonition.

After he had left, Florence vented her frustration by smashing several tea cups but found no relief for her discomfort.

After some deliberation, she realized she couldn’t continue suppressing her anger and needed an outlet.

At the residence of the Kins Family in Northland.

Fanny was also awakened early by a nightmare.

She found herself drenched in sweat upon waking.

The first thing she did was check the time. Then, she hesitated whether to call Christopher first or find Jonathan to confirm their return to Riverdon.

After all, today marked the deadline Christopher had given her.

However, the day had just begun, and Joseph had returned the previous night. They were waiting only for Jonathan’s return to discuss their plans to return to Riverdon.

As she deliberated, a phone call came in.

She hesitated for a moment before answering, her heart freezing instantly.

It was a call from Kaydron.

Instinctively, she considered declining it. After all, she had already deleted all the photos of herself from Kaydron’s phone last night. So, she had no reason to care about his affairs now, especially when he should be busy with Angela’s abduction.

Last night, Kaydron had boasted about succeeding in kidnapping Angela this time.

Thinking of Kaydron’s confident assurances last night, she hesitated for a moment but still answered the call.

Angela in a miserable state.

through, “Fanny, come

a moment and felt an urge to

forget that even if Kaydron successfully kidnapped Angela, he probably wouldn’t be able to escape. She shouldn’t continue to

ties explicitly, fearing retaliation in the form of

a composed tone but refraining

he kept his words brief and simply

officer and inquired cautiously, “Sir, this isn’t

bailed out by Fanny with just one visit last time. This time, he requested to contact Fanny before facing

assumed it wasn’t a big deal this time, despite bringing more people along. After

you believe this isn’t serious? I

was

phone and pointed behind him. “Your call is over.

of people squatting there. Each of them looked a bit disheveled, with ropes

to protest and quickly

felt a growing unease as he recalled the

if it was his imagination, but he felt that the way the police looked at him this time was different

he realized it wasn’t his

several bags of white

are these?” the

Then, he shook his head

as he shook his head, someone nearby suddenly said,

and his face turned pale as he denied it. “It’s not mine. It’s

severe look in the police officer’s eyes, the deliberate way the packets were handled with gloves, and the innocuous yet vaguely dangerous appearance of the

the person beside him said it was his, he quickly grabbed his collar and asked, “What nonsense are you

man winced as Kaydron tightened his grip but persisted, “They’re yours, Mr. Reed. I clearly saw them fall from you.”

Apart from him, nobody else here could afford such a

the word “drugs” out loud.

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