Rebecca was deflated in displeasure at the thought of this, "I heard form Shane that she is sick. I don't know what kind of illness she has. I guess it is quite serious. He doesn't want anyone to disturb her, so it is forbidden to any outsiders to enter, including us. We are not allowed to make loud noises in the house."
"What kind of serious illness does she have? The access to the entire villa should be restricted?" Lyra frowned and tentatively continued, "Have you been up there to see how she's doing?"
Rebecca shook her head, "Why do I have to see her?"
Lyra took her hand and lobbied, "She's only been here for a few days and she's sick. And Shane is making such a big deal out of her illness. You're not curious about how sick she really is? Don't you want to see her at all?"
Rebecca thought deeply.
Frankly, she was certainly curious.
It'd only been a few days, and she was sick so seriously that Shane needed to give orders to everyone in the family. So could it be some rare and terminal disease?
But, she didn't dare.
When she thought of Shane's angry face, she cowered and shook her head.
"I don't want to see her. If Shane finds out, he'll kill me."
It didn't work. Lyra had no choice but to return home without success.
While going back to Lyre Spiti, she called Keith over again.
"Melissa is very sick?"
Keith stood up and was furious, "What the hell did Shane do to her!? She's never been sick. I went with her to the hospital for a full body checkup not long ago because of filming needs. There's no way she can suddenly get seriously ill!"
Lyra patted him comfortingly on the shoulder and told him to sit down.
"Keith, take it easy for a minute. I don't believe it either."
Malcolm was sitting quietly next to them and helped to analyze the matter.
"Melissa's jobs were all stopped by Shane, so if she isn't seriously ill, it's highly likely that he's deliberately imprisoning her."
Lyra listened carefully and nodded, "I have analyzed again and again afterwards. At the night of the return party, Melissa's state was very strange. She was normal when she was at the business party with Shane."
Keith stood up again, "Shane the son of bitch! He's so cruel to even his sister. There is no need to take into account the face of the two families. Use the most extreme method we discussed yesterday!"
Lyra and Malcolm both nodded and Lyra said, "Keith, we'll act separately. You go handle Ashton Barker, get Collin. I think he has a way to get Ashton to compromise for sure. Leave Melissa to Malcolm and me."
"Okay."
Keith agreed and left in a huff to get to business.
The living room was suddenly left with Lyra and Malcolm. Neither of whom said anything but fell into a long period of contemplation.
No one knew how long it took before Malcolm said, "Rara, what kind of excuse do you think will be appropriate for Chad to go into the Callahan Residence and do a big search?"
Lyra thought seriously, "How about using Rebecca? I'll have a tea party in a couple of days. And I'll quietly give an expensive jewelry to Rebecca, and then afterwards, on the pretext that the jewelry is stolen, let Chad search for it. What do you think?"
Malcolm pursed his lips and flicked the tip of her nose, "You're so smart. Of course, I listen to you all the time."
Lyra smiled.
She remembered when the virus in Malcolm's body had not been completely cleared, she was forced to deal with Anthony.
At that time Keith and Melissa were so in love, which made her envious of such a sweet and uneventful relationship.
But to her surprise, time passed and their relationship was in a crisis. And it turned out that the relationship between she and Malcolm was the most stable one.
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