Cheyenne lightly patted Cierra’s shoulder and said, “Go play upstairs, Mom and the uncles have something to discuss.”
Cierra, with a candy in her mouth, kept glancing back and forth between the two uncles.
Dad was more handsome!
But since Dad was not home now, she must watch over her mom well for her dad.
She clung to Cheyenne’s arm, acting cute, and refused to leave. “No, I don’t want to go. It’s not fun upstairs. Mom, don’t worry, I won’t disturb you guys.”
Cheyenne’s face stiffened, her brows furrowed, and she called out to her in a low voice.
“Cierra!” Her tone was already quite displeased.
Cierra was a little scared and she shrunk her neck, falling into Iker’s arms. Her fair and tender chubby little hands grabbed onto Uncle Iker’s arm.
The sweet voice sounded, “Uncle Iker, look at my mom, she’s so fierce.”
She has even learned how to complain now; Cheyenne was almost driven crazy by her.
Through the fabric of his clothes, he felt the warm sensation of her arms around him. When she called out “Uncle Iker,” he forgot what he was going to say and stiffly held Cierra in his lap.
“Cheyenne, let her stay here. She’s still young and doesn’t understand anything anyway.”
Cheyenne nodded helplessly, but she still had to remind Cierra, “You can stay here if you want, but you have to behave and not talk or cause trouble.”
“Mom, don’t worry. I’m very well-behaved.”
After speaking, she puckered her mouth to indicate that she absolutely wouldn’t speak.
Iker had hugged Cierra twice, while Sean only held her hand and couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.
But when he thought of Gordon, who had it worse than him, he felt a little comforted.
Now it was time for them to officially enter the topic. Cierra was indeed obediently staying in Iker’s arms, quiet and silent.
“Miss Lawrence, these are the missing persons over the past period of time.”
Gordon spoke as he placed a thick file folder wrapped in cowhide paper in front of her.
Cheyenne took out the information and saw that there was a summary table on top of the document. As of yesterday, 36 children had already gone missing.
All of them were boys, except for Sasha who was the latest missing girl.
And Libby was singled out, she stood out among this group of children.
After scanning through the documents, Cheyenne felt overwhelmed. “There’s no connection between these kids, I can’t figure out what the criminal is after,” she said.
Iker took a look and offered his opinion after a few seconds. “Based on the information, all of these kids come from wealthy families. If the kidnappers want money, they would have demanded it already. The fact that there’s been no contact means they want something more than just cash.”
The other three nodded in agreement.
Cheyenne sighed helplessly. “I wonder if Kelvin has found any new information yet? Omari has been missing for three days now, can we report him as missing?”
There are regulations for reporting missing persons – you have to wait 72 hours before filing a report.
Gordon nodded in agreement. “We can do that.”
“In that case, let me file the report under my name. By the way, how is investigation about Elsa going?”
Cheyenne wasn’t familiar with searching for missing people; naturally she left it to law enforcement.
Gordon didn’t disappoint her trust and provided some fresh news. “We’ve got something interesting – our team saw Elsa and Omari arguing at a party.”
“Really? Where is Elsa now?”
Gordon picked up his phone and checked his album before showing everyone her itinerary: “According to her schedule, Elsa will be back in Onistead today.”
The best course of action now was to intercept Elsa and question her thoroughly but unfortunately she was only a suspect. There was no concrete evidence linking her with Omari’s disappearance.
Not to mention their relationship was complicated. Even if she knew anything about it, she wouldn’t reveal anything easily.
“What should we do now?” Gordon asked.
Cheyenne pondered for two seconds before replying, “We can’t arrest anyone directly so let’s start by monitoring Elsa’s every move closely, who does she interact with etc.”
Upon hearing this, Iker volunteered himself, saying, “Let me handle this matter. I have an excellent scout under me who specializes in tracking.”
“That would be great,” Cheyenne replied.
Sean had come here simply to deliver Cheyenne’s health check-up reports but he seemed hesitant about leaving right away once he had dropped them off here.
At that moment, Cierra, who had been quiet the whole time with a piece of candy in her mouth, spoke up in a muffled voice. “Mommy… look! This boy has the same birthday as me.”
Cierra’s birthday was on July 7th, which had passed this year.
Cheyenne didn’t pay much attention to it at first but Iker picked up little Cierra with a gentle smile and suddenly looked like he would make a great father if he ever had children.
“Oh wow! So Cierra’s birthday falls on July. Uncle Iker will get you a gift next year when your birthday comes around,” he said.
“Okay!” replied Cierra excitedly.
Suddenly Cheyenne remembered something and pulled out all the files Gordon had just finished organizing one by one.
“Wait! I have found something new!”
“What is it?”
“Cheyenne!” Everyone turned their attention to her as she grabbed a pen from somewhere nearby. “Look at this – the first missing child has his birth date in July and so do all the others.”
Why were they specifically targeting children born in July?
“Gordon raised a question, ‘But the Weaver family’s daughter wasn’t born in July, so why did she also go missing? Could the perpetrator be among this group?’
Cheyenne shook her head. She also had no certainty about this matter. It seemed she would have to ask Master Glenn if they had offended anyone.
“Has Master Glenn been in contact with you?”
“No,” Gordon replied.
It appears that Master Glenn might know who took Sasha, which is why they didn’t seek help from the police.”