Chapter 970
"Get up," Santiago said as he walked to Raeleigh. He lowered his head and urged her to stand up.
Raeleigh was kneeling on the ground as she wiped her tears.
Santiago asked Raeleigh, "What are you afraid of? She chose to run away. You did not force her.
It''s not your fault she''s in a bad spot now."
Raeleigh did not answer. It took her a long time before she got onto her feet and continued her
search for Deanna.
"Stop looking! You will not be able to find her. She''s clearly hiding from you." Santiago pulled
Raeleigh and shouted at her.
Raeleigh began to argue with Santiago because of this.
"She''s human, not a kitten or a puppy. You two are family friends. Don''t you have any concern for
her?" Raeleigh bellowed as she shoved Santiago. She had never been this angry before.
It was also not the right time for her to lose her temper.
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Santiago held Raeleigh''s arm with both his hands as he stared at her with dagger eyes.
"I treat Deanna like a sister. I am also very worried.
Although I am not fond of her, she is still someone
I respect."
"It''s just..."
"There''s nothing I can do now to help the situation."
Raeleigh froze. Santiago pushed Raeleigh away with great force and looked at her with contempt in
his eyes.
Raeleigh stumbled backwards. Scarlette did not dare to go over. Compared to Jepherson, Santiago
was merciless. His temper was even more unpredictable. He was unscrupulous.
Scarlette still remembered an incident when she was about eleven or twelve years old.
Santiago was still quite young then. However, she snuck out to y once and was beaten up by a
group of boys. At that time, she was dressed like a tomboy and her hair was short. People would
mistake her for a boy.
She was surrounded by a group of boys and they began beating her up.
She was beaten up until there were bruises all over her body. Her face was covered with scars.
After that, she went back home to hide. One reason was that she did not want others to know that
she had gone out to y, and the other was
that she felt embarrassed that she had been beaten up.
At that time, Scarlette and Hadrian were being trained by Alvin.
Scarlette was the only girl in the group.
At that time, it was Santiago''s first day. Scarlette found a room and thought it was empty, so she
quietly went in to disguise herself. However, she did not notice that there was another person on the
upper bunk.
Scarlette was shocked to realize that she was not alone. Before she could say anything, Santiago
asked, "Who hit you?"
Scarlette thought that Santiago was just like her, an orphan, who hade to Alvin to be trained.
So, she told him the whole story.
At that time, Santiago had jumped down from the bed. Santiago had been particrly fierce since
he was a child and was a little taller than all his peers. Although he was younger than her, he was
still slightly taller than her.
After that, Santiago motioned for Scarlette to follow him. She initially did not want to follow him, but
when she saw the fierce look in Santiago''s eyes, she eventually gave in.
Scarlette did not like fighting with people she knew.
Santiago found two sticks in their rooms and hid
them behind his waist. Then, he asked Scarlette to
follow him.
She did not dare to follow him because there were too many people.
But Santiago was walking ahead, and it was impossible for her not to follow him. So, she obediently
did so.
When they got out, it was already dark. They walked to the ce where she had been beaten.
"I was beaten up right here," Scarlette said as she pointed at the ce.
Santiago did not go back. He looked around and began to walk around with Scarlette. However,
they saw no signs of the people who had beaten her up. In the end, he decided to head back with
Scarlette.
As soon as they entered through the door, everyone thought that it was Santiago who had hit
Scarlette. Santiago did not defend himself. Alvin even punished him. However, Scarlette did not
understand why he did not defend himself.
On that day, Jepherson was also here. However, as the first son of the Richards family, he did not
stay in the same room as Scarlette and the rest. He had his own room.
No one had any doubts about Scarlette, especially
Stuart, who was still a little worried.
The next day, when the others were training, Santiago brought Scarlette out again. They searched
around for the entire day before finally finding those people who had beaten up Scarlette.
"Hey, punk, you brought a friend?"
At the time, those people were really arrogant. Scarlette was a little scared because she had been
beaten up by them.
However, Santiago did not care. He took out the sticks that he had brought and fought with them.
Scarlette could tell that Santiago wasn''t good at fighting back then. He did not have any tricks up his
sleeves. He was just going with the flow as he punched the people who approached him.
However, he still managed to defeat at least seven people. One of them was badly beaten up to the
point his ears began to bleed.
Scarlette hurriedly pulled Santiago away, urging him to leave.
Santiago warned them. "Next time, you guys ought to think carefully before picking a fight."
At that time, he was just a ten-year-old kid but he was bigger than his peers. Even Scarlette was
frightened by him. When Santiago fought, he looked as if he had turned into a devil.
This was Santiago whom Scarlette was terrified of all these years.
Jepherson had never been like this. But Santiago could be regarded as the devil, and no one dared
to provoke him.
At that moment, even if Scarlette wanted to go over to help Raeleigh, she was too afraid.
She did not dare to go over to help Raeleigh up.
Santiago stood there coldly. Scarlette felt that it was not that he did not want to find Deanna, it was
just that right then, there was no point in worrying.
Raeleigh stayed on the ground for a long time. Once she calmed herself down, she gradually got
back up on her feet.
"What should we do now?" Raeleigh asked, standing behind Santiago.
"Zorion has assembled a team of people to look for her. The only thing we can do is to observe the
surroundings. This campus is not that big. How can she disappear just like that? Unless someone
has been waiting for her all this while," Santiago said as he looked at Raeleigh and Scarlette.
Scarlette did not understand who would have the courage to kidnap Deanna.
"Do you think it''s Flynt?" Raeleigh immediately asked. Santiago smiled and said, "You are quite
smart."
"Mr. Santiago," Scarlette immediately called out to him. He turned to look at her and asked, "What?"
"Wasn''t Flynt involved in a car ident?"
"That was what was reported in the news. Who actually saw it happening? It would still be
considered as a car ident if only his car was damaged. If he isn''t dead, then he''ll still be able to
come out and do a lot of evil things." Santiago had thought through these things. He was not as
naive as Scarlette.
Raeleigh took a deep breath and said, "What if Flynt could not gain what he wants from us? What if
he wants to take revenge on Deanna?"
"There''s no need to talk about revenge. However, I''m sure Deanna is safe in Flynt''s hands. He is
not a fool. Capital City is under three families'' control. He wants to draw the Whalen family over to
his side to bnce out the power in Capital City. If he can capture Deanna, then he will be in control
of this ce. I doubt he would do anything to Deanna." Santiago had long thought about this. There
was only one reason why they hadn''t been able to find her after so long, and that was because she
had been kidnapped.
As for the person who had the courage to do so? The answer was pretty obvious.