Chapter 1411


    Beck froze, but then quickly followed.


    "Hey, Ian, what''s going on?"


    Ian ignored him as he boarded not a car, but a helicopter.


    Beck tried to climb aboard too, nearly getting kicked off in the process.


    "Damn it, Ian! Why do you always do this? At least tell me what''s up. Plus, I came to see you about


    something important. You don''t have to be so cold, man!"


    After saying his piece, Beck, still determined, boarded the helicopter.


    Ian''s voice was icy, his gaze fixed ahead as if staring at some inanimate object.


    "You better pray Maja''s okay, or Dn''s as good as dead."


    Beck''s heart skipped a beat; the videos came to mind. Had his brother gone after Maja for revenge?


    He immediately tried calling Dn, but got no response.


    Beck was on edge and decided to call Arlene.


    Arlene picked up.


    "Mom, what''s Dn up to?"


    "Your brother took Maja. That woman needed to learn her lesson for crossing Judith. She can''t just get


    away with that!"


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    Beck was fuming. Why couldn''t they see reason?


    He wanted to say more, but the helicopter was taking off.


    He ended the call and turned to Ian, "I know where Judith lives. I know my brother''s temper. Even if he


    took Maja, he''d go to Judith''s ce first."


    The helicopter veered toward that location.


    After just ten minutes, Ian received a call from Fitch.


    Fitch had been in Crystalbrook Valley for almost five days, gathering some intel that he wanted to share


    immediately.


    "Fitch."


    Ian''s voice came through, and Fitch let out a sigh of relief, his other hand sorting through documents.


    "The hospital here in Crystalbrook Valley is where Mrs. Sanders gave birth to her daughter. A lot of staff


    left during that time. I''ve been trying to track down the former employees, and it turns out, all of them,


    one by one, died within a year."


    "All dead?"


    Ian was surprised. This pointed to a massive conspiracy behind the Sanders family’s child swap.


    Otherwise, why would so many lives be lost?


    "Yeah, all dead. I thought the truth was buried, but then I found this mental asylum. It was relocated ten


    years ago to a remote vige, run by a few localdies on a shoestring budget. There are only a


    handful of patients, one of whom is a former hospital employee. He''s been acting crazy ever since he


    got lucky and escaped death. ying the madman has been his survival strategy."


    "So, is the Sanders’ daughter Jolin?"


    "No."


    Fitch was certain, his finger tracing an address.


    If Maja had been there, she would have recognized it—it was where she once lived in Crystalbrook


    Valley, albeit briefly.


    "Ian, Jolin and Maja’s backgrounds are simr, but since Maja’s been with you, it’s easier to overlook


    certain clues. I''ve found a few key points here. First, Maja’s supposed foster mother, Lillian, is a dead


    ringer for Arlene. Second, Maja was also born in that hospital. And ording to this madman''s


    testimony, two children were indeed switched that year. The mastermind''s identity is well hidden. Only


    the coerced hospital director knew and had toply. The entire department had no choice. He also


    mentioned that the switched child lived in this particr area, which was Lillian’s home."


    At that moment, everything clicked for Ian.