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.

ado, Cedrick opened a box and dug out a set of military fatigues. After turning off the light in the car, he quickly changed into the

rearview mirror from time to time, and despite

No wonder his

enough? Do you want me to blindfold you and use you as target

time, he wasn’t joking. All he could think of was to look for his wife, so why would he be in the mood for snappy

of his wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted

changed his outfit and began buttoning

dim interior, one

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

after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front of the roadblock sealing off

a team of police officers had also

umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking

the vehicle and made

this area. It must be hard for you to work this late into the night,”

How’s

area in Xanthon is usually pretty quiet, so we don’t get many cars on the highway. In

right,” Cedrick replied before another thought popped up. “Is the traffic

complete. No one has tampered with that

the traffic footage from a few hours back and

“Understood.”

behind Kyro pushed the roadblock away to let Cedrick’s

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

“Get in.”

words as he kept his umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped

toward the standalone surveillance

look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the two cars pulled

There doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with

sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain.

speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could be this

voice broke the silence. “There’s only so many of us in the car, and I’m also

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