“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!”
trash can in
this time, Lilian was still
“Lilian, Lilian!”
“Get her out!”
to carry Lilian out of the trash can. Kody reached out to
Hurry up and call
extended his thumb and forcefully pressed Lilian’s
Lilian muttered and woke up
“Lilian, where’s Miss Lilia?”
bent down to ask, “Where’s
blank. She could not remember
dragged into this
was dragged here and then
head
up and call the
it’s a kidnapping? Once we call
and
he spoke, Joanna’s phone
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bruce video called.
answered the call while trembling.
connected, Bruce saw Joanna’s expression. “What’s wrong? Why do you look
She was so nervous that she could
other end of the video call, Bruce panicked when he saw Joanna like this.
said mournfully as tears
Boom!
every hair on his body stood
and Joanna were the women he loved the most, and he couldn’t bear the thought of
Tell me slowly.
herself. Her vision turned black as she fell
Haynes!” Kody hurriedly supported her so that she
don’t worry. I’ll be right
Twenty minutes later.
as fast as he could to the
“Where’s Joanna.”
uneasily, “Miss Haynes fainted. She’s in
expression changed as he flew into a rage. “What
was knocked unconscious by a criminal.
tasks? If Miss Lilia can’t be found, I’ll make
after being unconscious for a while. “Lilia,
Bruce quickly went forward.
and broke down into tears. “Bruce, Lilia is missing, Lilia
know. You
fault! It’s all my
her tightly and comforted her. “I’ve already sent people to look
money.”
get the money, they definitely won’t hurt Lilia.
Joanna heard this, she cried even harder. Tears streamed down her face, and she was so desperate that
Lilia was kidnapped, with the Everett family’s financial resources, no matter how much
afford it.
that Ryan had abducted Lilia. The situation
her to the core. He might very well take revenge on
Joanna looked like it was the end of the
second seemed to
Finally, Bruce’s phone rang.
Beep, beep, beep!
his breath and quickly picked up the
the other end of the phone, a distorted voice from a voice changer
was very familiar to
was
you have my
“That’s smart!”
How much do you want? I’ll
want money this time. I
“Who do you
“I want… Joanna.”
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