With Lucas’s help, the police quickly caught the kidnappers and got them to spill the truth the one who ordered the kidnapping of Emily and Lydia was none other than Kavier from the Jenkins family,
As soon as Lucas got the news, he rushed over to Emily with the investigation results, unable to hide the smug delight and satisfaction on his face.
He said, “We were wrong about you before, but now I’ve cleared everything up for you. We’re even. Don’t you think it’s time you moved out of this dump, and cut ties with all these irrelevant people, and stop making trouble for the family?”
As he spoke, he shot a sideways glance at Austin, his contempt and hostility clear as day.
But Austin acted like Lucas wasn’t even there. He just turned his head, grinning at Emily, waiting for her to say something
That look of total trust between them made Lucas’s chest tighten with resentment all over again.
to any of this!”
Emily didn’t bother with Lucas’s shifting emotions. She just asked calmly, “Has Xavier confessed to any
Lucas blurted out, “The police have already gone to the Jenkins residence to arrest him. It’s only a matter of time before he admits it. By your birthday. this whole thing will be wrapped up.”
Emily didn’t even flinch–her face showed no reaction at all. She thought, “It is true that Xavier was behind my kidnapping, but was he also the one who kidnapped Lydia?”
She kept her doubts to herself. She ignored Lucas and headed off to the internet café with Austin instead. She picked a spot in the corner, her fingers flying across the keyboard as lines of code filled the screen.
Austin looked surprised. He asked, “Emily, you know how to hack?”
Emily kept her eyes glued to the screen and said, “No, I’m just looking for a file.
The truth was, she didn’t know anything about hacking. The one with real skills was Jackson she had only picked up the basics by watching him–like how to track down the two files he’d hidden, files that even St. Gabriel Reform Academy couldn’t find.
Emily quickly found what she needed, saved it onto the USB drive she’d brought just for this, and left the cafe with Austin. They hadn’t gone far when she suddenly stopped in her tracks and glanced back..
The internet café was busy, people coming and going, all sorts of faces in the crowd,
Emily pondered, “Tam the only one in the whole world who knows about the files Jackson hid. If anyone wants those files, they’ll definitely be watching
- me.
Austin followed her gaze but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. He asked, confused, “What’s
Emily shook her head and turned to walk away.
Austin looked back at the café, a a thoughtful look in his eyes
Inside the internet cafe, a stranger took a seat at the computer Emily had just used. His fingers flew across the keyboard, and in no time, he brought up a
screen full of code.
If Emily were still there, she’d recognize it at a glance–it was exactly what she’d been working on earlier
The stranger searched through the code quickly and soon found a file–it was a video. His eyes lit up, and he eagerly opened the video. But the moment he saw what was inside, his expression darkened, and he slammed the mouse down in frustration,
The loud noise drew everyone’s attention.
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stranger glanced around, quickly forced down his anger, closed the computer, and hurried out.
Nobody noticed a thing about that episode.
The news that the Jenkins family’s only son had been taken away by the police for kidnapping was common knowledge–everyone in town was talking
about it.
The Jenkins family had just taken over a new project from the Bennett Family, and now this kind of scandal had erupted. Practically everyone was keeping a close eye on what would happen next.
Because of this, Andrew completely lost his temper at the office.
The new project had just started, and already the Jenkins family had stirred up a huge scandal–especially since Xavier had kidnapped his two sisters, Emily and Lydia
He insisted that the Jenkins family give him a proper explanation for what happened.
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