She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 24

"You can't even find her through the National Go Association's internal records?" Herbert asked, unwilling to give up.

Wade shook his head again. "No. All her data inside the association has been completely wiped. It's impossible to track her down."

Herbert fell into deep thought. For a player to vanish completely, eluding even his father, and have her internal files erased meant one of two things. Either they hired a hacker to breach the system and delete everything, or her background was powerful enough to reach deep into the association itself.

Either way, finding her was going to be an uphill battle.

"Why are you all standing in the doorway?" Cora walked over, carrying a sleeping Miles.

Her sudden interruption completely shattered the tense atmosphere.

"Why did you bring him out here? He's asleep! Get him back to his room before he catches a cold," Valery scolded in a hushed tone.

Terrified of letting the boy get sick, Cora quickly murmured an apology and hurried him back to the bedroom.

Not completely trusting her daughter, Valery followed them.

That left only the father and son in the foyer.

"It's late. Where are you going?" Wade asked.

"Back to the office."

Wade knew his son's company had hit a rough patch recently. "Still no progress on that navigation component issue?"

Herbert's worried frown smoothed out, looking much brighter. "Actually, yes. Dr. Brandon Lowe managed to contact the founder of the Quantum Crystal Laboratory. She agreed to return to the institute as the director of the research center. Once the new director starts, I should get an answer."

Hulda stopped and looked at her. Callie was the only live-in staff they had, but Hulda never made her clean or handle household chores; a professional crew came in daily for that.

Callie's only real job was making meals for the three of them and occasionally helping with Miles's school runs.

But honestly, Hulda handled almost all the pick-ups and drop-offs herself.

She had also been the one making breakfast every day. Technically, all Callie had to do was cook two meals a day and wash some dishes.

Hulda had hired Callie out of her own pocket, and over the years, she had personally paid her salary.

Even though Callie had betrayed her trust recently, Hulda still felt compelled to ask, "I'm divorcing Herbert. Do you want to come with me?"