No one would have thought the young man before him would whip out his phone and snap a picture of Frieda while she was playing by the fish pond.
“What are you doing? Why did you take a picture of her?”
Rufus was a little furious and requested the man to delete the photo.
But the man explained with a smile, “Look at how happy she is. That’s why I can’t help but take a picture of her. You don’t find that many old and loving couples nowadays anymore.”
Rufus was rendered speechless.
Whatever. I’m done talking to him.
In the end, Rufus ignored him completely. Once Frieda was done feeding the fish, he took her and headed to the playground to look for the children and Sabrina.
Two hours later, after a jolly good time at the park, they left and made their way home.
But no one would have thought that they would be hit by a car from behind on their way back home.
Bam!
Rufus, who was sitting at the back with the children, threw his arms around the children and protected their bodies from the force of the crash.
The impact of the collision sent Sabrina slamming her chest against the steering wheel.
For a long time, her mind was blank, and her ears buzzed.
Who the heck is the reckless driver?
She cursed under her breath.
Her muddled brain slowly became clearheaded. After a while, she struggled to get up from her seat and was about to open the door to see what was going on.
And suddenly, she realized that the back door of her car was wide open.
“What happened? Why is the back door open?”
“What?”
At that moment, Rufus was beginning to recollect himself. When he heard Sabrina’s question, he turned and looked at the back door.
Strange. The car door is really open.
What was even scarier was that he realized Frieda, who had been sitting near the door was missing. Her seat was empty.
Oh gosh! Where is she?
His face turned pale. He quickly climbed out of the car and came to the front seat before asking, “Where’s Frieda? Where did she go?”
“Huh?” Sabrina was gape-mouthed, and for several seconds she was at a complete loss.
Oh no, where is she?
At that moment, a shiver ran down Sabrina’s spine.
Meanwhile, back at Hayes Corporation. When the news reached Sebastian, he was still in the middle of a meeting. He asked frantically when he heard the shocking news, “What did you say? Say it again?”
Luke immediately handed over the phone to Sebastian.
“Hello? Sebastian, listen to me. I… We didn’t mean for this to happen, but we were hit by a car from behind. And before we knew it, your mother was gone.”
Sabrina, who rarely panicked, could be heard sobbing over the phone when she relayed the message.
Sebastian’s eyes widened in shock.
He stood up so fast that his chair fell over with a thud. With a grim expression on his face, he strode out of the meeting room.
Those who were in the meeting room were left speechless.
What on earth happened? How could something so frightening happen all of a sudden?
Ten minutes later, Sebastian arrived at the scene.
As soon as Sebastian arrived, he emitted an air of murderous aura that made everyone at the scene felt uncomfortable. Even the policemen held their breaths in his presence.
“I’m sorry, Sebastian. This is all my fault. This wouldn’t happen if I did not take your mother out for some fresh air.”
When Rufus saw Sebastian coming, he hurried over and hastened to apologize.
Although Sebastian was fuming, he stopped his father-in-law from saying any more.
“This has nothing to do with you. Has this been investigated?”
“Yes. After checking the dashcam footage, we found out that after we were hit from behind, someone opened the car door in the midst of the chaos and kidnapped your mother.”
Rufus quickly updated him on the findings of the investigation.
He was the one who prompted the police to investigate by watching the footage. After all, he knew about these things since he was once the owner of a large company.
Kidnapped?
After hearing that word, Sebastian’s expression turned grimmer than ever.
“Who did this? Don’t they know who you are?”
“It’s not possible for them not to know. Your sister was in the car, wasn’t she? And I believe everyone in Avenport knows about her identity. Besides, everyone knows that this is your family car.”
Rufus pointed to the car’s license plate.
Sebastian went silent after hearing that. Then, he approached the policemen with hostility.
“Who did this?”
“We’ve already checked the footage, Mr. Hayes. That man was wearing a mask and a helmet, and that makes it impossible for us to identify him. Please give us more time to look into this case.”
The police stammered as he explained to Sebastian and requested the latter to give them more time to investigate.
A bunch of useless pricks!
Sebastian refused to believe that heap of rubbish the police were feeding him. He turned and left after he took the surveillance footage from them.
