He went back to the room first, after he opened the door he saw that the room was cleaned up, the bed sheets were changed, but he didn’t find her. Jensen went out again to look for her. The four-decks cruise ship were quite big, so they even asked some of the staff to help search the toilets, but more than half an hour passed by, and she was not found yet.
It was about 10 in the afternoon, even though it was still quite warm during the day, but it was a bit chilly at night, especially as now that they were far out of the sea, the temperature was much colder than it was in the city.
“What is going on? This ship isn’t that big, how come a person couldn’t be found?” The business partner was getting anxious. Someone was disappeared on his cruise ship, even if Jensen didn’t vent his anger, he reckoned he was responsible to this accident, to some extent.
“Maybe she,” someone blurted out, and then added, “...fell into the sea...”
After hearing so, everyone’s face turned pale.
As Jensen heard that, his aura suddenly became even colder than the wind. The surveillance cameras on this ship were not turned on, because all the guests he invited to this dinner party was supposed to be his friends and business partners, some of who didn’t attend with their wives, so in this case they wouldn’t turn on the cameras. Thus Jensen could not find where Rae had gone off to, and maybe it was right that she fell into the sea.
If it was confirmed, after so many hours had passed, she must...
Everything indicated that an accident might have already happened.
The thought flickered in Jensen’s mind, and despair suddenly chocked his words. as the followed chill and panic went to his heart.
Jensen’s hands were clenched into fists, he could not believe it, he could never believe this possibility.
But they had searched all the decks of the whole ship, except for the control room.
Because there were only machines, no one except repairmen would go there.
When the business partner heard that, they turned around to look at Jensen.
Only to find this strong man, who was pale in his face, was trembling slightly if they looked closely. The business partner was frightened, because this accident happened right in his ship! He turned around and screamed to the staff, “Go look for her, search every corner!” Then he said carefully to Jensen, “Mr. Knight, why don’t we go inside to wait, maybe Miss Jordan is only playing a game with you, we will surely find her...”
When Jensen heard that, he gave a glance at the man, and went upstairs without saying anything.He wanted to search the whole ship again.
This time, he would search everywhere, even the ladies bathroom or bedroom.
Time passed rapidly as he searched this time, especially because he was very careful, and suddenly it was 12.
The atmosphere on the ship gradually became more tense.
Just like the color of the sky .
It was so heavy that people couldn’t breath.
Some of the staff had already gone back to their rooms because of the aura around Jensen, there were only a hand full of people who were still in panic. Sitting down on the couch, Jensen buried his fingers in his hair, with the other hand covered his eyes. His neck was red as he felt angry, helplessness and guilty.
He blamed himself that if he didn’t go back to the room once in a while to check on her, then this would never have happened.
“What? You still haven’t found her?” Stanley was supported by Lola, walking into the crowd, his voice was still weak from his illness.
The business partner shook his head looking at Stanley, then he reported to him, “We had searched the ship twice, and now they have sent a boat to search along the way we came, we still didn’t receive a feedback... Mr. Barnes, you should have a rest in your room, if we hear anything I will immediately...”
“It’s alright, I will wait here.” Stanley heard his answer, and suddenly he was filled with seriousness. He looked at Jensen who was sitting silently on the side as if he was going crazy, Stanley sat down next to him and patted him on the back. Maybe he was too close so that Stanley noticed that Jensen’s hands were wet, it seemed that those were...
Tears?
Those were tears...
When he thought of that, Stanley was suddenly touched, he looked at this man next to him, he never thought that he would cry...
But he cried.
Rae only disappeared for a few hours, no bad news from the crews on boats, so this meant good news. If the corpse floated on the surface, they would find it...
That would be bad news.
But he was so frightened even there was no bad news, if it really...
Stanley immediately stopped thinking about those bad results, then he said in a strangely determined voice, “Don’t worry, nothing will happened!”
Jensen didn’t answer, he kept sitting in that position without moving.
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