"Chad! Don't panic! We haven't found his body yet! Maybe he escaped!" Ben said in hopes of consoling Chad.
Chad took a deep breath and steadied himself. "The door that leads to the basement from the inside was locked from the outside,
and the other exit was sealed. Mr. Foster... How exactly did he escape? He even gave Avery his shirt! That means they were both
inside the basement! They must have been there for a while, or he wouldn't have given his shirt to her. Why didn't he contact us if
he managed to get out? Why didn't he help Avery?!" Chad was becoming increasingly agitated as he spoke.
"But his body wasn't down there!" Ben adjusted his glasses. "lI don't believe that he's dead! | won't believe it!"
Nick interfered before the two started fighting one another. "Stop it, the two of you! | will call the police here to investigate. My
bodyguards will monitor the whole situation and inform you right away when they find Elliot. You two should head over to the
hospital to check on Avery! | want to know if she's alive. If she’s still alive, she will be able to answer all the questions you have
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtnow."
Ben glanced at the hut behind them, which was surrounded by Nick's bodyguards. If Elliot was still inside, Nick's men would surely
find him.
"Didn't you say that Avery is alive? Let's go to the hospital, then!" Ben grabbed hold of Chad's arm and dragged him away. "Once
she wakes up, we will know where Elliot is!"
Chad's tears dropped onto his glasses so he shoved Ben aside to take them off. "Ben, | was just trying to lie to myself!” He did not
move to wipe his glasses or the tears on his face and simply stood still in the mud.
"I know... Shere." Ben's eyes reddened as he struggled to suppress his tears. "It wouldn't have been this devastating if only
Elliot was with Avery."
There were no surveillance cameras or people living nearby so they would not know where to start looking even if they wanted to
unless Avery woke up. But would she wake up?
After an hour's drive, Avery was rushed into the biggest hospital in Ylore.
Hayden watched as she was rushed into the Emergency room ;h";XNU; stared at the door as it closed. Sweat and tear rolled down
his brooding features.
His heart throbbed as his mind went completely blank.
He had been dedicated to studying and earning more money, not only because he wanted to surpass Elliot, but also because he
wanted to protect his mother from being bullied by anyone else. However, Elliot had now gone missing, and his mother was barely
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmalive. He seemed to have lost all his strength and motivation to go on in life.
When Ben and Chad arrived, Hayden was still frozen, standing outside the Emergency room stiffly like a statue.
"He's been standing there for almost two hours now." The bodyguard yawned. "He won't even talk to us."
Ben pulled Chad back to stop him from disturbing Hayden.
"Just let him wait." Ben could understand the misery Hayden was in. "If Avery is in there that long, that means there's still hope,
right?"
"What hope? Her body was already cold... | tried touching her just now."
The bodyguard's words were like a spell that snapped Hayden out of his dazed state. "My mom is not dead! She's not dead!"