Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 388

She wept as she pleaded with the captain of the search and rescue team, begging him to find Matthew's body.

The captain was an experienced man. With so much time already lost, he had to manage her expectations, explaining gently but firmly, "Mrs. Grayson, please, you need to prepare yourself. Don't get your hopes up too high."

"The river systems in the Southwind Peaks are home to giant anacondas, and the riverbanks are frequented by large, dangerous predators. If your son was unfortunate enough to have fallen into the water, or in an area where these animals gather, after all this time, it's very likely that..."

The captain couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence, but the implication was clear.

He was trying to tell Mrs. Grayson not to hold onto false hope. If the search team had been given the correct location from the start, there might have been a chance of finding him.

But Isabella, in league with the Nightfall brothers, had fabricated records and bribed countless people to maintain their elaborate lie. Not only had they missed the critical search window, but they had also wasted precious opportunities to find his body.

It had been more than half a year since Matthew's fall.

In that time, too many variables had come into play. No one could guarantee that Matthew's body still existed.

It was a brutal truth, but one they all had to face.

In fact, being able to find the necklace in that cave—proof that Matthew had indeed fallen in the Southwind Peaks—was itself a small miracle.

Liliana listened to Liam's explanation, her expression eerily calm.

Her quietness was unsettling. A chill ran through her body. The heating in the room was on full blast, but she couldn't stop shivering, as if her blood had turned to ice. Her heart ached with a dull, heavy pain that made it difficult to breathe.

After a long silence, Liam stared at her, his expression a mixture of complexity and concern. Her unnerving quietness put him on edge.

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