Luther stayed at the second precinct and did not close his eyes all night.
He kept waiting for the kidnapper to call again, afraid he would miss it.
It was only in the early hours of the morning that he leaned back in his chair and reluctantly closed his eyes, sleeping in a dazed, muddled trance.
Suddenly there was a beep sound and it was a text message. It was like the first thunder of the dawn, and he woke up with a jolt, sat up, and found himself in a cold sweat.
Karl was lounging on his desk for a moment when the same short ringing tone woke him up.
He sprang to his feet and ran to Luther's side.
Luther opened up the text message, and sure enough, it was the person holding Joyce hostage who sent the latest message.
"We want five hundred million, paid in diamonds, placed in the Phoenix Hill gas station in City A. We will come and pick it up, and you will get your woman back once we get the money."
"There was only a text message, and no more photos of Joyce." Karl finished reading the text message and pondered for a moment, "Normally, when the criminals propose a ransom, they will send a photo of the kidnapped person or an audio recording of the kidnapped person asking for help. To show that the person is indeed still within their grasp."
"You mean that the thugs only sent one text message and nothing else. In all likelihood, Joyce is out of their grasp?" Luther's heart was vaguely excited, and a glimmer of hope ignited.
He knew she had a gun with her, she was a sharpshooter, so hopefully, she could save herself.
One of the officers returned, "Captain, I was just about to call you! We have a lead. We traced the whereabouts of every large truck that showed up in front of DeNox at the time. Excluding the rest of the suspicious vehicles, only one truck remains the most suspicious. Captain, look, here is the gas station that is closest to the border of Khebury, this big truck went in to refuel, but did not come out again!"
"Look here! Look, the big truck drove in!" He pointed at the screen and replayed it once, "Look, but it didn't come back out!"
"Where did this minivan come from?" Karl pointed out another minivan that was coming in and out.
The officer shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it just happened to come for gas."
"No, what's this minivan doing driving into a diesel fuel station when it needs gasoline?" Luther also noticed that.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Wrong marriage and sweet love (Joyce and Luther)
Why has all the names changed from english name to Chinese, It’s difficult to understand who is who...
If this is the ending of this story the story then I wish I hadn’t started reading it doesn’t even end right has not closure. To bad these writers don’t put much into their endings....
When will the new chapters come I can't wait any longer...
Very strange ending, is Joyce pregnant again or does she still have remnants of the devil with her. Christian should have apologized and made up with Luther and Felix. Too much violence and twists and turns, once settled, everyone should be happy and healthy....
Omg… can’t you just let Luther and Joyce live in peace with their children….another controversy doesn’t add to the story....
Not again, ugh … just get rid of this disgusting despicable woman...
Hopefully the underground bio lab East523will be found soon and Luther will make a full recovery, Lily will be reunited with the family and all will be good. Otherwise this will be a very disappointing story....
Please don’t make more trouble for Joyce and Luther, they need to have their children and be happy...
Looking forward to Joyce shooting Otis where it will hurt him the most and end his disgusting ways with women. He’s a pig, deserves to lose his “unit”....
Just tell him you’re the one that saved him , not the evil woman and find your beautiful love story together. Quit being a wet blanket, too smart for that....