I was puzzled and asked, "So what happened next?"
"I had no choice but to make do with what I could. I rang their neighbor's doorbell to ask them. However, the neighbors wouldn't give a straight answer either. They just asked who I was.
“Even though I explained that I knew Beatrice, they still claimed to be unaware of their family and asked me to check with someone else.
"But seeing them being evasive, I knew something was amiss. Finally, I asked an older security guard in the neighborhood and got this information. But I got kicked out of the neighborhood eventually."
Theo laughed awkwardly.
"Kicked out? Why?" I asked Theo.
"Why? The Chandler family reported me!" He sighed helplessly.
"I couldn't find out more and didn't dare approach that security guard again. I was afraid it might harm him, and it's not easy for someone his age to find a job."
"How did you think of asking the guard?" Edith asked.
"Oh, about that. Since the neighbors couldn't help, I wandered around the yard. The guard was on duty, and he asked why I was roaming around the neighborhood. I had to tell him that I was looking for someone from the Chandler family.
"He interrogated me and thought I was some kind of troublemaker, so he tried to chase me out. I had no choice but to tell him that I was looking for Beatrice. The Chandler family wasn't being friendly, and I just wanted to know if Beatrice was there."
We all listened attentively. It seemed that Theo had perseverance.
Everyone felt regretful. "We never expected that Beatrice would have such a fate."
"There must be something going on here. I wanted to probe the guard further, but the Chandler family reported me, and I got kicked out of the neighborhood." Theo chuckled awkwardly, scratching his head. "It was quite embarrassing."
"There's something wrong with the Chandler family," a male classmate said. "You didn't even mention that you were looking for Beatrice. Otherwise, I would’ve gone with you. Let's figure out what happened to the family. It's impossible not to find out."
His suggestion aligned with my thoughts. It seemed I needed to dig into the background of the Chandler family, something Theo couldn't accomplish.
I needed Grayson.
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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...