Early the next morning, Edward took Vivian out in a hurry to find someone.
Adriana asked Eliza to help take care of the children and went out with Peter as well.
I searched all over Neptune street yesterday, both inside and outside, and there was no need to go back today.
Adriana and Peter each went to arrange their own people to spread out and expand the search for possible locations.
Suddenly, Vivian’s phone calls in and Adriana picks it up.
“Adri, the kidnappers are calling, asking us for ransom.”
Vivian lowered her voice and whispered, and hearing this, Adriana’s heart fluttered with joy.
“Really? Then let’s go back to Asnana villa first and discuss the specifics of the matter.”
Hanging up the phone, Peter grabbed his car keys and was ready to go.
“Let’s go, there’s always good news.”
Adriana smiled faintly, hope still alive and not worn out.
Edward and Vivian both had not yet arrived when the two men rushed back to the villa.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Edward and Vivian both arrived back.
“What’s taking so long?”
Adriana asked with concern.
Unlike yesterday’s desperation, Vivian’s face was flushed with excitement and she was too nervous to speak.
“The police were there and I had Vivian pretend to be unconscious which is why I came back.”
They were anxious to have called the police before, and now that the kidnappers are demanding ransom, they are worried that the police will anger each other if they show up.
Giving the money is worth it as long as Ashtyn can Rene unharmed.
“Okay, what did the other side ask for?”
Adriana asked in a hushed voice.
“Brother, the other party wants 80 million, I don’t have that much money on hand, you can lend me first …”
Edward’s serious face showed a pleading look and said with some shame.
“Good.”
Peter didn’t give him a chance to go on and just agreed to do it.
Edward and Vivian both showed their gratitude, especially Vivian, who was so excited that tears filled her eyes.
“Thank you, big brother, I … I really …”
She was too excited to speak, and Adriana patted her on the shoulder.
“Don’t worry, since the other side is out, we will definitely help you. ashtyn will definitely be able to come back.”
Vivian nodded vigorously, “Yes, I know, it will come back, it will come back.”
Adriana called Peter’s money management team to help raise $80 million in cash out and then waited to hear from them on the next step.
With Ashtyn’s news, everyone was relieved that although the other side was coming for ransom, it was side proof that Ashtyn was still safe.
This result makes everyone extremely grateful.
…
In the study.
Edward and PeterHarlee each took their seats, and a white mist rose from the tea tray in front of them.
“Edward, what’s your take on this one?”
Ashtyn was suddenly kidnapped and came for ransom after a day, and having been through the tricky mall for a long time, they were sensitive to the fact that something was not right.
Edward at this time there is no outside the celebration and natural, a rigid face tensed to death, the body shrouded in shady air.
“Creepy.”
Two simple words that tell the whole story of the breath of the matter.
Peter nodded his head.
“That’s right, it’s just spooky.”
Harlee waved her hand in disapproval of their words.
“No matter what the problem is, it’s good to be able to bring the baby back without any problems.”
He didn’t want to speculate too much, what if it was just a miscalculation?
“Also, to be able to bring the child back successfully, anything can be disregarded. Fear is …”
Before Edward finished his sentence, everyone’s heart lifted.
“Several of our forces have poured out and have failed to find out who the other party is, so I’m afraid we can’t make it good.”
Peter pursed his lips and sighed, and his deep, dark eyes shone with an icy glow.
“No way. You don’t want to crow about it.”
Harlee heart astonished, gaze in the face of the two swept, see both sides are full of gloom, look unwilling to believe can not be.
“So what to do?”
Now that we know things are wrong, let’s find a way to fix it.
Edward and Peter both looked up at the same time and looked innocently at Harlee.
“How do we fix it?”
A question slammed down, and Harlee was instantly stumped.
“The other party was able to snatch people from my hands, and although the situation was really complicated, I can be sure that the other party was not much inferior to me.”
“It disturbs me to be able to have someone of this caliber step in and delay for a day, but for a ransom of $80 million.”
These words, Edward did not say, he will be everything in their hearts, pressed a day, which only found the opportunity to talk to Peter.
“Yeah, $80 million ransom, it seems quite a lot, but we blocked the scene at the fastest speed, and the other side all disappeared without a trace. Such a swift and keen reaction speed, definitely an internationally famous tough bandit. Such a character comes out once for only eighty million?”
Harlee at this point also began to follow the thinking, indeed suspicious.
“So I’m worried something will go wrong.”
Peter raised his hand and tapped it on the coffee table and looked over at Edward with a glint in his eye.
“Is it possible that the other party is not a humongous bandit, but retired from the relevant service?”
Edward shook his head with a bitter smile when he heard the question.
“I don’t know, I asked my grandfather, he said he would ask around for me, but told me not to get my hopes up.”
“Grandpa Henderson so desperate?”
The Henderson Family is not capable of anything else, but it can still get some information from the army or the authorities.
But Old Mr. Henderson told Edward not to get his hopes up, which was an indication of his unwillingness to intervene.
Edward smiled bitterly, his face full of fatigue and helplessness.
His hardship and helplessness were not shown to Vivian, and if she had known about this, she really would not have been able to bear it.
Edward didn’t expect Old Mr. Henderson to be so cruel either.
The phone rings.
Edward picked up a call, surprised and PeterHarlee glance at each other, pick up the phone and press the speaker.
“Grandpa.”
The caller was Old Mr. Henderson.
“Um, did you find the baby?”
Old Mr. Henderson’s thick, raspy voice rang out with authority.
“No, the kidnappers called and asked for $80 million ransom.”
Edward’s voice is low and breathes endless exhaustion.
“Eighty million, you come home to get it, you entrusted me to ask the matter, no news.”
Old Mr. Henderson’s words, oddly enough, made all three people on the scene narrow their eyes and sense that something was wrong.
“Thanks, Grandpa, but Grandpa, do you know if Waverly has had any hummers in and out lately?”
Edward narrowed his eyes, and the dark light under his eyes flashed.
“Do you really think that your grandfather I can do everything? I’m just a bad old man, people give face I can know the information, people don’t give face, I’m a stranger.”
After Old Mr. Henderson finished, he hung up the phone without waiting for Edward to say anything more.
“Things aren’t right.”
Peter held the teacup, one hand rubbing it, with a ghostly glint under his eyes.
The night outside the window is pitch black without seeing a single star, so that people can not see a little bright light.