After Jordan and Lauren left, they drove back to the courtyard where Jordan and Victoria temporarily lived and continued searching for Victoria, but to no avail.
The meticulous Lauren asked, "Who owns this house? Can you contact the owner of this house? Maybe there's some secret passage or private room here. Victoria might have gone there."
After pondering about it for a while, he realized Lauren was indeed very thoughtful because it hadn't crossed his mind to call Mandy, the owner of the house.
Jordan immediately dialed Mandy's phone number.
"Hello, Mr. Steele," said Mandy, who picked up quickly.
Jordan asked, "Mandy, are there any secret passages or private rooms or anything like that in your home?"
Mandy answered in bewilderment. "No, there are only those few rooms that you can see. What's the matter?"
Jordan said, "Victoria was at home just now, but I can't find her now. Remember to contact me immediately if she calls you."
"Okay, Mr. Steele."
Jordan shook his head after hanging up.
Lauren patted Jordan's shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged. I'll help you get the footage from the surveillance cameras on the streets around this place. If she had left the house, she should have been captured by the cameras." "Okay."
Being a Howard, Lauren managed to get the footage of the surveillance cameras within just a short hour or two using her connections. However, she only got the footage from one of the surveillance cameras at one of the road junctions.
Jordan watching the footage twice but he didn't see Victoria in it.
"It seems that your girlfriend left from another intersection where the surveillance camera was faulty," Lauren analyzed.
Jordan felt rather curious as to why she would leave through another intersection, and he began to wonder if it was a coincidence or if she was deliberately avoiding the surveillance cameras.
There was no reason for Victoria to deliberately avoid the surveillance cameras, unless the person who had abducted her was the one who chose to do it.
Lauren said, "It's likely that your girlfriend might leave DC. Let's go to the airport to look."
After that, Lauren took Jordan to the airport again, where she called someone and asked them to check the details of the last few flights that took off for Victoria's name.
However, there was no information about her.
They continued searching till 11 pm, and DC was already pitch dark.
Jordan and Lauren were seated in the courtyard of Mandy's home, looking extremely exhausted.
Jordan was no longer in the mood to bother about anything else because he was entirely focused on finding
Victoria. Meanwhile, Lauren was totally behaving like the mistress of the home. She took off her jacket, found some tea leaves, and proceeded to wash the teapot and teacups before making Jordan a cup of hot tea.
"Jordan, we've been running around all day and you haven't eaten anything. Have some warm tea to warm yourself up."
Lauren handed the teacup to Jordan.
Actually, Jordan wasn't the only one with an empty stomach.
Lauren had also not eaten anything all day because she had been helping Jordan look for Victoria.
The temperatures were exceptionally low today, and Lauren's hands had become very clammy. Holding a cup of warm tea to warm her fair and tender hands, she let out a soothing groan of satisfaction.
A lecher would have probably developed malicious intentions if they were to see Lauren's hands and hear her alluring voice.
However, Jordan wasn't in the mood to notice that.
"How is Victoria doing now?"
Jordan was worried that something untoward might happen to Victoria. He was worried that she might be killed or raped.
Lauren took a sip of tea with a pleasant smile and said, "Jordan, my gut feeling tells me that Victoria should be fine."
"Look, she has been at home, right? If a crook came to abduct her by force, there must have been traces of a fight here."
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