Chapter 1630

The fire raged on for the entire day. If not for the miraculous rain, it might have consumed the entire forest. Alas, the rain put an end to it.

What was once a beautiful display of nature, an endless stretch of lush and thick blankets of greenery were now burned away, leaving behind only large and gray husks of tree trunks and piles of ashes blanketing the ground.

It was still drizzling.

The firefighters made one last final round of the area as unauthorized vehicles were still not granted entry into the sectioned ring.

A tall figure of a man stood directly in front of the barrier, overlooking the burned remnants of the forest. In just one day, he looked like he had lost a considerable amount of weight. He seemed frail and defeated.

A pair of empty eyes concealed behind the lens of his glasses stared blankly at nothing in particular.

After a lengthy investigation, several firefighters stepped out from amidst the smoldering forest and approached the barrier..

One of the firefighters, who appeared to be the chief, turned to John and informed regretfully, “Master Stockton, we found your house.”

John turned to him, his eyes were bloodshot.

with remorse, “The house was completely burned

asked, his

to form

him and seized him by his shoulders. He was rattled and itching for a resolution of any kind. “Where is she? Did

we went inside, we only saw piles of burned furniture. There were no signs of a burned

No bodies?

gone the entire time? Did she manage

pushed the chief firefighter away and quickly marched into the

from the burning house last

what John was up to. He recovered from his shock. and hurriedly turned to his crew. “Follow me. We’re going in back there for a second look!”

was the burned wreckage of what

bare-bones structure of the villa managed to remain intact. At the very least, one

damage caused by the fire because there was not

trampled through the garden and walked into

by the poor state she was in, there was not a chance of her having gone upstairs since she was too weak to make the climb.

shoveling with his hands, prying away scraps of burned wood and

afraid to discover a burned body buried underneath. Fortunately, he did not chance upon such a

of the living room and dug out

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