The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 1872

Realization finally dawned on the balloon seller. "What? That fast?"

Anya, not wanting to waste time explaining things, rushed into the cave to bring Joey out of the cage. After all, Corinne and Jeremy were not like the others. They were capable of tracking her down swiftly. She needed to find another hiding place promptly.

The pitiful Joey was still crying and shivering in the dog cage. Alas, the heartless Anya roughly pulled Joey out, tied him up with a piece of hemp rope, and called the balloon seller from outside to come in and carry the kid. She did not even care about the boy's well-being.

The balloon seller was visibly reluctant, but since he had not received the promised 14000 dollars, he begrudgingly went along. With Joey on his back, they left the cave.

Anya even tossed the balloon seller's phone into the cave, promising to buy him a better one.

The desolate mountains were quite far from the city center. It took Jeremy and Corinne two hours to reach there, and by then, it was dawn. The mountains were truly barren, covered in dense and tangled weeds with no roads for cars to drive on.

out of the car and was ready to hike up the

find Joey on

Corinne stay calm? She could not sit still and do nothing at the thought of Anya taking her anger out of

"But Joey is..."

back gently to comfort her. "I know. I'm really worried about him too, but just give it a little more time. Our team and the police should

in her eyes. "When did you call the police? I was afraid

call from the store owner's wife may have alerted Anya already. Our next move is to surround this mountain as fast as possible and let the police dogs search. Our cars can't climb up, and neither can theirs. I don't

tightly

right, Corinne. You shouldn't

reluctantly agreed with

dozen minutes later, a convoy of black