Chapter 53
“When did Lucas go missing?” Audrey asked hurriedly.
“It was probably early this morning
but no one was there” the voice replied.
ent to his room to look for him in the morning
Audrey pursed her lips. She had an uneasy look on her face.
Although Lucas was miles ahead of his peers in terms of intelligence, he was after all only a six or seven year old boy. Even if he had good physical abilities, in the face of absolute strength, Lucas would simply be powerless to fight back.
Especially in a place like the border.
“Did you look for him?” Audrey asked.
The voice said, “I searched everywhere around here already but there was no trace of him. My only concern now is that Lucas might have been taken.”
Green Viper sounded more and more worried as she explained the situation.
Although no one dared to openly mess with The Silence at the border, it was difficult to say how many people secretly wanted to get rid of them.
Audrey’s eyebrows creased before she instructed coldly, “Wait for my update.”
She hung up the phone at that and sped back to the Holland residence, making her way quickly to the study.
For their safety, Audrey had placed trackers on both Lucas and Brian.
Although, if there was a signal blocker nearby, then naturally the tracker would not work.
Sure enough, the tracker on Lucas was untraceable.
The Silence had many enemies, but the organization boasted one of the safest security systems in the world. There was practically no one who could infiltrate their system, let alone be able to snatch Lucas from right under their noses,
The only possibility was that Lucas had left The Silence of his own accord.
Audrey thought through the situation for a beat before getting up and leaving the study.
She made her way to the kitchen in search of Wendy. “Where’s Brian?” Audrey asked.
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“I just saw him playing in the backyard. Wendy replied. Then she looked at Audrey and added, “Great timing. I’ve just finished making your favorite grilled fish, and there’s. freshly squeezed orange juice too. Wash up and sit down to eat, you must be hungry.”
Audrey only realized then that she hadn’t had lunch
She was a little curious as to how
yet.
could have known that she hadn’t eaten. After
all, it was already past two in the ammoon-
Audrey didn’t think more of it and replied, “Okay, I’ll go to the backyard first and come back later.”
Wendy brought the dishes to the dining table and then returned to the kitchen to clean up. Then she remembered that she hadn’t returned the messages she received earlier on her phone.
In the chat with Dylan, the message sent by him from two hours ago read, [Wendy, don’t forgot to make some food for Audrey. She hasn’t eaten her lunch. And make some orange juice for her too.]
Wendy sighed involuntarily and thought, “What a strange turn of events. Ms. Hernandez used to be head over heels for Mr. Clifford, but now…
Still, it wasn’t in her position to worry about their affairs. She could only do her best to take care of Ms. Hernandez and Brian.
In the backyard, Brian was crouching in corner with his phone, chatting with someone in a soft voice.
“Lucas, are you really going to deal with that man? He may have bullied Audrey, but he’s still the reason why we’re in this world!” Brian whispered into the receiver.
Brian couldn’t help but recall that night when that man had let him bite down on his hand, enduring the pain stoically without a word of complaint.
And the strong yet warm and affectionate hug that confused him and made him utter the word ‘Daddy‘ as a result.
It was then that he realized no matter how good other adults were to him, deep down in his heart, none of them could compare to his own father.
“Mommy didn’t have anyone to protect her before, but now that she has us, it’s only natural that we should teach him a lesson. Otherwise he’d think that there’s no one to stand up for her!” Lucas replied firmly.
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On the phone screen, Brian could see that Lucas had a serious look on his handsome
face.
“Well, then I’m in!” Brian nodded. In his heart, absolutely no one was more important than Audrey.
Brian then set his phone aside had in his piggy bank.
In his heart, he exclaimed, ‘Lucas, I let you down!”
he seamed to be out of signal range already.
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