The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1502

Furious, Dane kicked a nearby trash can.

Silas winced in sympathy. That definitely hurt!

Dane shot him an icy glare.

"If you weren't so incompetent, we would have found her by now."

Great, now he was taking the blame!

Silas didn't want to argue. His team really had dropped the ball on this one.

If they didn't find Claire soon, Dane wouldn't be the only one going crazy. The Churchill family would tear the city apart.

Padgett had already called to check in multiple times.

While Padgett hadn't come in person, two of Claire's three cousins were already waiting outside the hospital for news.

Norris had been the first to learn of his cousin's kidnapping while at the university.

He had tried to keep it from the family, but news soon broke that Padgett had collapsed and been admitted to the hospital.

Obviously, the old man had found out about the incident through other channels.

Owen had rushed over to meet up with Norris as well.

Phil was the only one missing, as he had gone to visit Padgett in the hospital and was tied up with important work.

Claire's aunt by marriage, Ophelia, was at the hospital taking care of Padgett.

Her other aunt, Karla, couldn't get away from work, but she was pulling every string she had to gather intelligence.

As for her uncles, one was stuck out of the country on a business trip, and the other was leveraging his connections to help.

Everyone was racing against time to rescue Claire.

The cafeteria staff were currently being questioned one by one.

One of the older women finally spoke up. "I saw a cleaner drag the trash can away."

"I thought it was weird at the time. Why would they move the trash can now? Lunch hadn't even started."

"Usually, the bins are emptied after two in the afternoon."

The hospital's trash was collected twice a day, at two in the afternoon and ten at night.

Both times were after meals.

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