At this moment, Claudia took Nora and got into the car, unaware that two pairs of eyes were watching everything.
"Mason, Nora just got picked up. Should we intercept?" Dennis called Mason for advice.
"Picked up? By who?" Mason's voice tightened on the phone, clearly concerned.
"It's Mr. Willis's ex-wife, that woman named Claudia," Dennis said in a low voice.
Hearing it was Claudia, Mason relaxed a bit. "The kid's biological mother?"
However, he had thoroughly investigated Lachlan and knew what kind of person Claudia was.
With a cold snort, Mason asked, "What does she want with the child?"
"We don't know either. Mason, what should we do? Follow them?" Dennis asked.
Mason thought for a moment and ordered, "Follow them! My brother-in-law's ex-wife is not a good person at all - heartless to the extreme! There is no reason for her to come see the child!"
"You guys follow them first and tell me their location at any time; I'll come over immediately." Mason was now extremely concerned about Lachlan and Nora's situation.
As soon as there was even the slightest movement, Mason knew he had to take action himself. After all, it was his niece, the daughter of his brother-in-law and a dear family member. He couldn't afford any mistakes.
Twenty minutes later...
Claudia parked her red Volkswagen Beetle on a secluded road with no surveillance cameras and led Nora out of the car by the hand.
This was where Tiger had instructed her to wait for him so that she could "hand over" the child to his men.
"Mommy, where are we? I thought you said we were going to find Daddy? Where is Daddy?" Nora looked around anxiously at their surroundings.
It was too quiet here.
Impatiently, Claudia snapped back at her daughter, "What's with all these questions? Your father will be here soon!"
"Really? Why do we have to meet him here?" Although young and innocent, Nora wasn't stupid. Seeing the quiet surroundings and feeling a little scared, the child began to reach for calling Lachlan.
Miranda had given her a location-tracking watch with a built-in calling feature that allowed her to dial a few pre-programmed numbers.
Claudia, upon noticing this, panicked! She grabbed Nora's delicate and soft wrist and forcibly ripped the location-tracking watch from it.
"What are you doing? Can I sell you even if I am your mother? You only have that useless father in your heart, right? It's good that I don't love you!" Claudia angrily cursed, and her mind became even more stubborn.
Nora was so scared that she cried out "wow" and wanted to break free from Claudia's hand and get off the car.
"Daddy! Daddy..."
"Shut up! Stay still and behave yourself!"
Claudia sternly scolded Nora and forcefully pulled her back, delivering two smacks to Nora's rear end.
Even more, she covered Nora's mouth with her hand to prevent her from crying out loud.
She always felt guilty when doing this today.
The little one's mouth was covered, and she could only mumble and cry out for her father with a faint sound.
Big eyes looked at Claudia, tears falling down with a "plop plop" sound.
The previous Nora only knew that her mother had abandoned her and her father, and was not too concerned about her.
And at this moment, for the first time, there arose in her heart a repulsion and fear towards Claudia.
At this moment, a Toyota Land Cruiser could be seen driving from afar.
In the car were two menacing-looking men. From a distance, they spotted Claudia and Nora standing by the roadside, and a cold smile appeared on their faces.
Just then, the person in the passenger seat's phone rang, and he answered it respectfully, saying, "Mr. Webb!"
"How's it going?" Tiger asked in a low voice.
"That woman has already taken the child to the designated location. We've seen them, and we're now taking the kid back," the person replied.
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