Chapter 717
Adam watched thendscape shing backward from the window, brooding over the pastime he
spent with Tracey. He couldn''t afford to lose her.
After getting off the train, Adam grabbed a quick bite and headed to the port.
He felt the port familiar because Tracey had been here.
It was a small port, so if the ship on which were Tracey had been the only one at anchor here that
day, perhaps he could find a witness.
The port was quiet with a few boats on the water.
Adam looked around and found an old man smoking on the stairs.
"Good afternoon, what are you doing here?" Adam approached him and asked.
"Waiting for the sunset. What are you doing here?" The old man looked at Adam.
"I am here to find my fiancee. She also likes the sea."
"Where is she?"
"I don''t know. Would you help me?"
"What can an old man do for you?"
"A few days ago..." Adam briefly told him what had happened.
The old man pondered a while and said, "I saw two ships that morning, but I don''t know which ship
your fiancee was on."
"Can you describe them a little?"
"One was a passenger ship, and the other was a ck ship."
"A ck ship?" Tracey couldn''t be on a passenger ship so only one ship was left.
"It had a ck sail with no marks on it. I don''t think it was a normal ship."
"How''s that?" Adam frowned.
"When I was a boy, the society was in turmoil."
"Bandits and pirates were everywhere. At times, I saw pirate ships outside our vige."
They got skeleton marks on their sails and ck rags over the ship. So I thought that ck ship
was a pirate ship."
"It had a battery on its deck which is strictly forbidden by the government."
"And people on that ship were in tatters and looked fierce. Young man, if your fiancee is on that
ship, it''s unlikely that you can save her." The old man squinted and puffed smoke into the air.
Adam''s hope was shattered. "Sir, are you mistaken? How can there be pirates now?"
"I''m old and don''t see and hear well, but I knew it was a pirate ship."
"Few ships would anchor in this port."
"It''s small and backward, so most ships choose to anchor inrger harbors."
"But it''s perfect for pirates to replenish water and food without being noticed."
It was pirates who took Tracey!
It exined why Renee hadn''t asked for help and no one had called Carmen for ransom.
Perhaps...the pirates didn''t want money but wanted them to stay.
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Adam broke out in a cold sweat. He knew Tracey would rather kill herself than sumb to the
pirates.
He hoped she hadn''t done anything stupid and could hold on until he found her.
Adam was frightened but he calmed down very soon.
"Where did they get water and food?" Perhaps he could get more clues from the surveince
cameras around here.
"Nearby stores." "Thank you, sir." Adam left and quickly walked into a small shop.
"May I help you?" He drew the attention of everyone in the shop. It was not every day they got to
see such a handsome man.
"I want to check the surveince footage in the morning on the 22nd."
"We don''t have such a thing here." The woman behind the counter refused him t.
"Are you sure?" Adam took out a stack of cash which lip up the woman''s eyes.
"I was joking. Come here." The woman looked at Adam ingratiatingly.
There hadn''t been many guests so Adam found someone suspicious quickly.
The man''s hair and beard were long, probably because he couldn''t have them cut on the sea.
Adam sent the footage to Jonathan to check the man''s identity.
He also drew a sketch of that ship ording to the old man''s description.
The old man said that ship had headed southward, so Adam called Jonathan to stop any suspicious
ship in that direction.
There was more marine police on the sea than ever and every ship felt the strained intensity.
All military posts were mobilized to search for that pirate ship as well.