Lamont picked up the clothes floating on the water with the bamboo pole in his hand. Under the flashlight, they could examine the clothes clearly. Valeria remembered very well that these were the clothes that William wore in the morning, “These are his clothes!”
“Since his clothes appeared here, could it be that he really went down with the current?” Lamont immediately picked up his mobile phone and called Archer, “We found William’s clothes. His clothes are floating here, so he might have been washed down by the current.”
After discussing with Richard and Marcus, Archer decided to continue the search and arranged for more people to search along the riverside.
The flashlights lit up the river in the dead of night, and the search team kept looking along the river.
By the river, which was 40 to 50 kilometers away from the site of the accident, William was lying motionless on the shore with his eyes closed, and covered in mud and injuries.
Although he was panic-stricken when the car fell off the cliff, he was not frozen with shock.
His good mental and physical strength led him to save himself in times of crisis.
He knew that when his car fell into the river, he had about two minutes to save himself before it completely sunk into the river.
He quickly unfastened his seat belt and got out of the car the moment it fell into the water.
Unfortunately, he fell into rapid waters. As soon as he got out of the car, he was dragged downstream by the rushing water.
Any swimming skills were useless in this situation. He could only follow the direction of the current to keep his strength.
That section of rapid waters was very long. At first, William was able to keep his strength and consciousness. Later, a piece of wood floated over from the river and hit his head. Then, he fell into a coma.
In the early morning, the wind was bone-piercingly cold. A man in sportswear appeared by the riverside.
The man did a few warm-up exercises on the beach and was about to start exercising. However, he saw William in a coma on the bank and immediately ran towards him.
When he inspected William’s features, a look of surprise flashed across his face.
Valeria and Abbie had been searching for nearly 20 kilometers along the way, but they did not find any trace of William.
The news came from the salvage ships where the accident had happened. William’s car had been found, but he was not inside.
This was a piece of good news to all the people who had stayed by the river all night. After all, since he was not in the car, it meant that he had a chance of surviving.
The boats continued to operate on the river surface as Richard, Marcus, and Archer arranged for the third group of people to continue searching along the river.
Valeria had been exhausted after following Lamont and his bodyguards for the search into dawn. She and Abbie had never suffered like this since they were born. The soles of their feet were badly blistered, and their legs felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds.
Even a fit person like Lamont could not handle it anymore. One could only imagine how difficult it was for Valeria and Abbie to do so.
Lamont stopped and said, “Miss Brown, you and Miss Clark should find a place to rest first, and I will continue looking for William with the others. I will inform you as soon as I have news.”
She was not willing to leave. She looked at Abbie and said, “Abbie, you stay here to rest. I will continue my search with Uncle Saunders.”
Abbie refused, “I will accompany you. Although we are not related by blood, we are no different from sisters. At this time, even if I only have one breath left, I will accompany you.”
Her words touched Valeria very much. She knew that Abbie couldn’t walk anymore, and she wanted to find William, but she couldn’t let Abbie suffer with her so she promised Lamont to stay and rest.
A bodyguard drove a van over, and Abbie and Valeria got in to rest. The two were both tired and sleepy. Abbie drank a glass of water and fell asleep on the chair.
Valeria adjusted Abbie’s chair so that she could lie down and gently took off her shoes. Her sneakers were all wet.
There were bloodstains all over her socks from the blisters. Valeria’s tears fell down her face.
Her own feet suffered the same fate, but Abbie hadn’t cried out a single complaint along the way. Instead, Abbie comforted her the entire time.
Such a good friend was really the blessing of her life. Valeria put her hands together and silently prayed in her heart with tears in her eyes.
“God, please let my husband be safe! As long as he is safe, I am willing to pay everything including my life! If you let my husband come back, I will give my life to you!”
In the car along the river, Natasya kept making calls with a serious look on her face. “Are you sure he’s not in the car?”
Devon answered affirmatively, “Yes, only the car was rescued. The person should have escaped!”
“So he is still alive, isn’t he?”
“It’s hard to say. The river current is strong. I asked the people in the search and rescue team. Even if he can get out of the car, he may not be able to escape death,”
Devon gasped for breath, “But if he dies, his body will float up quickly. As long as you don’t see his body, it’s proof that he is still alive.”
“Have you found any traces along the river?”
“No, but I heard that someone found his clothes.”
“Oh okay. How many kilometers have the search teams been searching along the river?” she asked again.
“It’s already been 20 or 30 kilometers I think,” Devon was not sure, “Why do you ask this?”
“Dad, this is what I’m thinking, since they have searched 20 to 30 kilometers with no trace of him, I will search further than that. Arrange for people to search for 40 to 50 kilometers away, not only by the river but also by asking the people living on both sides of the river. It will be different if someone found him and sent him to the hospital.”
“You’re right. We can’t rule out the possibility that he has been rescued. I’ll have people pay attention to the hospital!” Devon was very satisfied with her intelligence.
In the hospital, William was lying on the hospital bed with a flushed face. He had been soaked in water for a long time. In addition, he had a high fever after being blown by the river wind for a few hours.
The doctor put him on a drip to reduce the fever. The man who sent him to the hospital put a wet towel on his forehead to cool him down.
As the time ticked by, William did not show any signs of waking up. The man sighed as he picked up his phone and took a few photos of him.
A few minutes later, his phone rang. He picked up and an old voice came, “What’s the meaning of the photos you sent me?”
“Master, I found him unconscious and covered in wounds by the river. I don’t know who he is, but I think that his facial features look very similar to Miss’. He… Does he have anything to do with Miss?”
“He’s unconscious and covered in wounds?” the old voice paused for a moment, “He’s Tilda’s son! I’ve met him before.”
“What should we do now?” Sammuel asked deliberately.
“Of course we have to save him! We have to save him at all costs!”