Chapter 321
“Get me another copy of the info on that quack doctor’s apprentice.”
Rickard was looking down, trying to compile the documents. After a long pause without hearing a response from Benji, he furrowed his brows.
“Benji?”
Benji stayed silent for a while before finally answering, “Mr. Duval, it seems we have a more pressing matter at hand… We just received news that Ms. Lane is missing.”
By the break of dawn, Matthew’s plane had arrived in Genecity.
The person who realized Hesper had gone missing was Renfrew -Hesper had promised to buy. him chicken noodles from the shop down the street that evening, but it was past dinner time and Hesper was still nowhere to be seen.
He had thought that maybe his mommy got held back at work again and forgot to inform him, so Renfrew decided to send her a text message instead. When she did not reply, he realized that something was wrong.
Ms. Myriade had taught him to use the location tracker in the past. Hesper’s phone had been secretly tagged by Ms. Myriade so that he could see his mommy’s exact location.
But when he turned on the tracking app, he found that the geotag on her phone had been erased.
His mommy would never erase the geotag by herself because Renfrew had created a special feature back then. If Hesper had really spotted the geotag, a prompt would pop up saying that it was a gift made with love by Renfrew himself.
And besides, phones were a very personal possession. It was highly unlikely that she would pass her phone to any random person.
As the realization dawned on Renfrew, he immediately started to panic.
His dad was away abroad, and even if he did return after knowing that Hesper had gone missing, it would be too late. Turning to his dad was not the answer. Fortunately, Renfrew had Isaac’s number saved on his phone, so he quickly called him and told him about Hesper’s disappearance.
Isaac immediately sent someone to look for her, and then contacted Matthew.
This was the first time that Matthew would meet Renfrew in person. In fact, Renfrew resembled Hesper a lot. He couldn’t tell how exactly, but just by looking at the boy, he knew that this must be Hesper’s son. S
“Are you Uncle Matt?”
Renfrew was not shy with strangers, but it was past midnight and he should have gone to bed by now. However, he fought his urge to sleep and waited for Matthew’s arrival.
It was a 90-minute flight. During those 90 minutes, Isaac and his men searched all the places Hesper frequented, but there was still no sign of her.
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