While Horace was delighted, he couldn’t help wondering why she was alone. Where was Clara?
“Diane!” Horace went up and called her name. “Why are you here alone? Didn’t Clara come out with you? Where is she?”
Suddenly hearing someone’s voice, Diane turned back in shock. When she saw it was Horace who was looking for them, she suddenly panicked. How could he find it here?
Diane rose hurriedly from the stone. It was too late to hide her panic, “Mr, Mr. Kirkland, how did you get here?”
When Horace saw Diane react like this, he became a little vigilant, asking with a harsh tone, “Didn’t you come out with Clara? Where is she now?”
“I, I don’t know.” Diane found an excuse that could be used in her mind in a hurry, “I get separated from her, so I’m waiting for her here. I don’t know where she is.”
Diane was afraid that people would ask her where Clara was when she went back, so she deliberately hid there and wanted to go back later. At that time, if people asked again, she could say that she and Clara went to find Sarah separately, but they lost each other. She couldn’t find Clara after searching all over, so she had to come back first.
But she didn’t expect Horace to find her so quickly. She didn’t react for a while and was a little flustered.
Hearing Diane’s incoherent words, Horace doubted her more. If she got separated from Clara, she should be happy to see him at this time. Why was she so nervous and afraid?
Five years ago, when they were still married, Clara once mentioned to him that Diane Kirby in GLAM had always rubbed her the wrong way, and the relationship between them could be described as sworn enemies. Now Diane behaved like this when she saw him. Did she do something bad with Clara?
Thinking of this, Horace stepped forward to approach Diane step by step, asking her rudely, “Do you not know where Clara has gone? How did you two get separated!”
“We, we couldn’t find Sarah. Clara was very worried. She said that the efficiency of the two people together was too low, so we went to find her separately. As a result, I couldn’t find Clara later, so, so I had to wait here.”
Frightened by Horace’s tone, Diane, who was already guilty, was more nervous now. Her voice trembled, which was not convincing at all, let alone fooling Horace.
“Say, don’t you know where Clara is?” Horace asked fiercely, raising his voice, “I warn you not to lie to me, otherwise, I won’t let you go!”
Horace had been in a high position all year round, and now he had shown his wrath. How could Diane, a nobody, bear it?
For a moment, Diane was scared out of her mind. She was a little broken and shouted, “She was so ruthless to you before, why did you care about her so much!”
Hearing what Diane said, Horace was almost sure that she must know where Clara was.
Before he went there, he listened that Sarah said she didn’t ask for help at all. How did Diane hear it? Maybe she just lied to Clara on purpose.
Horace came forward to grab Diane’s collar with his eyes full of malevolence. “Where the hell did you take Clara to? Tell me the truth! If anything happened to her, you’re doomed. I meant what I said!”
Feeling Horace’s anger so close, Diane was shaking uncontrollably and melting down under the pressure.
“Okay, I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you! ” With a cry, Diane trembled and pointed in a direction and said, “Clara, she is in a pit over there. Go straight ahead and you can see it.”
“Did you push her down there?!” Horace burst into a fury.
“I, I…” Diane wanted to deny it, but looking at Horace’s fierce look, her teeth trembled. She couldn’t do it.
Let Diane alone, Horace pointed at her and denounced, “I’ll settle with you when I come back!”
Following the direction Diane just pointed out, Horace strode forward, fearing that Clara would suffer if he went late.
Thinking of Horace’s last words, Diane had uncontrollable fear. If Horace, as a boss, said he would not let her go, could she still stay in GLAM?
Regardless of Horace, if Clara was rescued, she would fire her. Maybe she would sue her. Deliberate assault would lead to imprisonment.
Thinking of this, Diane quickly got up and ran to the camp. She couldn’t stay here anymore. She had to leave before they came back!
Clara was trying to get out of the pit at this time. But it was too high. She stood aside and wanted to climb up, but found that she couldn’t do it anyway.
The sharp pain from her feet forced her to sit down. After taking off her shoes, she found that her feet had swollen. Well, when she fell just now, her foot was twisted. After trying to get out for such a long time, it could be swollen.
Now it was almost dark, and the temperature in the forest dropped quickly. It would be not long before Clara shivered with cold.
She didn’t know how Diane would explain her whereabouts to everyone when she went back. Would everyone come out to find her? Was she going to spend the night in this pit? What if a beast suddenly came out in the middle of the night?
With these messy problems in her mind, Clara became more and more afraid. What if she couldn’t be found, wouldn’t she die here?
No, no! She still had Neo to take care of. She couldn’t meet a mishap.
Clara took out her mobile phone, finding that there was still no signal. She angrily threw the mobile phone aside. Hoping that someone might pass by, she shouted at the hole, “Is there anyone? I fell, help! Is there anyone…”
Shouting again and again with her voice getting hoarse, but she never heard a response.
She would freeze to death if she spent the night here without any precautionary measures. And the injury on her foot seemed to get more and more painful. Clara fell into despair.
When Clara was past all hope, she suddenly heard a familiar voice above, “Clara, how are you? Are you okay?”
Had someone finally come to her? Clara instantly raised hope in her heart and looked up in surprise. She found Horace squatting at the entrance of the pit, who was looking at her with a worried face.