Uncovering My Wife's Secrets (Annalise and Julian) novel Chapter 267

Grandpa’s movement track showed that after leaving the Parks residence, he had been heading all the way to the suburbs. He was still moving. The places Grandpa passed were becoming more and more remote. Grandpa was already out of the western suburbs now. Julian narrowed his eyes dangerously. He picked up his phone and quickly sent a message to Grandpa’s phone: [I’ll pay the ransom. Give me some time to raise cash. I want to video call him now.] There was a beep.

Julian got an instant reply: [You haven’t even given me a single cent. Why are you asking for so much? Do you not know the rules?] He squinted and sent another message: [I’ll only take a look and confirm that it’s my grandpa. After seeing that he’s safe, I’ll do whatever you ask.] There was no reply. Julian immediately asked the driver to get out of the car. Then Julian drove toward the western suburbs. He was afraid that the driver would not drive properly.

He would, after a while, try his best to change to an inconspicuous car on the road. While driving, he called Trevor. “Something happened to my grandpa. I would like you to go to Caretech Pharmaceutical Company to protect Annalise now. Be fast.” He was afraid that Grandpa’s matter was related to Annalise’s. He would feel more at ease if Trevor could protect Annalise. Trevor said, “I’ll go immediately.” After calling Trevor, Julian called Simon. “Get 7.5 million dollars in cash as soon as possible.”

When hearing Julian speak in an anxious tone, Simon didn’t dare to say anything else. He replied directly, “All right. I’ll send some people out to get the money immediately.” The bank had its own rules. A large amount of cash couldn’t be withdrawn without an appointment. Simon could only mobilize the employees in such a way that they went to different bank branches and each withdrew tens of thousands of dollars. There would be no problem, for there were a lot of people. Julian was about to call Grandpa’s cell phone again when it video called him first. Grandpa appeared in the video.

His mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth and there was a rope tied around his body. As soon as he saw Julian in the video, he immediately shook his head and signaled Julian not to listen to the kidnapper. The next moment, a hand reached out to the video and pulled the cloth out of Grandpa’s mouth. Grandpa could speak again. He said anxiously, “Julian, don’t come. Don’t worry about me… Ugh…” The next moment, his mouth was gagged with the cloth again. A male voice cursed, “Old man, don’t push it. If you keep nagging, I’ll cripple you.”