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.

was eager to see Angela in

connected, Kaydron’s voice came through, “Fanny, come quickly to the

moment and felt an urge to end

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

from severing ties explicitly, fearing retaliation in the form of

replied, striving for a composed tone but refraining

relief, assuming Fanny would come. Seeing the police still monitoring him, he kept his words brief and simply said, “You

police officer and inquired cautiously, “Sir, this isn’t a major issue,

had been detained but bailed out by Fanny with just one visit last time.

deal this time, despite bringing more people along. After all, he hadn’t harmed

“Do you believe this isn’t serious? I don’t think

Kaydron was

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

of them looked a bit disheveled, with ropes binding

to protest and quickly squatted down beside them with

as he

that the way the police looked at him

he realized it

white crystalline substances,

these?” the police officer asked.

up. Then, he shook his head subconsciously.

head, someone nearby suddenly said, “It’s

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

if he lacked common sense, the 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 substance made him realize it was drugs.

it was his, he quickly grabbed his collar and asked, “What nonsense

man winced as Kaydron tightened his grip but persisted, “They’re yours,

Reed’s. Apart from him, nobody else here could afford such

practically saying the word “drugs” out

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