Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
That assumption took Logan and Taylor by surprise, including Clark who was also taken aback.
But since her sister started investigating that matter, every guess she had made turned out to be correct. So, Clark took out his phone and said, “I’ll have someone look into it.
“Let my people handle it.”
Mirabella insisted on doing it with her people as she thought Clark’s people might make some noise, but hers were different, all specially trained.
Clark paused, looking at his sister, trustingly said, “Alright.”
Mirabella took out her phone and sent a message to Jack, nearly giving him a heart attack.
Ever since he found out that the boss was taking a risk coming to Lidaria, and that Romeo had the audacity to trust her without coming along, Jack had been utterly disappointed in Romeo. At the same time, he was extremely worried, always feeling that the boss was in danger. Finally, he had to sneak into Lidaria.
When he heard his phone beep, he took it out and saw that the message was from the boss, his face turned pale.Jones was puzzled by his facial reaction, “What’s the matter with you? Are you sick?”
“The boss sent a message! She needs me! Oh no! Does the boss know we’re here? Is she going to settle scores with us?”
“Really?” Jones was also frightened, “Can I still catch a flight back home?”
“You don’t care about the boss’ safety?”
“We have you, right? I’m more worried about whether my neck will be wrung by the boss.”
“So, you’re just going to let the boss wring my neck alone?” Jack grabbed him, “You’re not going anywhere! If we’re going down, we’re going down together!”
“Stop it, let me go, I’ve never been in love, I’ve never experienced the beauty of life.”
Jack’s phone vibrated again; it was a question mark sent by the boss.
He wanted to cry but had no tears. He summoned up the courage to unlock his phone, clicked on the message, only to find out that the boss wanted him to investigate an orphanage back home!
He couldn’t believe it; the boss didn’t know that they were there!
Why would the boss suddenly make them investigate an orphanage?
Oh my God, he was almost scared to death earlier!
[Don’t worry boss, I’ll get it done!] Jack quickly replied to her.
Seeing that Jack even sent several emojis expressing his love for her, Mirabella resisted the urge to block him, put away her phone, and looked at Taylor and Logan again.”We should have results in a couple of days.”
Taylor and Logan couldn’t believe it, who was that girl who could get results on an orphanage investigation in just two days!
Keep in mind, they had been looking for their daughter for two to three months and had yet to find any leads.
“When will we be able to find Carol?” Taylor was clearly worried; it sounded like their daughter was in a lot of danger.
“But just let us know anything you can,’ Mirabella said sofitly, “I believe we can find Carol soon.”
Mirabella paused for a while, then continued, “Carol lied to you that she had found her biological parents and was going to live abroad with them. But we checked all the flights in the past year, and there is no record of her leaving the country.”
At those words, Logan and Taylor were taken aback.
“I knew Carol couldn’t be so heartless. Something must have happened to her,’ Taylor, who had been with her daughter for years, had a telepathic connection with her. Ever since Carol mentioned finding her biological parents and leaving them, Taylor had had a nagging feeling that something wasn’t right and that she was hiding something.
Seeing Taylor wiping away her tears quietly, Logan felt a lump in his throat, his voice slightly hoarse, “I rather hope she really found her real parents, and she’s not in any danger.”
If they could, they’d rather have their daughter happy for the rest of her life, even if they could never see her again.
“Your neighbor mentioned that a few months ago, a group of people visited your house. It was raining, but they kept walking around your yard,’ Mirabella looked up at them.
It was said that after that day, the Earwood family didn’t open their doors for about four or five days.
When their neighbors saw them after a few days, they inquired about the situation. The Earwoods simply said that they had relatives visiting but didn’t elaborate any further.
“That time.” Logan hesitated, unsure if he should disclose the matter.”Tell them, they are good people. They really want to help us,”
Taylor urged.
Eventually, Logan decided to spill the beans, “It was a rainy night. I was asleep when I heard some noise in Carol’s room. At first, I thought I was hearing things. But then, I heard it again, and this time, Taylor heard it too. We both thought Carol had come back.
We were so excited that we got up to check it out. However, the storm was so loud that it made us nervous. The door to Carol’s room wasn’t fully closed. I saw two or three people sneaking around, going through her stuff. At the time, I thought we had a break-in. I held Taylor’s hand, and we tiptoed downstairs, hoping to ask the neighbors for help. But to our surprise, there were also people in our living room, rummaging through our things. Once we got down there, we walked right into their hands.
They saw us, rushed over, and we got hurt while resisting. Afterward, we somehow managed to escape to the yard, but they caught us and knocked us out.”
Mirabella nodded in understanding. No wonder there were so many blood stains on the living room floor and a few in the yard. As she had suspected earlier, Mr. and Mrs. Earwood had also been in danger.
“When we woke up, we were tied up. There were a few people in the living room, guarding us. They were all wearing black masks and black clothes, so we couldn’t see their faces clearly. They kept asking us the same question over and over again — where is Carol? But we had no idea where she was. At first, we thought Carol had been targeted by some gang because she’s young and pretty. But as time went on, we realized things weren’t that simple.”
Mirabella then asked, “How long did they keep you?”
“Three days,’ Logan replied truthfully.
“Did they mention anything else other than Carol?””No, Logan recalled, “They wouldn’t answer any questions we asked. Oh, they also went through our cell phones, looking at our chat history. It seemed like they wanted to know if we had been in contact with Carol privately. They even took pictures of us injured and sent them to Carol. We think they were using us as bait to lure Carol out.”
“Did Carol ever show up in the end?” Mirabella asked again.
“No, that kid hasn’t answered any of our messages since she found her biological parents. We were worried she’d come running if she saw that we were hurt but thank God she didn’t.”
Logan exhaled deeply, preferring to be in danger himself rather than have his daughter involved.
“They left after three days?”
“It seems they received an important call and didn’t untie us before they left. We hadn’t eaten for three days. Although the wounds weren’t that deep, they were untreated, and we both ended up with fever. It took a couple of days for us to recover at home.”
Mirabella understood. No wonder the neighbors said that Mr. and Mrs. Earwood didn’t open their door until four or five days later.
“Did they leave any message behind?” Mirabella kept on enquiring.
“They just warned us to keep our mouths shut if we didn’t want anything bad to happen to Carol. They threatened that the whole town would suffer if we opened our mouth.”
On hearing that, Clark asked, “Were those guys good with their hands, like they’ve had special training?”
Logan nodded in agreement and said, “They didn’t seem like ordinary people.”
At first, they thought they were dealing with street thugs, but they soon realized they were not ordinary hoodlums.”So, you figured Carol was in danger and wanted to find her?”
Mirabella asked again.
“Yes,’ Logan nodded, “But what we didn’t expect was that we’ve been in Lidaria for almost three months and there’s been no news.
Plus, we’ve noticed some strange things.”
“What things?” Mirabella and Clark asked in unison.
“When we come home from our tutoring jobs, we always feel like things in the house have been moved.”
Upon hearing that, Mirabella had a very bad feeling, “You mean, someone’s been here?”
“Stop talking; Mirabella immediately stood up, turned off all the lights in the house, took out a detector from her bag, and scanned the entire living room. She found six cameras and four bugs.
They’d probably been filmed from the moment they stepped into the living room.
Mirabella began to dismantle the hidden cameras in the wall sockets, the miniature cameras in the screw holes, and so on.
Taylor was frightened and took refuge in her husband’s arms, watching the girl’s actions in disbelief.
She couldn’t believe that those seemingly insignificant items were actually “eyes” that were watching their every move.
Logan realized suddenly that those siblings were not ordinary people either. After all, they carried such detection devices with them at all times and the girl’s calm demeanor was far from that of an ordinary high school student!Who were they? What was their identity!
Seeing the girl dismantle and destroy everything, Taylor couldn’t help but ask, “Kid, are you sure these things are cameras and bugs?”
“Hmm, these are just like the ones installed in your house. They’re not the latest models, but they’ll do for eavesdropping.”
“Why would they be watching us?”
Taylor thought to herself, no wonder her husband had felt something amiss about the house a few times before. She had initially dismissed his concerns, but at that point it seemed that their house had been invaded multiple times, and cameras and bugs had been installed!
The mere thought of it sent chills down her spine.
Mirabella pulled out a tiny button, indistinguishable from the real one unless inspected closely.
Not only Logan and Taylor, but even Clark was also surprised by that. He didn’t expect his sister to carry such gadgets around.
Mirabella had come there with the intention of investigating Carol’s whereabouts, so her small backpack was filled with various devices.
“But our arrival here must have been captured on camera, though the audio would be disrupted. They can’t hear us, but they can see us.”
“So, this place isn’t safe anymore?” Taylor was worried.
Nodding, Mirabella said, “Pack your stuff. We need to leave as soon as possible.”
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