"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 his teacher's favorite student, he still did not have enough leverage. How was he going to persuade the royal family to help

Unless...

decided to

circumstances, Matthew was still Lucy's husband, so he had the right to know

Where's Lulu? Let me talk to

and his heart started racing. Why would his wife change her phone number all of

was going on, but his gut told him not to

Matthew had been anxiously waiting for Lucy to call. To his dismay,

all when he answered. Cillian remained

felt a pang in his heart, and

say? Say it again. What do

and his voice was as chilling as the

"She said she wanted to

you let her go alone? Cillian, don't you know what situation she's

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