The sudden turn of events caught Lucas off guard. He swiftly mobilized several employees from his company to assist in the investigation. Edmund, with a tablet, gestured at the screen and explained what he had discovered of Melody's movements.

A pang of heartache pierced Lucas as he watched Melody's figure on the screen-she was completely oblivious to the fate that would befall her.

"She couldn't have just vanished into thin air. Zoom in to the first and last two minutes of the video. I want to see how she was taken," Lucas demanded.

The surveillance footage revealed no trace of Melody beyond a certain point, indicating she had not left of her own accord.

"Stop-zoom in here," Lucas commanded. Edmund complied, and the screen displayed a scene with a nurse pushing a hospital bed with what was presumably a recently discharged patient.

Before long, the notion that he had brushed shoulders

"It's her!"

was being pushed out on the bed was covered from head to toe. Lucas finally came to realize why he found that nurse a little peculiar. A nurse would never usher out a bed with a deceased

Melody! He regretted that he had not paid just two extra seconds of attention, for that brief moment could have been the key for

camera for the nurse's movements. I want to know what she did and where," his

someone

came out from the

was behind

the backseat, "You're good, but you still ended up in my grasp," she taunted with a wicked grin. "You've been telling me how much

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