Chapter 1945


    "Chad! Don''t panic! We haven''t found his body yet! Maybe he escaped!" Ben said in hopes of


    consoling Chad.


    Chad took a deep breath and steadied himself. "The door that leads to the basement from the


    inside was locked from the outside, and the other exit was sealed. Mr. Foster... How exactly did he


    escape? He even gave Avery his shirt! That means they were both inside the basement! They must


    have been there for a while, or he wouldn''t have given his shirt to her. Why didn''t he contact us if he


    managed to get out? Why didn''t he help Avery?!" Chad was bing increasingly agitated as he


    spoke.


    "But his body wasn''t down there!" Ben adjusted his sses. "I don''t believe that he''s dead! I won’t


    believe it!"


    Nick interfered before the two started fighting one another. "Stop it, the two of you! I will call the


    police here to investigate. My bodyguards will monitor the whole situation and inform you right away


    when they find Elliot. You two should head over to the hospital to check on Avery! I want to know if


    she''s alive. If she’s still alive, she will be able to answer all the questions you have now."


    Ben nced at the hut behind them, which was surrounded by Nick’s bodyguards. If Elliot was still


    inside, Nick''s men would surely find him.


    "Didn''t you say that Avery is alive? Let''s go to the hospital, then!" Ben grabbed hold of Chad''s arm


    and dragged him away. "Once she wakes up, we will know where Elliot is!"


    Chad''s tears dropped onto his sses so he shoved Ben aside to take them off. "Ben, I was just


    trying to lie to myself!” He did not move to wipe his sses or the tears on his face and simply stood


    still in the mud.


    "I know... Same here." Ben''s eyes reddened as he struggled to suppress his tears. "It wouldn''t have


    been this devastating if only Elliot was with Avery."


    There were no surveince cameras or people living nearby so they would not know where to start


    looking even if they wanted to unless Avery woke up. But would she wake up?


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    After an hour''s drive, Avery was rushed into the biggest hospital in Ylore.


    Hayden watched as she was rushed into the Emergency room ;h'';XNU; stared at the door as it


    closed. Sweat and tear rolled down his brooding features.


    His heart throbbed as his mind wentpletely nk.


    He had been dedicated to studying and earning more money, not only because he wanted to


    surpass Elliot, but also because he wanted to protect his mother from being bullied by anyone else.


    However, Elliot had now gone missing, and his mother was barely alive. He seemed to have lost all


    his strength and motivation to go on in life.


    When Ben and Chad arrived, Hayden was still frozen, standing outside the Emergency room stiffly


    like a statue.


    "He''s been standing there for almost two hours now." The bodyguard yawned. "He won''t even talk


    to us."


    Ben pulled Chad back to stop him from disturbing Hayden.


    "Just let him wait." Ben could understand the misery Hayden was in. "If Avery is in there that long,


    that means there''s still hope, right?"


    "What hope? Her body was already cold... I tried touching her just now."


    The bodyguard''s words were like a spell that snapped Hayden out of his dazed state. "My mom is


    not dead! She''s not dead!"