Tears were welling up in her eyes, and Josiah could tell she was deeply hurt.
“Are you okay, Winnie?” he asked with concern, his brows knitted.
Winnie looked up and did her best to hold back her tears, forcing herself to remain rational.
With a choking voice, she said, “I’m fine. Please check on Mary while I go get the first aid kit.”
“Sure!” Josiah immediately knelt down next to Mary to attend to her.
In a flash, Winnie rushed back with the first aid kit and handed it to Josiah.
While dressing Mary’s wound, Josiah stated, “Mary has lost consciousness due to excessive loss of blood. Judging from this, Jacinta must have left quite a while ago. Mary’s wound is pretty deep, so we need to get her to the hospital to stitch it up. I’ll send her there now.”
Winnie frowned and nodded. “Okay, let’s get going. It’ll be faster if you carry her on your back. I’ll help her up.”
Josiah uttered his consent, and in no time, he managed to get Mary onto his back with Winnie’s help.
As he walked out of the room, he said to Winnie, “I guess I can’t check the surveillance footage with you but keep me posted. Remember, two heads are better than one.”
“Okay. Let me walk you out.” Winnie nodded as she walked out with Josiah.
Previously, she had installed surveillance cameras at home, but after Jacinta moved in, she removed them.
Jacinta had complained that those surveillance cameras made her feel uneasy, so Winnie removed all of them except for the camera that faced the elevator.
She had already checked the footage from that camera, but all she could see was Jacinta getting out of the place in a hurry.
The recording showed Jacinta had left about an hour ago.
At that time, Winnie and Josiah were at Rufus’ place, trying to get a better picture of the situation.
If Jacinta had planned to run away with Stuart, Winnie figured they should have already made their way out of town, given that Jacinta had left more than an hour ago.
As such, she immediately mobilized her contacts to check for records of any purchase of tickets under Jacinta and Stuart’s names.
At the same time, she also looked through the surveillance footage of her residential area.
Unfortunately, she did not uncover any useful information from the surveillance footage as well. All the cameras merely captured Jacinta moving around by herself.
Winnie knew it was impossible for her to get hold of other surveillance footage that could have tracked Jacinta’s movement beyond the residential area. Even if she was to engage the help of professional hackers, she would need some time to contact them and get the task done.
Just as she was about to make a call to ask for help, she received a call from Rufus.
Winnie immediately picked up the call. “Yes, Grandpa Rufus? What’s up?”
Rufus did not respond to her question. Instead, he asked, “Where are you, Winnie? Are you still at the hospital?”
“No, I’m already home.” A frowning Winnie added, “What’s wrong?”
Solemnly, Rufus said, “You have gone home? I’m sure you don’t see your granny around, right?”
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