Chapter 272
Keh looked at her, and with a slightly hoarse voice, he said, “Nat, you did great by eliminating
the many possibilities. What we need to do from now on is continue screening the possibilities, and
I''m sure we will find other clues in no time!”
Natasha pursed her lips. There was nothing but fear and exhaustion in her eyes. Silence engulfed
her for a moment before she mumbled, “Keh, Denise''s disappearance is not just an ident...”
Keh narrowed his eyes upon hearing her words, for he, too, was crystal clear that this incident
was far moreplicated than it seemed. The more they learned about the situation, the more
difficult andplex it became. It was clear that someone was pulling the strings
behind the scene.
Up until now, they had no idea about the motives and identity of the culprit.
Even if this is an abduction, our phones should ring by now. I''m just afraid of...
Keh dared not let his thoughts run wilder, fearing that the worst oue he imagined would
come true.
“ident or not, we must keep our cool no matter what! Denise is still waiting for us somewhere out
there. We mustn''t panic. Now is not the time for that!” Keh said.
“But—”
“There are no huts! Denise is our girl, and she''s a smart one. She will keep herself out of harm''s
way. I know it. She''s waiting for us!” Keh said in determination.
His voice seemed to release some kind of magical spell that dragged Natasha back from the edge
of losing control.
That''s right! Denise is a smart little girl! She will keep herself safe!
Natasha took a deep breath before she looked right back at Keh and nodded.
“Nat, listen to me carefully. I need to know the names of every person in the scene from this
particr moment onward. If Denise is truly kidnapped, then that kidnapper must have a rtively
huge target, which is something we could exploit!” Keh said.
Natasha looked at him and nodded in return.
She, too, knew that this was not the time to be consumed by sadness and depression.
After all, Keh had a point.
“Let me do it. I''ll do the searching,” Natasha said.
“We’ll find her, I promise. She''s waiting for us somewhere out there!” Keh stared right into her
eyes.
Natasha nodded firmly after hearing his promise.
Hence, the woman sat back in her seat and focused all her attention on theptop.
At the same time, Keh looked at the director. “I want all the details of everyone in the film crew
who were present yesterday!”
Knowing how dire the situation was, the director nodded right away. “I''ll send someone to get the
details you need.” After that, he turned on his heels and walked out of the studio.
After the director left, Keh looked at Anthony and Benjamin as he said, “Stay here with Mommy
while I head out and see what I can find outside.”
“I''lle with you!”
“Me too.”
Both Anthony and Benjamin hurriedly volunteered as soon as they heard this.
Keh managed to capture the worries flickering in their eyes, leading him to say, “I know you''re
both worried about Denise, but there''s no news yet. Mommy needs someone with her too.”
Natasha, who was sitting before herptop, gave no response as her attention waspletely
upied by the matters she had on hand.
Anthony and Benjamin then turned toward Natasha. They were worried after recalling the look on
her face a few moments ago.
“Fine,” Anthony replied.
“A-All right then. You be careful,” Benjamin said as he looked at Keh.
The corners of Keh''s lips curled to form a smile. Before he turned and left, he said, “Don''t worry.
I got it.”
As these all happened, Natasha''s focus remained on herptop. She slowly checked the
surveince footage one by one while Anthony and Benjamin helped, making sure they would not
miss any details.
In the meantime, it was already dark when Keh stepped out of the studio.
Darkness engulfed the surrounding, and Denise''s disappearance happened at about the same time
yesterday.
Keh trailed the path that Denise took beforeing to a stop where her phone was found. He
started looking around, finding a road forking to the left and right.
He then nced at the map on his phone and quickly found out that the path to the left was an exit
while the right led to a dead-end.
Without any hesitation, Keh headed to the left immediately.
Throughout his way, he tried his best to search for any clues. Yet, he failed to locate any valuable
details when he eventually reached the end of the
path.
Given that this ce was the scene where the filming took ce, there were still many people
lingering around despite getting dark. With that many people present, the situation was a little bit of
a mess, making it easy to take someone away from the scene but incredibly difficult to find any
helpful information.
About an hourter, Keh found his way back to the studio.
The director had already gathered the information of every member of the film crew at this point
while Natasha was staring at the surveince footage, checking andparing every frame.
“How''s it going?” Keh asked as he approached her.
Hearing his father''s voice, Anthony turned to Keh and shook his head. “There were too many
people herest night, and they''re all gathered around here, so it''s going to take a lot of effort to find
the culprit.”
Keh bit his lower lip before shifting his gaze toward Natasha, who was so focused as if there
was no one around her.
Just like that, second by second, time slowly passed.
It was only untilte in the night that the director received a phone call. He walked out to answer the
call and returned shortly after. Upon looking at Keh hesitantly for a few seconds, he
approached
Keh. “Mr. Hamilton, the police are here. They want to see the two of you.
The director''s voice immediately caught Natasha''s attention.
She then looked toward Keh, who also happened to look at her, both finding fear in each other''s
eyes.
Even Anthony and Benjamin''s faces turned pale.
“D-Did they find Denise?” Anthony asked.
The director shook his head right away as if he could tell what they were thinking. “No, no, no. I''ve
already asked them about it. They haven''t found her yet. It''s just that there are some things that
they wanted to talk to the two of you about.”
Only then did the family heave a sigh of relief.
They quickly returned to the ce where they first came in.
After the police were done talking to Keh, they were more or less
surprised by what happened.
After all, Keh was no ordinary man. With his achievements, positions, and power, the sudden
disappearance of Denise, and how the phone was left behind at the scene all suggested that
abduction was one of the many probabilities.
Hence, after receiving the information they needed, the police immediately poured a great deal of
effort into solving the case.
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Throughout the entire process, Natasha did not get involved with anyone. She spoke no words at all
as she continued sitting in the car and focused all her attention on the surveince footage to find
the suspects.
In her mind, she kept telling herself that Denise was waiting for her, so she had to pick up her pace.
Anthony and Benjamin helped their mother too. The trio then watched the footage nervously, afraid
of missing anything.
When the police left, it was alreadyte at night. The director looked at Keh and said, “Mr.
Hamilton, I''ve prepared a room for you guys. Do you need to take a rest?”
Keh then nced at Natasha, who was still in the car. Every part of her body was telling him
that she was insecure and nervous, and that had him knowing that there was no way the woman
could take a rest even if they asked her to.
“No need for that,” Keh replied as the light flickering in his eyes dimmed.
“But...” “Time is of the essence. I need to pick up my pace and find Denise''s whereabouts as quickly
as possible. Please do me a favor. Contact the film crew and tell them that I will reward them greatly
if they could provide any useful information regarding Denise''s disappearance,” Keh said word
by word.
The director was left speechless by Keh''s reply. It took him a while to regain his senses and
nod. “Understood. I''ll get in touch with them now.”
With that said, he stood up and left.
At the same time, Keh turned around and looked at the woman sitting inside the car while his
eyes slowly darkened.
Denise... You must stay strong. Daddy and Mommy will find you in no time. We promise!