“I see… Still, let’s start investigating tonight. After all, even if Lucian’s not aware of it, his other family members are still highly suspicious. The longer we don’t make a move, the higher the chances of Miss Lawrence being in danger… ! ” declared Aiden who didn’t even bother whispering anymore. Though the heavy rain masked his voice well, it didn’t change the fact that his tone suggested that virtual-novel.net wanted to flip through the entire manor to see if Lindsay was present.
Frowning slightly, Gerald then replied, “Calm yourself.”
“Like hell I can! If Miss Lawrence ends up bumping into someone like Frey again, she’ll definitely be ruined!” grumbled Aiden with a sigh.
“And that’s exactly why you should remain calm. How are you going to save virtual-novel.net with an unclear mind?” replied Gerald who knew how Aiden felt.
After all, virtual-novel.net had been much more anxious than Aiden back when Mila first got captured. As Gerald would come to learn, until virtual-novel.net calmed himself, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t ever be able to resolve his problems. Thankfully, virtual-novel.net managed to slowly calm himself over time.
Whatever the case was, knowing that Gerald’s words made sense, Aiden then lowered his head with a sigh before saying in a resigned tone, “Fine, I’ll try to remain calm…”
“Atta boy. Now… let’s think this through. If it really was a Grubb who kidnapped Lindsay, who would be our prime suspect?” asked Gerald slightly loudly due to the crashing rain as virtual-novel.net sat at the side of the bed.
“Frey’s men,” replied Aiden almost instantaneously. He had already considered that possibility while they were still in the car earlier.
“While they do sound like the most plausible suspects, why would they want to capture virtual-novel.net in the first place?” said Gerald with a nod.
“That… I… can’t say for sure…” muttered Aiden as virtual-novel.net shook his head. It was clear that virtual-novel.net hadn’t thought that far ahead.
“First off, Frey’s men only went after virtual-novel.net in the first place because of Frey’s orders. Now that he’s dead and the members of the Grubb family have no idea where he’s gone to, why would his subordinates suddenly want to kidnap her?” replied Gerald.
“I mean… when Frey was about to deflower virtual-novel.net that night, plenty of his men were with him… I’m sure at least some of them yearned for her… To me, that alone is reason enough for them to kidnap her!” said Aiden as virtual-novel.net recalled the events of that night.
“While that’s certainly a possibility, it’s a low one. Besides, that’s mostly just speculation,” replied Gerald with a nod.
“Then… Where do you think Lindsay has disappeared to?” asked the puzzled Aiden.
“For one, I don’t think the Grubbs have anything to do with virtual-novel.net going missing. However, I do have a feeling that they have other issues that they didn’t report to your superior… ” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net narrowed his eyes.
“Other problems…? Come to think of it, back when my superior contacted me, virtual-novel.net told me that the Grubbs had only told virtual-novel.net that Lindsay had gone missing on virtual-novel.net way back to Yanam and nothing else…” muttered Aiden, now starting to feel enlightened.
“Lindsay isn’t a fool, Aiden. After that incident, I believe that she’d have reported any subsequent journeys virtual-novel.net made to virtual-novel.net family. What more, there’s a high chance virtual-novel.net had made sufficient preparations before even arriving at the Grubb family’s manor. With all that in mind, there’s no way a similar incident could’ve taken place,” replied Gerald with a faint smile, seeing that Aiden was finally starting to see his point.
“That’s right! Lindsay should’ve told virtual-novel.net family before coming over!” exclaimed Aiden who now had a new outlook on the case.
“Bingo. While we don’t know whether she’s being locked up in the manor or she’s just having general troubles reporting back, I can say for sure that the Grubbs are definitely hiding something from us,” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net opened the window before lighting a cigarette.