The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 577 Are You Pleading With Me?

At the Lawrence Group’s Cludan branch.

Inside the president’s office.

At this moment, Symeon was engrossed in his work when his phone abruptly rang. He assumed it was an update regarding the surveillance repair.

However, upon answering the call, he discovered a text message from an unidentified number.

The message read. I am Casey. I am trapped in the Carter Family’s basement. Please rescue me!”

Symeon’s face paled instantly upon reading the message. He attempted to call back the unknown number, but it was switched off, and there was no response.

Could this message truly be from Casey?

If he went to search for her and failed to find her, the Carter Family might report him to the police.

After some contemplation, Symeon decided to call Amanda. The call was promptly answered, and Amanda’s voice echoed from the other end. “What’s the status? Has the surveillance footage been recovered?”

“Not yet, but I received a peculiar text message from someone claiming to be Casey. She claims she’s trapped in the Carter Family’s basement and needs my help. How credible do you think this message is?”

“Where are you currently? I’ll come over immediately. Don’t delete the message. Keep it.”

Tm at the office.”

“I’ll be there shortly.”

With that, she ended the call. Symeon reopened the text message and scrutinized it repeatedly.

His intuition suggested that this message could indeed be from Casey.

However, he couldn’t comprehend the circumstances under which Casey had sent this message and why the phone was now unreachable.

Symeon dialed another number and commanded, “Trace the location of this number for me promptly:

“Understood, Mr. Lawrence.”

reclined in his chair and was lost in deep

of time, the landline rang. The secretary’s voice echoed

“Let her in.”

“Very well.”

rose from his

anxious. “Let me see the message

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jotted down the phone number and intended to ask Elias for

interjected. There’s no need. I’ve already initiated a

“Understood.”

expressing her thoughts. “I suspect Casey sent us the message using a stranger’s phone. As

the Carter Residence, we will go there directly to find her.”

nodded in agreement.

then posed another question. “What if this message is a deliberate misdirection, and we don’t find Casey in the basement of the Carter Residence? Could the Carter Family press charges against us for trespassing? I’m unsure of the legal implications here,

considered trespassing on someone else’s property, and, yes, you could be detained,” Amanda responded

chuckled. “So, we need to tread carefully. If we

jacket.

rose and exited the

the underground parking lot and slowly drove

you enough to let you accompany me? Why didn’t

with work these days. He doesn’t have the time. I suggest you stop provoking him. You always cause him so much trouble. He barely has time to spend with his child now.” Amanda’s tone was laced with annoyance, but they were united in

pleading with me? If you were a tad more sincere, perhaps I would consider.

much more sincere do you expect me to be? I’m here to rescue the mother of your child. Isn’t

desire is for you to plead with me in front of

go there. I refuse to undermine my husband’s dignity.” Amanda stated firmly before gazing out the car window.

He refrained from further comment and continued

Residence.

approximately forty minutes, the car came to a halt outside the Carter