The living room light was still on as Lucas sat on the sofa and sighed. He lit a cigarette and asked the servants to have an early night. He wanted to be alone for a while. Wisps of smoke rose from the burnt end of the cigarette, but Lucas only took a few puffs. He was lost in thought.

Suddenly, a strong light shone through the French window and into his eyes. It was the headlights of a car.

'Who'd come at this hour?' thought Lucas irritatedly as he saw the car stopping at the main gate.

When he flicked the cigarette ashes, his phone on the table rang. His eyes immediately lit up after glancing absent-mindedly at the caller ID.

He quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, Corinne. What's wrong? What can I do for you?"

"Open the gate!" said Corinne from the other end.

out there?" questioned Lucas with a raise of an eyebrow. "Hold on a sec, I'll get someone

was still on the phone, he ran to the yard and asked

Jeremy stepped on the gas and whizzed in,

and ran toward Lucas.

puzzled. "She's still in

You were so close to her, but you're telling me that you have no

shoulders to calm her down, then turned to Jeremy who had just gotten out of the car. "What happened? Why are

has been kidnapped today. We suspect it has something to do with Anya-she got

was shocked. He finally understood why Corinne lost her usual composure. "Corinne, how did you

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