Chapter 68 Where Is Susie?


    Charlotte was waiting in front of the door when Susan arrived. The moment she saw her, she


    quickly went u p. "You’re finally here, Susan.”


    "How is Luke right now?" Susan asked, her voice thick with anxiety.


    "Let’s go inside first," Charlotte said as she led Susan into the house.


    When they were inside the house, Charlotte fetched her a ss of water when she saw theyer of


    sweat o n her forehead. "My brother is in his room. Here, have some water."


    "Thank you," Susan took over the ss and finished the water in one gulp. Then, she said, "Let’s go


    see your brother now. I’m worried about him."


    "Sure," Charlotte grinned before leading Susan to a room.


    Susan walked into the room and saw Luke lying on the bed. Just when she walked closer to the


    bed, she heard a loud bang from behind. She turned her head, and to her horror, the door was


    closed.


    What happened?


    Susan tried opening the door but it was locked from the outside. Her heart somersaulted as a bad


    feeling rose from her stomach pit.


    "Who''s there?" At the same time, a voice rang out.


    Susan turned her head around and caught the wave of panic flitting across Luke''s face.


    "Susie? What brings you here?" Luke asked, disbelief enting his tone.


    However, Susan was too startled to respond to his question. Although the exhaustion was apparent


    on Luke''s face, he was far from being a person who had not consumed anything for three days.


    Susan could not help herself and asked, “Didn''t you go on a hunger strike?”


    "Hunger strike?" Luke frowned, his face nk.


    Susan froze for a moment before pressing on," Charlotte called me and told me that you’re going on


    a hunger strike because you cannot ept the fact that I killed your father. She asked me toe


    here to persuade you."


    Luke was confused. He would never go on a hunger strike as he was not that weak of a person.


    Seeing the nk look on Luke''s face, Susan realized that something was amiss. Suddenly, she felt


    a bolt of heat shoot up within her body, and her face turned scarlet red.


    "What happened, Susie?" Luke asked worriedly. He got down from his bed, and just when he was


    about to walk towards Susan, she stopped him in his tracks.


    "Don''te close to me," she shouted.


    Then, she turned around and attempted to open the door, but no matter how much she tried, the


    door would not budge.


    Luke had already arrived behind her. He patted her shoulder and asked, "What''s wrong, Susie?"


    As if his hand was enchanted with magic, the moment his hand made contact with her skin, the


    spiraling heat within her doubled.


    It was only now that she realized she was roofied. She did not take any medication, and all she took


    along the way was the ss of water that Charlotte offered t o her. When the realization hit her,


    despair began crawling into her thoughts. She had no idea what the Jenkins wanted from her this


    time. They hated her so much, so why on earth would they drug her and lock her up in the same


    room with Luke?


    "Okay, that''s it for today. Adjourned.”


    As Julian paced out of the meeting room, he opened his phone. The moment his phone started up,


    a series of missed calls popped up.


    He squinted his eyes. All the calls were from his house. Feeling something was not right, he quickly


    called back.


    It was Mama Jean who epted the call.


    "Mister Julian, you told me to watch over Miss Susan and report to you if something happens,"


    Mama Jean said vexedly, "One hour ago, Miss Susan left the house after she received a call.”


    "Susie has left the house?” Julian’s pupils constricted," Do you know where she''s going?"


    "I don’t know. Miss Susan didn’t tell me,” Mama Jean replied.


    "Okay. Don’t worry, I’ll handle this.”


    After Julian hung up the call, he tried to call Susan. The call was connected, but Susan did not


    answer it.


    Pressing the evergrowing bad feeling back to his stomach pit, Julian knew he had to stay calm right


    now. He called Seth.


    When the call was connected, he hastily asked, "Are you at my house right now?”


    "Yes? Anything wrong? Why do you sound so serious?" Seth asked.


    "Help me check thest one who called Susie before she left the house," Julian instructed.


    "What happened?” Seth asked.


    "Just do it first. It’s very urgent!”


    "Okay," Seth did not press on as he also realized the gravity of the situation.


    Putting up a serious expression, he patted Jacob’s shoulder and asked, "Let me use yourptop for


    a while. Susan might be in trouble, and I need to check who called her before she went out."


    Jacob stopped tapping on his keyboard and looked at Seth. "Susie?"


    “Yeah," Seth nodded. “The fastest way to know who called Susan is to hack into the database, so I


    need to use yourptop right now. Somebody has updated the firmware recently, and it will take me


    at least half an hour to hack into the database. My skill is considered one of the best, and even


    though you’re very good at programming, I''m better than you when ites to hacking. If you ask


    me, maybe I can try to teach you..."


    Just when Seth was talking, he found that Jacob had started tapping away on the keyboard once


    more.


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    "Hey, did you hear me? I''m talking to you. Chop-chop gets to the side, and..." Seth was stumped


    when he saw what Jacob was doing. His mouth remained agape as words rolled off his tongue


    unknowingly," The f*ck?"


    Jacob had already hacked into the database, and his speed and technique were even better than


    his.


    After 10 minutes, Jacob stopped. "I''m in."


    Seth was so shocked that he could not close his mouth. Right now, he only wanted to go back to


    ten minutes ago and p himself.


    ''I need at least half an hour to hack into the database.’


    ''My skill was considered one of the best.''


    ''If you ask me, maybe I can try to teach you...''


    When the words he said earlier flitted across his mind, Seth wanted to find a hole and bury himself


    up. He imed himself to be one of the best and he could hack into the database in 30 minutes, but


    Jacob could get it done in less than 10 minutes.


    "Actually, I can get it done in less than 5 minutes," Seth said.


    "Oh. Then you''re pretty good,” Jacob replied.


    Seth felt embarrassed. However, what made him feel even more embarrassed was that he did not


    know whether Jacob wasplimenting or taunting him. There was no expression on his face and


    his voice gave away nothing.


    He did not say anything anymore and hastily skimmed over the record. After he got the thing Julian


    wanted, he immediately called him.


    "You got it already?" Julian sounded surprised.


    "Don''t mention it. I’m not the one that gets it. Anyway, thest phone call that Susan received came


    from Charlotte Jenkins," Seth said dejectedly.


    ''If it''s not him, then who did it?’ Just when the thought surfaced in Julian’s mind, the second half of


    Seth''s sentence wafted into his ears and his pupils constricted.


    ''Charlotte Jenkins? Why on earth did she call Susie? What’s she up to again?''


    Julian forced down the surging emotion and made a call to Charlotte.


    "Julian?" Charlotte said, her voice containing a touch o f nervous surprise.


    Julian paid her no mind and asked coldly, "Where are you now?"


    "I''m in my home," Charlotte replied.


    "Where is Susie?” Julian cut to the chase.