Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 688 She'd also heard that the top brass from headquarters were on-site, orchestrating the search and rescue themselves.

On her way back, she overheard two staff members whispering about higher-ups demanding

accountability, with serious consequences hanging over their heads. The directive was stark - find the missing person or pack your bags!

What kind of influence? How deep must one's connections run?

Hertha was livid, itching to burst out and yell at those two: What clout? What background? She was just someone her brother had tired of and tossed aside!

Now, with Murray calling, her gut reaction was that it had to do with Roseanne.

"Did you just say Roseanne's missing?! How could she vanish? Where are you right now?" The man straightened up abruptly, nearly shattering his whiskey glass in his grip.

Hertha was baffled, "... You didn't call about Roseanne?"

Murray's eyes were blazing as he enunciated every word, "Answer me! Why is Roseanne missing?! Where did she go missing? Where are you now?"

gone missing in

she could finish, the line went

dashed past. Turning around, he was astonished, "Wait, was that Murray? Running faster

...

In the pitch-dark woods-

with an injured foot,

sound. Droplets trickling off leaves and plopping into

and clear-headed- Firstly, she knew there were no large predators in

area

pests, meaning if there

they'd likely be

non-venomous.

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