Dear Sweetheart novel

Chapter 741 Cassidy Took The Creatures Away

“Should we inform Cassidy?” Rayna suggested as she buckled herself up.

“You can decide on that,” came Curtis' answer.

Rayna pulled out her phone to call Cassidy, but the latter's phone was switched off. After some thought, she decided to try the landline and see if anyone at home would pick up. To her surprise, a young voice, which sounded like it belonged to either Yasmin or Yuna, answered the call. “Hello.”

“Yasmin?” Rayna asked uncertainly.

“Oh, Ms. Belle,” Yasmin greeted her. “Why did you call?”

“We'll be arriving home late today. Are you comfortable with being by yourself at the house while we are away?” Rayna questioned carefully.

“Sure,” Yasmin replied.

“Great. Remember to tell Cassidy if she comes home later,” Rayna told her. After hearing Yasmin's reply, she then ended the call.

“Yasmin is at home alone,” Rayna muttered under her breath. “What about Yuna? Where could she be?”

Even though Yasmin didn't mention specifically that Yuna wasn't around, from the way she spoke, it was evident that she was alone.

“Maybe someone picked her up and sent her home,” Curtis responded casually.

“Cassidy isn't home yet.” Rayna was concerned to learn that Cassidy was still with Andrew.

“She'll be fine. If anything were to happen, it would have occurred earlier on. Andrew would not have been so patient as to wait until this point in time,” Curtis comforted her as he was afraid she would be overly concerned.

The car drove slowly into an alley. As it reached the end of the alley, it made a left turn, gliding onto the adjoining street.

Rayna raised her head and spotted the signboard for the police station.

After the car rolled to a stop at the entrance, they got out of the car and walked into the police station.

Inside, Rayna saw the police officers she had encountered at Ashley's house earlier.

This time, their faces were drawn and taut with careful expressions when they saw Rayna and the like.

“Where is the archives room?” Curtis asked solemnly.

“This way, please.” A young police officer led the way to the archives room.

After bringing them there, he was sensible enough to leave them alone.

Rayna and Curtis stepped into the room. Their eyes were immediately drawn to the racks lined with files. Each one was carefully labeled with the date and category.

J and Vance immediately started looking through the files. Seeing that, Rayna also joined in as well.

Curtis followed behind her.

They walked to the rack at the far corner of the room and noticed that the files on it were labeled with the year that Rayna had gone to Shvomhid Mountain.

Out of curiosity, Rayna reached out and retrieved a file to read it.

Curtis raked his gaze over the items placed in transparent files on the rack until he spotted a sample in one of the files. He retrieved it to get a better look at it.

Rayna looked up and happened to notice the file in his hands. “Let me take a look at that.”

Hearing her words, Curtis offered the file to her readily.

“This looks familiar,” Rayna remarked as she took a photo of the sample. “I think I saw this previously on Shvomhid Mountain.”

“Are you sure?” Curtis questioned.

Jayfort was situated at a considerable distance from Shvomhid Mountain, and these two locations had distinct climatic conditions.

“They look similar. This was from a long time ago, so I'm not that sure.” Rayna observed the sample several times before returning it to the rack.

“What about you? Did you find anything?” she asked J and Vance.

“A little. During the span of three years, a great number of youth emigrated away from the town, with some purchasing properties in other places. The townspeople weren't rich, to begin with.” Vance handed a thick file to Rayna. “In the same period, many people died in this town. In turn, the families of the deceased departed the town to buy houses in the city or set up their own businesses.”

Rayna took the file from him and began to skim through its contents. After flipping through two pages, a look of puzzlement crossed her face. “Wait a minute. Why would this be recorded? It's normal to document the deaths of people, but why would there be an account of the financial situation of these individuals?” she inquired, her eyebrows raised in surprise.

Hearing that, Curtis took the file from her and went through it. He, too, had the feeling that something was not quite right. “It's customary to keep a record of the population but not of the financial situation.”

He continued perusing the file and was surprised to find that the document also contained the current addresses of the people who had left the town.

“Even if they were to document the addresses, it should be done so in a different file,” Rayna chimed in.

“You're right. It appears that the majority of the townspeople who left were paid for their involvement in the experiment. That's why all of their information was documented here, and the police officers must have recorded all of it in accordance with the instructions of their superiors.” Curtis closed the file and glanced at the archives room. “They had no way of knowing that this would happen, so they didn't bother to hide the details.”

“The powerful and influential people here colluded, giving them the freedom to do whatever they wanted,” Vance added. He then offered another file to Rayna. “Take a look at this. Could this be from Shvomhid Mountain as well?”

Rayna observed the little bug carefully before realizing it was a hexagonal ladybug. “Yes. This bug only appears there.”

“Our guess was right. The people here had been to Shvomhid Mountain,” Vance said as he placed the file into his bag. “I'm taking this back to the research center. I'll also take the bug that you found earlier.”

Rayna gave the file, which she had taken a photo of, to him. “Are you going to examine it?”

“Mm. We know what they are up to but don't have enough evidence. That said, the more evidence we have, the easier it will be to make a solid case against them,” Vance explained. He took a pair of gloves from his briefcase and put them on. “I should make another copy of the evidence we have so far, just in case something goes wrong.”

As Vance and J got to work, Curtis and Rayna didn't disturb them and focused on going through the other information and files in the archives room.

It was late at night when they returned to the Gilroy residence.