Liam trembled with suppressed rage, squeezing the clothes in his grasp tightly despite the constant coughing from the person. He was so blinded by anger that he didn’t notice Kyle’s complexion turn pale until William intervened.
“Snap out of it, Liam.. you’ll end up killing him” William shouted at the top of his voice, pushing Liam out of the way which caused him to land on the ground gasping for breath. “You still haven’t learned to control your anger, have you?”
Liam breathed in and out to suppress his fury before replying to William’s words. “I’ve tried to hide it. But some people just can’t do without craving for this side of me”
Liam walked towards the man struggling for air on the floor. He squatted to see his face and asked a question, but this time, in a calm voice. “You said you wanted to make a bargain?.. what is it all about, I want to hear it now”
“Ugh… ugh..” he coughed slightly before replying, saying, “It’s simple, Liam. I want everything that belongs to you to be signed over to me. Your company has lost its footing, so I believe those investors are together.
“What are you talking about?” Liam arched his brows in suspicious, “The only thing I need from you to do for me is to give me access to everything you own and I’ll give you what you ask for”
“Boss, I’ve found something I know would be very useful” Adrian yelled out to his boss as he kept typing endlessly on his laptop in the car without looking up.
“What did you find?” William and Liam asked in unison, with anticipation etched in their voices, their gaze flashing with worry as it lingered on Adrian.
After a few seconds, Adrian finally paused what he was doing and looked up to explain. “Well, I looked into the last place he met with the kidnappers and traced him and Max to their next location. So, I think their next location was how they escaped with Isabelle”
“Spill it out, Adrian. We don’t have much time” Liam urged, his voice laced with impatience. “Where is it?”
“Sir, it’s the harbour” Adrian revealed with a serious expression on his face. “She was taken to the harbour and that was when I lost the signal.”
“The harbor?” Liam asked with a questioning gaze and turned to face Kyle who was gritting his teeth in pain. “Kyle, what did you do?.. where’s Max and Isabelle?”
“He won’t answer, we just have to check the place out ourselves” William suggested, eyeing Kyle disdainfully. “We should leave now, but what do we do about him?.. we can’t let him go again”
“I called the police” Adrian butted in. “They should be here any moment from now”
At that moment, the wailing of sirens was heard as a police car parked in front of Kyle’s house and alighted, walking towards them.
“Well done, Mr. Callahan. We received a call from your line, is anything the problem” the officer asked, his voice laced with concern and his gaze somber.
Liam acknowledged the presence of the police officer who was there during his fiancee’s stage accident case, he calmed down and responded, saying. ‘I want that man arrested for forceful abduction. Please, make sure he doesn’t escape and also make sure he doesn’t get bailed out by his lawyer until I’m back.”
“Roger that, sir” the police officer replied while signaling to his man to handcuff the man on the ground. “Be careful, his jaws don’t look too good” he said while eyeing Liam suspiciously. “Mr. Liam, I thought we’ve talked about not administering violence on the offender before we get there”
“I’m sorry” Liam apologized with no emotions whatsoever, his eyelids tightened as he spoke again. “I have somewhere to be now, so I won’t be following you to the station right now”
“It’s fine, sir.. just make sure you make it there tomorrow. ”
William and Liam had already jumped into the car before the police officer could complete his words. Adrian immediately started the car without hesitation as he knew they were in a hurry.
“How was that bastard able to move her that fast without going through the normal procedure?” William asked, his voice laced with annoyance as he checked Adrian’s laptop.
“I gifted him a ship on his last birthday, he must have used that” Liam voiced out, stunning the other two who turned to look at him.
“I wasn’t expecting that”William uttered, his expression dumbfounded. “I never knew the relationship between you two was that deep” he quickly shut his mouth when he noticed the grim expression on his friend’s face.
“I hope it’s not too late” Adrian chipped in.
“It is, we just have to pray for some kind of miracle,” William remarked, his voice laced with solemnity. Silence engulfed the car as they all kept their mouths shut till they got to their next destination.
****
“Hello, Mr. Francis, right?” Williams greeted the man they were directed to while zooming in on his name tag. “We are here to make an inquiry which I hope you’ll answer”
“Of course” Francis replied with an apprehensive glint in his eyes. “What can I help you with?”
“The private ship that left your harbor a few days ago, where was its destination” Liam dropped the question without hesitation, his gaze lingering on Francis who shivered slightly.
Francis quickly gathered himself together and replied in his usual professional manner. “I’m sorry but a lot of ships have left this harbor that I can see remember”
“Well, then you should know Mr. Brenett, isn’t that right?”William threw the question without beating around the bush.
“I don’t…..”
“You should think twice before denying it, we have proof” Adrian butted in, interrupting his words. “We tracked their trail to this place and the CCTV cameras won’t lie if we check it”
Francis instantly felt a cold sweat trickle down his spine the moment he heard Adrian’s voice. He had completely forgotten to get rid of those bits of evidence, now he had been caught. He needed to act smart, even if it meant giving his cohorts out.
“Oh! You should have mentioned that in the first place. Mr. Brenett is not the only one with a private ship here.” Francis replied, his voice laced with feigned surprise and nervousness. He continued saying, “Well, he said the trip was urgent and as the VIP that he was, I had to find a way for him.”
“Where did the ship go?” Liam asked, his voice filled with impatience, resisting the urge to grab the man by his neck. “We only need a location”
“Well, the ship was on its way to the Rico Island with two people” Francis revealed without hesitating. “Mr. Max and a woman”
“Rico Island?” William asked, his brow twitching his brow in discomfort. “That’s very bad”
“Why?” Liam asked, his temper rising.
“It’s a deserted island with no traces of technological advancement on it. It won’t be easy to track unless a tracking device is on the other side” Adrian explained, his voice stern and serious.
Liam gaze darkened for a moment as he seemed lost in thoughts. Something immediately crossed his mind as he spoke. “There should be a tracking device on the ship, I installed one on it just in case there was an emergency”
“What???. But there was nothing detected on it” Francis exclaimed in shock.
“Yes, that’s because it was made to be undetectable” Liam retorted curtly and shifted his gaze to Adrian. “We are going back to the company, the device that connects to it is in my office and William, please get a chopper ready, we are going to be needing it”