The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Realization finally dawned on the balloon seller. "What? That fast?"

Anya, not wanting to waste time explaining things, rushed into the cave to bring Joey out of the cage. After all, Corinne and Jeremy were not like the others. They were capable of tracking her down swiftly. She needed to find another hiding place promptly.

The pitiful Joey was still crying and shivering in the dog cage. Alas, the heartless Anya roughly pulled Joey out, tied him up with a piece of hemp rope, and called the balloon seller from outside to come in and carry the kid. She did not even care about the boy's well-being.

The balloon seller was visibly reluctant, but since he had not received the promised 14000 dollars, he begrudgingly went along. With Joey on his back, they left the cave.

Anya even tossed the balloon seller's phone into the cave, promising to buy him a better one.

The desolate mountains were quite far from the city center. It took Jeremy and Corinne two hours to reach there, and by then, it was dawn. The mountains were truly barren, covered in dense and tangled weeds with no roads for cars to drive on.

ready to hike up the mountain in search of Joey, but

calm! How could we find Joey on such

still and do nothing at the thought of Anya taking her anger out of poor, little

and patted her back gently to comfort her. "I know. I'm really worried about him too, but just give it a little more time. Our team and the police should be here soon." Corinne looked up at him, a mix of surprise and curiosity in her eyes. "When did you call the police? I was afraid their arrival might tip off

already. Our next move is to surround this mountain as fast as possible and let the police dogs search.

reasonable. She tightly gripped

You shouldn't act rashly,"

agreed with

while the rest were made up of police officers. Before they came, the police officers