As the rain continued to pour, the small fleet of technicals sped down the highway.

Cedrick gripped his phone nervously, still trying to get through to Gwendolyn’s phone.

Out of service… Argh! Why is the phone still out of service?

Swain showed Cedrick a screenshot of the GPS location, and the latter couldn’t stop staring at the red dot on the map, wishing he could see his wife soon.

“Boss…” Swain uttered while driving, only to stop when he caught of glimpse of Cedrick through the rearview mirror.

“Speak.”

“Throughout the first half of the night, Mrs. Jenson’s phone only went online in that one instance. Don’t you think that’s pretty fishy? I doubt we can find any clues when we reach Xanthon Highway…”

Cedrick pursed his lips in thought, and it wasn’t difficult to tell from his clenched jaw that he was suppressing his anxiety.

“Stop spouting nonsense. Contact Xanthon’s border patrol immediately. They can reach Xanthon Highway in a little over ten minutes, so have them seal off the entire road. No one, not even a bird, can leave the area.”

“Understood.”

Swain kept a hand on the steering wheel while skillfully tapping his Bluetooth headset with the other to contact the border patrol and relay Cedrick’s orders.

Frustratingly enough, the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

As the fleet of vehicles neared Xanthon Highway, Cedrick glanced at the darkness outside the window and discreetly smelled himself.

“Swain, is the cigarette smell on me obvious?”

Swain shook his head. “You’ve stumped me, Boss. I’m used to it since I’m also a smoker. But… I suppose there isn’t much difference from how you smelled in the day.”

Cedrick rolled his eyes. Ugh. Why did I even bother asking him?

The technical was large, and apart from the cache of weapons, there was also a stash of emergency supplies.

fatigues. After turning

to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still

fair skin. No wonder his wife

out. “Have you seen enough? Do you

was to look for his

of his wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and concentrated on

minutes later, Cedrick had changed his outfit and began buttoning his

in the car’s dim interior, one could

to see me all clean and tidy. No matter how slim the chance is of finding her tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been

after an hour, the five technicals

a team of police officers had

black umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking extra

made a beeline for the

Mr. Jenson. I’m Kyro Jaeger, the police chief of this area. It must be hard for

“It’s been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock

the highway.

Cedrick replied before another thought popped up.

No one has tampered with

a few hours

“Understood.”

officer behind Kyro pushed the

his car, but before closing the door, he stared

“Get in.”

umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into

long, the technical cruised down the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room

the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the two cars pulled over earlier. I don’t think there’s any problem with the drivers’

the details. Hmm… Kyro’s right. There doesn’t

staring blankly at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson looks terrifying… I feel like he

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