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Mysterious CEO's Last Surrogate novel Chapter 67

"WHAT? We are coming over." He turned to Loney and said, "We have to go. Danica was kidnapped at the mall."

Loney saw red. He didn't wait for Paul to complete his sentence when he raced for his car with the latter chasing after him. His head banged with instant headache, his body went numb. He sat in the car before beginning to process the information. He never expected this and the burden hit so hard he didn't know how to make a comeback. Paul couldn't explain to his sisters but they were used to it. Paul was never available and whenever he was, he always left in a haste.

"Loney, let me drive," Paul offered. He feared from how Loney was driving that they might die before they reached their destination. Loney was jumping traffic lights and using unauthorized routes at top speed. Paul had no idea where he was headed.

"Call Gideon!" Loney shrieked. His eyes desperately searched the road, his jaw clenched. His hands trembled slightly on the steering wheel yet his grip was robust. Paul obeyed. The line went through but no one answered till the call ended. He dialled the second time.

"No answer. Let me call Herty again," Paul suggested, activating speaker mode so as not to repeat everything to Loney.

"Paul, did you find out anything?" Herty's voice was teary as she asked, as soon as she ended the call."

"Not yet but you can help us. Tell me what happened. Everything. Don't leave out any details," Paul sternly said. He couldn't guess who had done this. There were so many suspects but not enough time to visit all of them. They needed authentic information. 

"I don't know," Herty sniffled. "We were shopping and an old lady stumbled. I thought she was going to fall and went to help her when Danica was picking some toys. When I turned around after helping her, Danica wasn't there. I saw through the glass door that she was walking with a man. I was about to go after her when I saw Gideon approach them."

Two men walked towards Gideon and they began exchanging fire. The man walking with Danica shoved her into a van and the van moved almost immediately. Gideon shot the two men but a bullet penetrated his chest so he was taken away in an ambulance. 

The two men were also taken but they didn't look like they would make it. One of them had a bullet in the head and the other had it in the neck. There's so much chaos around here," she ended tearfully.

Paul was beginning to have a headache. He wasn't getting any clues. "Can you give any details about them?"

"It happened so fast, I couldn't see their faces and Danica was walking calmly, you wouldn't guess anything was wrong. I even thought she knew the person," Herty narrated, remorse streaming through her veins. Why did she have to help that old woman? Someone else could have helped her. She shouldn't have left Danica's side.

"Was there a gun held to her?" Paul's worried voice brought her from her trance.

"From where I sat, I didn't see but the guy had a tattoo on his arm and he had long blonde hair," Herty vividly recalled.

A glint of hope flashed Paul's eyes as he said, "thanks, Herty, where are you now?"

"With the police. They are asking everyone questions."

"Just tell them everything you know okay."

"What about Danica?"

"We will find her, Herty, don't worry." Paul ended the call before Herty could ask another question.

"It's Ray, Loney. Tattoo on the arm with long blonde hair is Jerome, Ray's second in command. I thought you said Governor Maxwell promised you protection. Why don't you call him?" Paul asked worriedly.

"I can't call him because it involves Danica. He doesn't know about her because I kept her secret. Find Ray's location." Loney was unconsciously rude because he was agitated yet Paul wasn't offended. He understood what his friend was going through.

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