The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac) novel Chapter 791

James was at the airport, waiting to receive Irene and Isaac as their flight landed.

As they left the airport, Isaac asked, "Are you done with that issue?"

"Yeah," James replied very softly, subtly sneaking a glance at Irene and refraining from going into detail.

Irene, who was holding Isaac's arm, was aware why James was being vague.

He did not want to talk about it in front of her since she was personally involved.

Even so, she had a right to know when they would apprehend the mastermind.

"Just give it to us straight, James," she told him then.

James lowered his gaze. "It's not like I want to keep it from you—I just did not want to upset you."

"I'm fine. Just tell us," Irene said, her words sharp and clear.

Still, James remained silent for a long while before saying, "The gang had a long criminal record in Braston. They bailed from the city the instant that the police started a search for them, and they had been to other cities before they came here. It's the same story in each city, too—they commit crimes, get arrest orders issued on them, and bail."

Isaac raised a brow. "Are you saying that they are just serial criminals with arrest warrants on them from multiple cities? That what they do here was on their own accord without anyone's orders?"

"Impossible!" Irene snapped right then, appearing slightly agitated. "They were clearly asking me if I was Irene Spencer when they tried to abduct me. It was very obvious that they did not recognize me, but someone had sent them after me. That's why they asked if I was me to ascertain my identity."

Isaac took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "Calm down. I'm just asking."

Irene realized that she was being overagitated as well, and she paused for a moment to let herself calm down.

James then admitted, "That may be, but I don't have any evidence that they're under someone's payroll. While that does not necessarily mean that they're not working under someone's orders, I'm still very worried—they are very experienced with escaping, and they managed to get away without leaving much clues multiple times. Right now, we can't even be sure that they are still in this city, or already made their escape."

Irene could not help feeling dejected at the notion of not catching those scumbags.

And judging from James's description, the gang seemed to be career criminals and were always on their toes, which made things even harder.