The Bound Between Us

Chapter 567

Trent had a stroke at home, and the first person Anastasia thought of was Ashley.

Max shook his head, "Hard to say. You know how it is with your dad. Do we keep it under wraps, or...?"

"Let's keep it quiet for now, until he gets better," Anastasia suggested. "Can we look into the source of the poison? The person behind it doesn't know we're onto them; there might be more clues." "I'll have Dailey check out Willowbrook," Max said gently.

As the wedding got closer, Anastasia felt more and more uneasy, with troubles piling up.

She was particularly worried about Julie. Knowing Julie, she wouldn't just sit back and wait for her fate.

Julie had stabilized in the hospital after a close call with her pregnancy and was about to be brought back to the police station.

But as they prepared to transfer her, disaster struck.

That night....

The ringing phone woke Max, and he answered the call from the undercover bodyguard watching over Julie. She had been abducted.

to rescue Julie and had even injured a cop

eyebrows furrowed with concern. "Who

out of the game, and Devin was too busy saving his own skin to

pawn

to distract us. The police are already on high alert, sending out forces to recapture Julie." Half-asleep, Anastasia heard the phone conversation and opened her eyes to see Max looking

hung up the phone,

"How is that possible?"

was shocked. "Weren't the cops watching her round the clock? How could Julie

sleep, Anastasia. I need to step out," Max said as he got

...

on Julie's case, was

the hospital. The officer on duty told him that the abductor had disguised themselves as a doctor, claiming to be taking Julie for an examination, which

to his colleague, Jason surveyed the scene. "One person couldn't have taken Julie alone; they had an accomplice. Check all hospital surveillance for suspicious vehicles. Interrogate Devin, see if we can shake out a clue." "Jason, we've already got someone on Devin. It seems

added. "The child is his, after all. He's not

colleague agreed. "Jason, where could Julie go, heavily pregnant like that? She can't get far

she's going to sit around waiting to get

fell silent, conceding