The next day, Selina went to Lothar's home.
Before she left, she hoped again and again that Lothar would be home. How hopeful she was that when she knocked on Cowell's family door, it would be Lothar who came to welcome her.
She knocked on the door with hope.
However, when she saw Yesseca's pale face, she knew her hopes were gone.
"Miss Whitlock," Yesseca's voice was weak.
"Yesseca, do you have your brother's whereabouts?" Although she knew asking won't bring her a step closer to finding Lothar, Selina still didn't give up.
Yesseca shook her head weakly.
Her eyes suddenly turned red, "Miss Whitlock, no one answered when I called my brother. His phone was turned off in the end. There hasn't been any news from the police either,"
She paused for a moment and looked up at Selina as if Selina was her last hope, "Miss Whitlock, do you know where my brother is?"
Selina didn't dare to look her in the eye.
Yesseca understood.
Her eyes were filled with panic and worry.
"Something must have happened to Lothar," Yesseca said. "I went to ask and they told me that the sea is rough and dangerous. Do you think Lothar fell into the waters when he went out to sea?"
Yesseca's words were stuck in her throat. She couldn't continue.
Tears were about to fall from her eyes.
At this moment, Yesseca looked pitiful and helpless. The harrowing look on her face was enough to make one's heart ache terribly.
Selina hugged Yesseca and said, "Yesseca, I know that you're worried, but you have to believe that Lothar will definitely be fine. Lothar loves you so much, how could he bear to leave you here alone? Didn't you tell me that Lothar would be back in a few months?"
Yesseca almost choked on her tears as she said, "Yes, he said that he would be back in a few months. He said that he would get a higher salary working as a crew member. He said he would earn as much as possible and then start a small business,"
Selina's heart ached.
How could Lothar be so foolish!
If he wanted to do business, he just needed to ask her for money. If he did, Lothar would not be fooled by Reid!
He would not be taken to that abandoned factory either!
Selina began to blame herself again as she thought about this.
How could she easily believe what Reid said before!
Lothar obviously didn't have to work so hard to get money but he still chose to. How could such a man collude with Reid to set her up?
She hugged Yesseca tighter.
Yesseca was younger than her and Selina didn't have a younger sister. She treated Yesseca as her own sibling.
They stood there, hugging each other for an interminable amount of time. A long while later, Selina let go of Yesseca.
She looked at Yesseca's red- rimmed eyes and said, "Yesseca, listen to me. You know that I am very capable. I have a lot of people under my command and I have ordered them to find your brother. No matter where he is, even if he is ten feet underground, I will find him. If one day isn't enough to find him, then make it ten days. If we still can't find him after 10 days then we'll do it for another month. If we can't find him again for another month, then we'll do it for a year,"
Yesseca's lips trembled, "What if you still can't find him?"
"Impossible!" Selina raised her voice, "Have you forgotten what I said to you just now? Lothar only has you as his sister. It's impossible for him to abandon his sister. He will definitely show up!"
Selina's determined tone gave Yesseca some strength.
She rubbed her red eyes, "I believe you, Miss Whitlock. I'll wait for my brother to come back,"
After leaving the Cowell family home, Selina suddenly felt a headache coming on.
When she walked down the stairs, her legs went jelly for a moment and buckled beneath her. She almost fell. Fortunately, she held onto the railings of the stairs firmly.
When the headache gradually dispersed, Selina slowly walked down the stairs.
She wondered if her health had deteriorated as she was always plagued with a headache lately.
A black Bentley was parked at the foot of the stairs.
Matthew was waiting for her.
As it was inconvenient for Matthew to go upstairs, he had been waiting for Selina downstairs.
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