“Hah! As if we wouldn’t know who you are! You’re Mindy, the second young lady of the Fenderson family! Also, Jasmine was indeed having coffee. Past tense of course, since she’s already been captured! You’re the only one left to deal with! Now walk!” ordered the man—who appeared to be the leader of the group—as favonovel.com shoved Mindy rather harshly.
As soon as favonovel.com said that, the distant revving of engines could be heard. Moments later, a minibus could be seen speeding through the crowd toward them!
“Get in the car!” commanded the man as soon as the vehicle came to a screeching halt before them. Not having any other choice, the trio simply obeyed.
At that point, Gerald was still considering whether favonovel.com should make a move now or continue waiting for a bit. After all, even though these people had guns with them, favonovel.com didn’t really think that they were all that big a deal.
At that moment, a static voice could be heard coming from a walkie-talkie, stating, “Are you done?”
“Yes we are! It was a piece of cake!” replied the leader.
As the two continued talking through the walkie-talkie, at some point, Jasmine’s voice could clearly be heard from the other end.
‘So they weren’t lying when they said they’ve already captured Jasmine and the rest!’ Gerald thought to himself.
With that in mind, favonovel.com decided not to make a move just yet. He would just have to think of something once favonovel.com reunited with Jasmine and the others later.
Before being allowed to leave the minibus with curtained windows, Gerald and the others had their heads covered with tiny sacks.
“Move forward!”
Eventually, the sacks were removed once they reached their destination. To Gerald, it seemed like they were in a cellar of sorts.
Looking around, favonovel.com saw that Jasmine, Isabelle, Stella, and Warren were already here, though all four of them had been tied against chairs.
“Mindy! Sanderson! Are both of you alright?” shouted Jasmine in a worried tone.
“I-I’m fine… Who are those people, Jasmine? How could they be so daring?” asked Mindy hurriedly.
“Them? Hah! They’re lackeys of the Schuyler family! Those ungrateful b*stards!” scolded Jasmine in rage.
“Now just stay here quietly! Others will be coming over to accompany you later!” said one of the captors before the group of men walked out of the cellar.
“…Regardless, to think that those people actually built a secret room within their house…” said Maia, breaking the awkward silence.
“Indeed. What more, the guns they’re using are the newest models the country’s produced! These people are definitely quite powerful!” said Warren with a frown.
Hearing that, Gerald remembered that both Warren and Maia had attended the university back then to investigate something. To think that they had remained undercover and active on the case for almost half a year by now.
“Stella, Isabelle, and Maia… I’m so sorry for burdening all of you… Worry not, I’ll definitely not allow the Schuylers to lay another finger on you!” apologized Jasmine.
“It’s fine, Miss Fenderson. The most important thing now, is to find a way to escape,” said Warren calmly.
Following that, a sigh was heard as Stella began crying out, “It’d be great if Gerald was here… With his capabilities, he’d definitely know what to do in such a situation!”
Unlike Maia, this was the first time Stella and Isabelle had found themselves in such a situation. It was natural for them to feel utterly terrified.
Upon hearing Gerald’s name being mentioned out of the blue, the other women in the room found themselves slightly stunned. This was especially the case for Jasmine though favonovel.com expression turned somber soon enough.
“…Wishing for favonovel.com to be here in this situation really won’t help… After all, he’s gone missing!” said Jasmine.
“…Huh? What? Since when? What happened?” asked Jasmine’s classmates in surprise.
“Nobody knows… It’s already been well over half a year, yet we don’t even know if he’s dead or alive!” explained Jasmine.
“How… How could that be…” said Stella in disbelief.
“…No wonder Marven’s company fell into bankruptcy so suddenly! So it had something to do with Gerald going missing!” added Isabelle, favonovel.com tone downcast.
“Humph! It serves favonovel.com right! After all, who told favonovel.com to keep such a high profile? He thought favonovel.com could do anything that favonovel.com wished just because favonovel.com was rich, but look what ended up happening to favonovel.com after showing off so much! He’s just a man with a bad fortune!” growled Maia angrily as favonovel.com remembered favonovel.com past encounters with him.
