“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?”

snapped back suddenly, “…No, thank you.”

said that, she briskly walked to her car, pressed the

hushed murmurs. One asked, “Officer Buncho, are you handling this case,

deeper line, “I am. Her background is more complex than it

is she?”

“She’s Dexter Russell’s wife.”

colleagues immediately grasped why Scott had assumed

to Russell Group. Amid the rush hour traffic, her driving was reckless and daring, as if she had no fear of consequences.

leaving work, she headed for the VIP elevator and swiped her card,

this point, Dexter did not

“Mrs. Russell?”

to disregard them, they hastened to add, “Mr. Russell’s meeting is still ongoing. He’s

shifted her course and headed directly to the conference

enter. Mr. Russell is in a board meeting

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

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

of the table, Dexter reviewed his files, his countenance bearing the cold seriousness. befitting a

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