The Lawyer’s Romance in Law

At the Lawrence Group’s Cludan branch.

Inside the president’s office.

At this moment, Symeon was engrossed in his work when his phone abruptly rang. He assumed it was an update regarding the surveillance repair.

However, upon answering the call, he discovered a text message from an unidentified number.

The message read. I am Casey. I am trapped in the Carter Family’s basement. Please rescue me!”

Symeon’s face paled instantly upon reading the message. He attempted to call back the unknown number, but it was switched off, and there was no response.

Could this message truly be from Casey?

If he went to search for her and failed to find her, the Carter Family might report him to the police.

After some contemplation, Symeon decided to call Amanda. The call was promptly answered, and Amanda’s voice echoed from the other end. “What’s the status? Has the surveillance footage been recovered?”

“Not yet, but I received a peculiar text message from someone claiming to be Casey. She claims she’s trapped in the Carter Family’s basement and needs my help. How credible do you think this message is?”

“Where are you currently? I’ll come over immediately. Don’t delete the message. Keep it.”

Tm at the office.”

“I’ll be there shortly.”

With that, she ended the call. Symeon reopened the text message and scrutinized it repeatedly.

His intuition suggested that this message could indeed be from Casey.

However, he couldn’t comprehend the circumstances under which Casey had sent this message and why the phone was now unreachable.

and commanded, “Trace the location of this

“Understood, Mr. Lawrence.”

ending the call, Symeon reclined in his chair

time, the landline rang. The secretary’s voice echoed from the phone. “Mr. Lawrence, Miss Bailey is here

“Let her in.”

“Very well.”

office. Symeon rose from his seat and

“Let me see the message first.”

her the phone. After reading the message, she jotted down the phone number

need. I’ve already initiated a trace. We should have the results

“Understood.”

on the couch before expressing her thoughts. “I suspect Casey sent us the message using a stranger’s phone. As for why she didn’t call directly, there must be some reason. Regardless,

Residence,

in

posed another question. “What if this message is a deliberate misdirection, and we don’t find Casey in the basement of the Carter Residence? Could the Carter Family press charges against us for

on someone else’s property, and, yes, you could be

“So, we need to tread carefully. If we get caught, rescuing Casey will

rang. After a brief conversation, he rose from his seat, retrieved his suit jacket. from behind his desk, and announced. “Let’s go. It’s confirmed. The phone

exited

at the underground parking lot and

you enough to let you accompany me? Why didn’t

You always cause him so much trouble. He barely

me? If you were a tad more sincere, perhaps

to rescue the mother of your child. Isn’t that sincere enough?” She

to plead with me in

husband’s dignity.” Amanda stated firmly before gazing out the car

taken aback. He refrained from further comment and continued driying