"Why not? Mr. Sullivan, your best bet right now is to call the police..."

Squinting, Maggie was somewhat puzzled at Cillian's reluctance to involve the police.

Were they international fugitives afraid of being discovered by the police? Maggie started speculating on the various possible explanations after hearing Cillians words. Even Cillian himself was aware that his actions were illogical.

To prevent Maggie from making too many assumptions, Cillian could only give her a vague explanation.

"If Lulu was kidnapped, the other party might harm her if they find out that we've called the police. That's why we can't call the police. We need to think of another way."

Cillian somehow managed to convince Maggie, so she started thinking of ways to find Lucy.

Cillian did not have many contacts in Charleston, but his teacher had close ties with the royal family.

If he could leverage this connection, finding Lucy would be much easier with the help of the royal family.

he was just a student. Although he was his teacher's favorite student, he still did not have enough leverage. How was he going to persuade the royal

Unless...

and decided to call

Lucy's husband, so he had the right

Where's Lulu? Let me talk to

as he woke up, and his heart started racing. Why would his wife change her phone number

that it was no longer in service. He wanted to ask Cillian what was going on, but his gut told him not to as he did not want to hear Cillian's voice.

Matthew had been anxiously waiting for Lucy to call. To

all when he answered. Cillian remained silent for a

and he heard Cillian

did you say? Say it again. What do you mean

Matthew was drained of all emotion, and his voice was as chilling as

heart as he struggled to explain, "She said she wanted to go

wanted to go for a walk in the garden, and you

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