As the rain continued to pour, the small fleet of technicals sped down the highway.

Cedrick gripped his phone nervously, still trying to get through to Gwendolyn’s phone.

Out of service… Argh! Why is the phone still out of service?

Swain showed Cedrick a screenshot of the GPS location, and the latter couldn’t stop staring at the red dot on the map, wishing he could see his wife soon.

“Boss…” Swain uttered while driving, only to stop when he caught of glimpse of Cedrick through the rearview mirror.

“Speak.”

“Throughout the first half of the night, Mrs. Jenson’s phone only went online in that one instance. Don’t you think that’s pretty fishy? I doubt we can find any clues when we reach Xanthon Highway…”

Cedrick pursed his lips in thought, and it wasn’t difficult to tell from his clenched jaw that he was suppressing his anxiety.

“Stop spouting nonsense. Contact Xanthon’s border patrol immediately. They can reach Xanthon Highway in a little over ten minutes, so have them seal off the entire road. No one, not even a bird, can leave the area.”

“Understood.”

Swain kept a hand on the steering wheel while skillfully tapping his Bluetooth headset with the other to contact the border patrol and relay Cedrick’s orders.

Frustratingly enough, the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

As the fleet of vehicles neared Xanthon Highway, Cedrick glanced at the darkness outside the window and discreetly smelled himself.

“Swain, is the cigarette smell on me obvious?”

Swain shook his head. “You’ve stumped me, Boss. I’m used to it since I’m also a smoker. But… I suppose there isn’t much difference from how you smelled in the day.”

Cedrick rolled his eyes. Ugh. Why did I even bother asking him?

The technical was large, and apart from the cache of weapons, there was also a stash of emergency supplies.

further ado, Cedrick opened a box and dug out a set of military fatigues. After turning off the light

rearview mirror from time to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch

Boss has such fair skin. No wonder

“Have you seen enough? Do you want

joking. All he could think of was to look for his wife, so why would

sat upright, retracted his

five minutes later, Cedrick had changed his

dim interior, one could tell his eyes were

me all clean and tidy. No matter how slim the chance is of finding her tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been apart for centuries… The kids are already five, but in all these years, I don’t think I’ve ever felt as scared as I am

to suppress his fear and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front of the roadblock sealing

of police officers had also

with a black umbrella and opened the door

made a

of this area. It must be hard

a quick nod. “It’s been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming along? How many vehicles have

so we don’t get many cars on the highway. In the past hour, only two cars have shown up. We’re currently verifying

thought popped up. “Is

Jenson. The footage is complete. No one has tampered with that or the

a few hours back and check for suspicious

“Understood.”

officer behind Kyro pushed the roadblock away to let Cedrick’s

turned around to get into his car, but before closing the door, he stared at the police chief standing

“Get in.”

shook off the excess water.

road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in the middle of the

“Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the two cars pulled over earlier. I don’t think there’s any problem with

the tablet and skimmed through the details. Hmm… Kyro’s right. There doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with

blankly at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth

was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my

silence. “There’s only so many of

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