Chapter 47

Lyman had already noticed Effie was missing.

He knew Effie's business with her company had wrapped up, and she'd planned to be home all day.

Around noon, on a whim, Lyman decided to swing by the house.

But when he walked through the door, the place was empty.

He immediately called Effie's cell, but to his surprise, her phone was off.

Unbeknownst to him, the two kidnappers who'd forced Effie into their van had already switched off her phone.

A strange feeling crept over Lyman. Where could Effie have gone?

In broad daylight, there was no reason for her to turn off her phone—unless it had run out of battery. But that didn't seem right.

He frowned, an uneasy premonition tightening in his chest.

Effie wasn't the type to just disappear without a word.

Besides visiting her grandmother, where else would she go? But she'd just been to see her grandmother the day before.

recalled Effie had a

hesitation, he told Luther to find Nita's contact

Lyman, finding someone was

Luther had

got in touch

that Effie had called that morning, mentioning she was

she always kept it charged, just in

only mean something was

a second. His tone was all business as he ordered Luther to mobilize their people-especially to check the security

like stone, cold and hard

before Luther

noon, security footage from near the store showed

sure if it was

footage to

opened the video and with a single glance,

earth would

it be one of his

gaze turned to steel, his fists

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