Byron immediately turned his gaze toward Hazelyn, his eyes sharp and slightly threatening. Hazelyn seemed to sense the pressure emanating from her father's gaze, twitching the corner of her mouth reluctantly.
She forced a smile at me, saying, "Oh no, don't take it to heart."
Gabriel quickly intervened, "Mrs. Chloe, do you like Gerby?"
"It's hard to say I like it. I had a classmate here before, so I had some impressions of Gerby earlier," I replied casually.
Byron immediately followed up, "Oh? You had a classmate here? What do they do?"
"We haven't been in touch for many years. I don't even know if they're still here or not," I said with an air of indifference.
Byron softly exclaimed, "What's their name? I can help you check."
"Oh? Do you have connections in the police station? That could really help me out. I've been searching for a long time with no luck," I deliberately inquired.
Byron smiled. "Certainly, they must be a local in Gerby, doing business perhaps? You need a certain foundation for that."
I wasn't sure if his words were intentional hints to Atlas or just casual remarks. Nevertheless, I was highly intrigued by what he said.
With a pleasant expression, I said, "That would be wonderful! Mr. Byron, could you introduce me to him? I'd like to find my classmate, and your help would mean a lot."
Byron, shrewd as ever, asked, "Mrs. Chloe, who are you looking for exactly?"
"A guy, we lost touch after graduation. He mentioned wanting to immigrate at the time, but I haven't heard from him since. It's been a mystery," I casually explained. "So, only someone in the police department can help me find out."
"Oh! In that case, you can reach out to Raymond Bolt at the city police department. Raymond is an old classmate of mine, and we have a good relationship," Byron suggested directly.
Finally, it seemed I had hooked a big fish.
Atlas looked at me, and I was sure he was quite pleased as well.
"That would be great. If I go to him, can I mention your name?" I asked, knowing this could be a significant breakthrough.
"We're on good terms, but we don't interact much outside of formal occasions. However, you can still look for him."
As soon as I said this, the expressions of everyone from the Chandler family turned a bit odd, and each of them looked at me with unclear and dim eyes.
Hazelyn immediately looked at me and said, "I don't know what you mean."
I deliberately showed a surprised expression, "Huh? Didn't you often go there?"
Then I looked at the others, pretending to be lost, and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
Byron was quick to react, immediately regaining his composure. "No! It's just an unfortunate situation for our family. My other daughter is in the psychiatric hospital. Hazelyn often visits her sister. Originally, their relationship was very good! Well, let's not dwell on it."
"Oh! I'm sorry. We're planning to invest in a psychiatric hospital. We're thinking of selecting a good location in the city we plan to collaborate with and build a large hospital.
“Mental health is not given enough attention domestically, so we've been wanting to establish the most authoritative psychiatric hospital. During our last inspection, we saw Ms. Hazelyn. We thought you might have insights so I'd like to ask you for more details."
I secretly smirked since I got them all feeling uncomfortable!
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This story would be interesting if there weren't so many garbled paragraphs. Half sentences and missed paragraphs. It's too much, give us a proper story. I'm done reading...
Atlas literally took Chloe away from Ryan Ryan needs to go back and reinforce to be able to be head-on Caz that's the only place he's lacking...