Chapter 128

Chief Dalloway shook his head woefully, and the policeman who stood at the door held his head low. The Chief then said, “The Oleander bullets penetrated right through their hearts. The medical team couldn’t save them.”

Lucianne inhaled deeply and exhaled sadly before she said, “I am so sorry for your loss.”

“Thank you, my Queen.” Chief Dalloway responded with a polite smile, and the policeman gave her a grateful nod.

Lucianne then cleared her throat before asking, “As for the location where the helicopter was found, do you happen to have any pictures of the site?”

“I do, in fact. A moment please, your Highness.” The Chief took out his phone from his pocket, and scrolled through it for a while before placing it on the table and gently pushing it towards Lucianne.

She lifted up the phone and enlarged the photo to study the sandy beach and thick jungle next to where the hijacked police helicopter seemed to have landed safely. Lucianne then pushed the phone in the two cousins’ way for them to have a look as she asked the Chief, “The jungle is being searched now, I presume?”

“Indeed, my Queen. It’s been two hours but we haven’t found anything as of yet, I’m afraid.”

Xandar then asked, “Does Alfred Cummings know where his daughter would be taken by any chance?”

was genuinely shocked and worried. M y men had to restrain him when he started throwing expletives and blaming the police force for what he labeled as an

thoughts of seeking ransom from

aloud, “If ransom is out of the question, and it’s really not an abduction….why would someone want to help his daughter escape? What could she possibly have to offer? As far as I know, she has no wealth of her own so she wouldn’t be able to contribute to anything financially. If the escape was aided by someone who she shares close relations with, her brother is

Cummings did visit his sister late evening the other day when

as Xandar asked, “What was the context of their conversation? Was it about planning

about…” the Chief looked at Lucianne nervously. Lucianne helped the poor old

she criticized him for being blinded by what she deemed

shouted, “THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF THEIR CURRENT PROBLEMS! HOW DARE THEY

AGAINST MY

now as she squeezed it assuringly, trying desperately to calm Xandar down. As usual, his animal took in her soothing voice, and his human part

his temper, Xandar sighed in frustration before lifting Lucianne’s hands up and pecked a kiss o n them before speaking to the Chief in a still-angered tone, “And

member who was present during

Christian concluded, and the Chief

“I hope the entire police force is undergoing a screening process, Chief? Especially when

A team of senior members has been formed to look through everyone’s backgrounds. I’ve personally looked through theirs before appointing them. And we’ve decided to have two people instead of one in the visitation room for high-profile criminals such as Ms Cummings. We’ve also unanimously agreed to have a third person transcribe all conversations from such visitations, s o as to ensure anything said between the prisoner and the visitor is heard by a pair

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