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Cordy became nervous right then. "Sean did? But why?"She was convinced that John liquidated the Levines' family estate to protect themselves and steer clear from more conflicts. She thought that John, like his grandfather, was done with the vicissitudes of life and would rather enjoy whatever they had left instead. She did not expect that the Cranstons were involved at all!"You should be able to guess," John reminded her despite seeing her reaction.Cordy's heart skipped a beat—that was the answer she least wanted."Yes," John said slowly and clearly. "He's asking me to work for him, but he needs me to have a more discreet capacity to assist him, and Levine Ventures draws too much attention." "Assist him?" Cordy asked. "With what? What are his ambitions?""Well, the Cranstons have a family dispute just like the Stuarts," John explained. "The Stuarts' disputes are between different branches of the family, whereas the Cranston brothers are in the midst of a power struggle. Sea
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"More or less."Cordy did not want to make her happiness obvious, as she was selfishly convinced that only John was allowed to see it. "Well, I'm afraid I have to be a killjoy," Patrick said, his tone clearly serious just then.Cordy frowned slightly, but it was enough for John to notice that reaction and stare fixedly at her."You see, I have news: Jessica is missing," Patrick said very clearly then."Missing?" Cordy's heart skipped a beat, as if something horrible would happen."After John exposed Jessica's side of the family at his trial, they, along with my grandfather and myself were brought in to assist with the investigation. James was placed under arrest since there was enough evidence against him, but when William, my grandfather, and myself were released, the authorities informed us that Jessica went missing the instant they moved to arrest her, and was told that she was not in Rocktown.""Maybe she went to the capital?" Cordy asked—that was where Fred Cranston was, a
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Cordy's fingers were trembling even as she held her phone.'No… Please let Dicky be alright!'Cordy never expected Jessica to target Dicky, since she was still engaged to Fred. Reasonably speaking, the Stuarts' crimes were only exposed hours ago, and they should still be keeping Jessica on a leash instead of letting her go to North City. It was why Cordy never worried about it, but it was now clear that Jessica had been ready to bring everything down with her just to get back at her and John. In fact, Jessica probably did not expect her own family to be arrested!That woman was crazy!Cordy's hands were trembling even as she called Richard's teacher, but perhaps because her phone was on silent or she was in class, the call went unanswered."Calm down." John assured Cordy when he saw her reaction. "It's going to be fine. I was just checking."However, Cordy's female intuition was already positive that Jessica was seizing the opportunity to take Richard away when everyone was foc
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Cordy could not calm down even as she imagined that outcome."No, she won't," John said confidently nonetheless. "You're more important to Jessica and she knows that."Cordy's heart skipped a beat as she stared at John fixedly. "Look, just trust me on this, but Jessica wants you more than she wants Dicky," John said. "She's never been a parent and wouldn't know how much a child matters—especially since she grew up in a detached family like the Stuarts, where even family connections were weighted in personal gain. Sentiment doesn't exist there, and she'd be convinced that we would just have more children even if we lose Dicky and the pain of losing him would just be temporary. On the other hand, I'd be hurting for the rest of my life if I lost you! That's why she'll use you if she wants revenge, not Dicky."John spoke quickly with considerable urgency, and there was no telling if he was trying to persuade Cordy or himself.Cordy bit her lip and forced herself to stay calm and work
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After Cordy sent the photos to Patrick, he asked a few questions, to which she told him everything.Patrick quickly sent the photos without asking more questions.For one, he was not able to help much when he was so far away, but he promised to tell her immediately if he found any helpful clues.In addition, he would rather avoid stressing her unnecessarily since she was already on the verge of a nervous breakdown.Once they had the high definition mugshots of the bodyguards, John sent copies to his people and started a search, reminding them to report in if they find those men without alerting them.Just then, a call arrived from Randy as well. "Sir, we found Jessica's car. It's left in a parking lot in the industrial district. The footage we obtained showed that only the driver got out, and no one else was inside. The driver is definitely one among the three mugshots you sent, and he left the car without coming back so far.""Did you manage to track where he went?""No, sir. I
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"Good."John put the phone away and turned back to the security footage, and his eyes suddenly narrowed as he exclaimed, "Could he have disguised himself?!""It's possible." Sam agreed.However, if the driver had really put on a disguise, he would be harder to find.Still, John calmed down and said, "Let's analyze what we know for now."The way they were going, they were being half as effective and would never find Jessica and Richard at this rate.As Sam, Bob, and Cordy all turned to John, he said, "Jessica came all the way from Rocktown to North City to kidnap Dicky. She couldn't have been fully prepared since this city isn't her family's turf, and that means the driver slash bodyguard would not have prepared a change of clothes at the market. He wasn't bringing a bag of any sort in the footage, so he had to buy something at the market and got changed."When he was finished, John picked up his phone without pausing a beat and called Randy again. "Question every stall at the ma
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The apartment was so quiet everyone could hear their own breathing.At the same time, they heard nothing amid the suffocating silence as they were thoroughly focused.The phone suddenly rang, jolting everyone. The slightest commotion seemed to make everyone nervous now!They watched as John answered the phone, saying calmly, "Randy."Cordy bit her lip—so it was not Jessica.She was now on the verge of falling apart. She would rather Jessica contact them, and she was willing to do everything Jessica asked.She had had enough of this endless searching and waiting. She needed to know that Dicky was fine!"Found him?" John's voice turned quiet as he seeked confirmation.Cordy's heart raced right then, and she turned in anticipation toward John and saw that his hand was shaking even as he held her phone."Yes, we did—that's why I'm reporting in," Randy reported. "We tracked him through security cameras using a photo of his disguised appearance. We calculated that he's now in an
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John was ready to storm the storehouse with his men when Cordy caught his hand."John," she murmured, even as he felt how skinny his fingers were.If she could, she really wanted to hold on tightly to that hand and to stop him from facing any danger.But now, she had to let him go and tell him, "You have to keep Dicky safe.""I will." John agreed to it right away, able to read between her lines.He knew that she was telling him that he must keep Richard safe even at the cost of his life, but he agreed to it without hesitation.John had never once accused her of failing to keep Richard safe and allowing Richard to be exposed to such danger although he had entrusted Richard to her.Cordy released John's hand just then, and he gave her an assuring look before quickly heading inside the warehouse with his men.They were afraid of going loud and therefore moved carefully toward the warehouse entrance.John leaned against it when he reached it and gave his bodyguards a pointed look
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