“Lilia, Lilia, Lilian, Lilian…” Joanna shouted in panic.
Unfortunately, no one answered.
Kody panicked and said anxiously, “Miss Haynes, don’t be anxious. I’ll call Lilian now.”
As he spoke, Kody quickly took out his phone and called Lilian.
Beep, beep, beep!
The phone rang for a long time until an automated voice sounded. “Hello, the number you have dialed is not available. Please try again later…”
He called three times in a row, but no one answered.
Joanna’s face turned pale as she asked anxiously, “How is it? Did you get through?”
“Lilian’s call hasn’t been answered!”
The first rule to follow when working in the Everett family was that the phone had to be turned on 24 hours a day.
Moreover, Lilian had worked with the Everett family for seven to eight years. She was a senior nutritionist and a childcare teacher, earning a high salary and a senior position. It was impossible for her not to answer the phone on a working day.
“Oh no, something might have happened.”
“Hurry to the security room and check the surveillance footage. See if Lilian left the hospital with Miss Lilia.”
“You guys, go look over there again.”
“Okay, got it.”
Joanna held her breath and almost lost her balance.
She had been too careless!
She knew that someone had always wanted her dead, so she shouldn’t have let her guard down.
Although she had brought bodyguards with her this time, not many people were allowed to enter the sanatorium’s ward. Therefore, the bodyguards could only wait outside, which gave the criminals an opportunity.
If anything happened to Lilia, she would never forgive herself for the rest of her life.
“Lilia, Lilia, where are you? It’s all Mommy’s fault…”
“Miss Haynes, this is not the time to be sad. Finding Miss Lilia is the priority now.”
“Let’s hurry to the surveillance room and see if Miss Lilia has been taken out of the hospital.”
“Okay.”
Soon.
The
group of them arrived at the surveillance room.
“Miss Lilia is missing. Hurry up and pull out all the surveillance cameras!”
The security guard in the surveillance room was originally dozing off when a few burly men barged in. He was so frightened
that he did not dare to say anything and hurriedly checked the surveillance cameras.
Kody moved the mouse to check the location of Lilian.
“Here, here. it’s Lilian.”
In the surveillance footage, Lilian carried Lilia out of the ward.
Then, she walked out of the corridor. Unexpectedly, just as she reached the fire escape, a man wearing a mask and a cap suddenly rushed out.
The masked man wrapped his arm around Lilian’s neck and dragged her into the fire escape.
With a scream, the surveillance footage returned to normal.
After everyone saw that scene, their hearts tightened. “Hurry up and check the fire escape.”
“Quick, quick, quick!”
The two bodyguards left the surveillance room and immediately ran towards the fire escape.
Joanna snapped back to reality and took a sharp breath, feeling a chilling sensation that seemed to freeze her whole body.
followed him to
In the fire escape.
up and look for them. They should
“Here, here!”
can in the corridor and found Lilian
this time, Lilian was still unconscious, and Lilia
“Lilian, Lilian!”
“Get her out!”
out of the trash can.
Hurry up and
extended his thumb and forcefully pressed Lilian’s philtrum, exerting pressure for
muttered and woke
“Lilian, where’s Miss Lilia?”
to ask,
blank. She could
dragged into this place and strangled
was dragged
Lilian spoke, her head tilted and fainted
call the police!
violently. “We can’t call the police. What if it’s a kidnapping? Once
hurry up and call Mr.
he spoke, Joanna’s phone
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bruce video called.
and answered
the video call connected, Bruce saw Joanna’s
Joanna’s breathing was obstructed. She was so nervous that she could not
the video call, Bruce panicked
Joanna said mournfully as tears burst out
Boom!
every hair on his
most, and he couldn’t bear the
panic. Tell me
blamed herself. Her vision turned black as she fell forward
so that she did not fall to
I’ll be right
Twenty minutes later.
as he could to the
“Where’s Joanna.”
uneasily, “Miss Haynes fainted. She’s in
he flew into a rage. “What
unconscious by a criminal. Then, Miss
Lilia can’t be found, I’ll make
bed, Joanna woke up after
this, Bruce quickly went forward. “Joanna, you’re
broke down into
already know. You have to
all my fault! It’s all my
to look for her. If she was kidnapped, it must
money.”
kidnappers get the money, they definitely won’t hurt Lilia. The kidnappers will call
heard this, she cried even harder. Tears streamed down her face, and she was so desperate that she could not
resources, no matter how
afford it.
worried that Ryan had abducted Lilia.
He might very well take revenge on her
next hour, Bruce and Joanna looked like it was the
seemed to pass in
Finally, Bruce’s phone rang.
Beep, beep, beep!
held his breath and quickly picked up the
a distorted voice from a voice
This voice was very familiar
before, it was the same kind of voice changer. “Who
you have
“That’s smart!”
much do you want? I’ll
money this time. I want
frowned. “Who
“I want… Joanna.”
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