Emily ran into the police station in a manic manner. As soon as she saw Joyce, she pounced on her and asked, "Joyce, what's going on? Where's Bryce?"
"Where have you been? Do you know that Bryce is missing? I called you thousands of times." Joyce beat her as she wept.
Emily was very weak and almost fell down from her strike.
Sebastian hugged Joyce in time to stop her and spared Emily.
"Emily, go get registered first." As a man, Sebastian was calm and quickly dragged Emily to register Bryce's information.
Emily, in a trance, was dragged by Sebastian, her mind going blank. She didn't even have the strength to ask a question. In the end, the police assured them that they would investigate as soon as possible and asked them not to be too worried. They also asked them to recall carefully whether they had invoked any animosity that could result in the abduction of the child.
"Sir, Mr. Brent is here." Suddenly, a sentinel came and said to the police officer.
The police officer was stunned for a moment. Soon, the leader of the police station came out to greet the man in an ingratiating manner. However, he did not dare to shake hands with him. A man in his position wasn't enough to shake hands with that man.
Franklin's eyes were steely and he remained silent, but Jason beside him said a few words.
But Emily didn't hear or understand anything he said.
She had regained her senses and asked Joyce what was going on.
Joyce gradually calmed down, sobbing and recounting the story.
It turned out that a day ago in the afternoon, she asked Bryce to accompany Deny so that she and Sebastian could liquidate the flower shop. The house was bought and the buyer was waiting for them to move out.
The goods in the flower shop needed to be disposed of before they left.
No one paid much attention to the two children playing at the door. Suddenly, Deny burst into tears. Joyce thought something had happened. When she ran over, she only saw Deny while Bryce was nowhere to be found.
She immediately called around and asked the passers-by. She also checked the security camera but found nothing unusual. The child seemed to have vanished out of thin air. They searched all over the place but didn't find any clues and completely lost the trace of the child.
"Emily, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I was so negligent. It's all my fault." After Joyce finished speaking, she cried guiltily.
If she hadn't been busy disposing of the goods with Sebastian, if she hadn't been so incautious as to leave the two children alone, none of this would have happened.
Emily's was excruciating. When she looked up and saw Franklin, her eyes were bloodshot with rage.
She stood up and rushed to Franklin without hesitation. She slapped him on the face and said angrily, "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Bryce wouldn't have disappeared. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten the news so late."
Everyone looked at them in shock, especially Jason. His face turned pale with fear, and he did not even dare to look at Mr. Brent's face.
It was the first time Mr. Brent had been slapped in public. One could imagine how offended he would feel.
Sure enough, Franklin looked at Emily with a cold face silently. His eyes were icy and frightening as if they were going to engulf Emily.
The air around them seemed to have frozen, and the two of them just stood there at a stalemate, refusing to relent.
It was not until Deny in Joyce's arms woke up, cried loudly, and kept shouting "Brother, brother" that the precarious atmosphere was broken.
Sebastian was a man after all and was composed enough.
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