Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 230

Chapter 233

Three days passed, and the search and rescue teams had found nothing. Both the rescue squads and the police had done everything they could.

"We've searched the mountain, the woods, and the entire length of the river downstream. There's nowhere left to check," the team leader reported, his expression grim as he debriefed Cedric Clarke at the rescue base camp.

Earlier that afternoon, Quentin had already taken the rest of the medical staff back to the hospital.

But Cedric Clarke refused to give up hope.

The team leader looked troubled. "In our experience, if no one turns up

downstream, chances are they were buried by the landslide."

"That's not possible..." Cedric shook his head, unwilling to accept it.

"There's one other possibility," the leader offered, "Someone might have found her downstream and taken her away before we got there."

Cedric's face was haggard-he hadn't slept for three days and nights. He set his jaw. "Then widen the search along the river. We keep looking until we find her- alive or... not. If we still find nothing, we dig up that landslide. No one leaves until Stella is found. That's final."

The team leader hesitated, but a job was a job. If the client insisted, he had no choice but to order his team to continue.

It wasn't until the second day after Stella went missing that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joyner, received the call.

Ableson and Scarlett Joyner rushed straight to the mountains, staying at the site for a day and a night. By the following afternoon, the strain became too much for Scarlett-she collapsed from exhaustion and grief.

arranged for someone to take both

Lockwood Hospital.

had been hospitalized, she and James hurried there to

and headed straight

for her daughter, Ottilie Kensington. As she turned around, she spotted

Melody paused, frowning. "And the man with her he looks

grumbled, sniffling from her cold. "Let's

daughter an annoyed look. "Ever since Stewart dumped Briony, the old lady's been thrilled-she's even given us more allowance these past few months! But if Briony gets herself a

anything!" Ottilie rolled her

could keep it from her forever." Melody grabbed Ottilie's hand. "That old woman's always keeping

got dragged along, trailing behind

Briony raised her hand and

Ableson answered the door.

Briony greeted politely. "I've come to see

nodded

after a brief

was heavy with

Ottilie crept closer,

her eyes swollen and red from crying. When she saw Briony, fresh tears welled up. "Bryn, what are we going to

eyes burned, her nose stinging with the effort not to

Joyner, they'll find Star. But you need to take care of

out there. Star's all alone in that desolate place-she must be so frightened..." Scarlett's voice broke, and she collapsed into sobs, clutching

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