“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.
hurriedly followed him to the
In the fire escape.
and look for them. They
“Here, here!”
opened the trash can in
this time, Lilian was still unconscious,
“Lilian, Lilian!”
“Get her out!”
to carry Lilian out of the trash can. Kody reached
unconscious. Hurry up and
and forcefully pressed
and woke up from the
“Lilian, where’s Miss Lilia?”
bent down to ask, “Where’s
She could not
into this place and strangled till
know. I was dragged
Lilian spoke, her head tilted and
the
shook her head violently. “We can’t call the police. What if it’s a kidnapping? Once we call the police, what if the robbers kill the
up and
he spoke, Joanna’s phone
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bruce video called.
calmed down and answered the
saw Joanna’s
obstructed. She was so
call, Bruce panicked when he saw Joanna
Lilia is gone!” Joanna said mournfully as tears
Boom!
every hair on his
the most, and he couldn’t
panic. Tell me
choked and blamed herself. Her vision turned black as
Haynes!” Kody hurriedly supported her so that she did not fall to
don’t worry. I’ll be right
Twenty minutes later.
rushed as fast as
“Where’s Joanna.”
uneasily, “Miss Haynes fainted.
changed as he flew into a rage. “What
knocked unconscious by a criminal. Then, Miss Lilia went
Miss Lilia can’t be found,
Joanna woke up after being unconscious for a
went
deep breaths and broke down
know. You have to
It’s all
people to look for her.
money.”
Before the kidnappers get the money, they definitely won’t hurt Lilia.
cried even harder. Tears streamed down her face, and she was
Everett family’s financial resources, no matter how much ransom was asked,
afford it.
she worried that Ryan had abducted Lilia. The situation
might very
hour, Bruce and Joanna looked like it was the end
second seemed to pass in endless
Finally, Bruce’s phone rang.
Beep, beep, beep!
and quickly
of the phone, a distorted voice from a voice changer said. “Hello there, Mr.
voice was very
like the kidnapper who abducted Princess Martha before, it was the same kind of voice changer. “Who
have my
“That’s smart!”
much do you want? I’ll give it to
want money this time. I want
frowned. “Who do you
“I want… Joanna.”
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