Old Bray didn’t want to lose face in front of his grandson, so he picked up his cane again.
“Who said that? I can hit him for a while longer!” he exclaimed.
Franco was lost for words.
Cierra still wanted to convince Old Bray not to fight, but William was worried that the cane might accidentally hurt her, so he smartly pulled Cierra close to him.
“Cierra, don’t get close. Be careful not to get hurt,” he said.
“But, big brother, he…”
“Do you want to eat chicken wings? There were two left earlier, and you must be hungry after playing for a while,” William interrupted.
Cierra quickly forgot about what she wanted to do, and all she could think about was chicken wings.
“Sure!”
“Then come with me, I will heat them up in the microwave for you. They might be cold now,” he suggested.
“William, you’re so nice to me.”
If only he were her real brother.
Shortly after the two left, Humberto, who had seen enough excitement, remembered his new friends William and Cierra. He turned around and found no one behind him.
“Huh? Where are they?”
At the Foley mansion, the sudden news left the entire family in shock, and the atmosphere became gloomy.
“Where is Cierra?” Old Mr. Foley asked incredulously, leaning on his cane and looking frail.
“What did you say… Cierra is missing? How could this happen?”
His little Cierra always followed him obediently, accompanying him to the park to feed the birds and play chess… calling him “Great-grandpa” in a cute way.
“Why did she go missing like this? She was fine when she left in the morning.”
In the morning, after he dropped Oliver off at the kindergarten, he specifically went to a maternity store on his way back to buy a plush sheep toy and lots of snacks for his little great-granddaughter.
He was looking forward to seeing how happy Cierra would be after receiving the gifts. But in the evening, his daughter-in-law told him that Cierra had gone missing, and he couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.
“Where did Cierra go missing? Did anyone go to look for her or find any clues?”
Although Oliver always acted cold, he actually cared a lot about Cierra. She was his only sister after all!
“Mommy, how did Cierra go missing? Can I come with you to find her?” he asked.
“That lazy, greedy, and spoiled girl can’t defend herself if someone bullies her outside. She would just cry,” their mother sighed.
Oliver was very worried that his silly sister would be bullied outside.
Sean bowed to them with a guilty look on his face, tears welling up in his eyes.
“I’m sorry, old Mr. Foley, Oliver… It was my fault that Cierra got lost in my hands.”
Although there was some resentment in his heart, he understood that Sean didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, he was just a recent college graduate.
Old Mr. Foley wouldn’t really blame him.
“Forget it, it has nothing to do with you. If someone is targeting our Foley family, the result would have been the same even if I were there,” he said sternly.
“By the way, Cheyenne, did you inform Kelvin about this?”
With Cierra missing, how could her father as a parent not be concerned?
Speaking of Kelvin, there was another troublesome matter concerning Cheyenne.
She had called him in the morning, but…
No answer!
No matter how busy Kelvin was or what he was doing, he always answered her calls. Even if his phone was dead or off, he would contact her as soon as he had a chance to explain.
But today was different… From morning until night, over a dozen hours, Kelvin hadn’t made a single phone call.
Since they got back together, this had never happened before.
She didn’t want to think of the worst-case scenario and could only persuade herself to be patient.
Now that her grandfather-in-law had mentioned it, and with Cierra missing, Cheyenne decided not to tell him about Kelvin being unreachable. She didn’t want him to worry even more.
He was old, and his health was already not good. It wouldn’t be good for his condition to worsen if he got too upset.
“I called him, but he’s currently at the border and won’t be able to come back for a while,” Cheyenne replied.
When she heard that her eldest son had gone so far away, old Mr. Foley became furious and smashed the cup in his hand.
He stomped his cane on the ground and scolded loudly.
“Damn him! When did he go to the border? Wasn’t he supposed to be on a business trip to Onistead for a few days?”
“I don’t care if he’s at the border or left the planet. Either way, he better come back even if he has to take a rocket!” he exclaimed.
Cheyenne lowered her head, quickly thinking of a perfect excuse.
“He did go to Onistead for a business trip, but something unexpected came up, and he had to go to Yocmery to investigate the market.”
Thinking it was a perfect excuse, she didn’t expect old Mr. Foley to know she was lying immediately.
“Does he, as the CEO, need to personally investigate such trivial market matters?” he reprimanded.
“Cheyenne, what’s really going on? Don’t think you can deceive me. Speak up!”
He was becoming sharper and harder to deceive.
Helpless, Cheyenne had no choice but to briefly explain the situation, mentioning that Kelvin had gone to Onistead to help her find Omari. She didn’t mention anything about the kidnapping case.
Now that old Mr. Foley knew the truth, he wasn’t as angry, but he couldn’t help complaining.
“Although finding Omari is urgent, he can’t just ignore the Lara family’s affairs. Now that Cierra is missing, isn’t he worried about his own daughter? Why don’t you let me help you find them?” he suggested.
He happened to have some old acquaintances working in that area, and it would be better than them going all the way there to search for a needle in a haystack.
“If grandpa is willing to help, that would be great. How about… I call Kelvin tomorrow? Well, it’s too late now, and he’s probably asleep,” Cheyenne proposed.
“Asleep? As long as he’s alive, he should come back. I can send a private plane to pick him up,” he declared.
Cheyenne was speechless.
What should she do?
Old Mr. Foley had never been so forceful before. Should she really tell him about Kelvin being unreachable?
As she hesitated, a loud noise from outside caught their attention. The curtains in the hall fluttered as the wind blew fiercely.
“What’s that?”
A tall figure in white suddenly appeared before them. It was Channing.
In a magnetic and deep voice, he said by her ear, “If Kelvin temporarily can’t come back from the border, then let him be. I will take care of Cierra’s missing.”
“Dad, why are you here?” Cheyenne exclaimed, pleasantly surprised.
“How can I stand aside when my Cierra is missing?” he responded.
Upon hearing this news at noon, he immediately arranged for his assistant to send him to Akloit by helicopter.
“Channing, you came too… the Foley family is at fault for Cierra’s disappearance. We failed to protect her,” he said regretfully.
So much had happened in such a short period of time, with one problem arising after another, which was really vexing.