When Love Breaks by Jack

As I reached for the driver’s side door, Mark stopped me. “Take the passenger seat, I’ll drive.”

“Thanks, Mark. I appreciate it.”

I shot him a grateful look, not bothering to argue.

My mind was preoccupied with Ramona’s safety, driving distracted wasn’t an option.

On the way to the abandoned factory, I quickly texted Christine to let her know I couldn’t make it, telling her to decide on her own.

Then, I dialed Gregory’s number.

But all I got was the endless ring, eventually leading to the robotic voice, “Sorry, the person you are calling is not available. Please try again later…”

This sent a wave of unease through me. Could something have happened to Gregory as well?

Mark, with both hands on the wheel, gave me a quick glance. “Tried calling Gregory but got no answer?”

“Yeah…” I nodded, absent-mindedly.

to understand, “Don’t worry too

“Alright.”

dialed again but still got

expression, Mark tried to reassure me, “With the whole Ford Group copyright infringement mess blowing up, he’s probably just tied up with that. Not hearing his phone wouldn’t be odd.” That didn’t

could do for now, except head towards the outskirts of the city to find out who was on the other end of

gears, I called the Myers

“Hello? Who

you guys take

were the only ones I could think

recognized my voice and chuckled, “Jane, you should speak with

better have a

“If this is about the Myers’ estate, and something happens to Ramona, don’t expect

sure now that the Myers family was

hearing the call end abruptly, flashed a moment of anger, then worry, turning to Pearl sitting

are you sure this

confidence. “What belongs to

this time? They managed to take that old lady from the nursing home without a trace! Why didn’t we do this

the Myers’ heiress, avoiding being

goddaughter, like she had luck on her side! Pearl smiled at her question. “He only returned to the country last

“International contacts?”