One Night Surprise Chapter 352
Chapter 352 I’m Quite Skilled
“From the two numbers you gave me, one is a virtual number which changes its location every five
minutes. It will take a while to track that one, but I’ve already found out the address of the other number
and sent it to you,” Elijah said over the phone.
“Alright. Hang on and let me see,” Courtney said before she hurriedly checked her phone.
Sure enough, it was a hotel in Shanghai.
After walking out of the airport, she beckoned for a cab. “Sir, to this hotel, please.” When the car started
moving, she ced her cell phone next to her ear again. “Hello, Elijah. I’m in the cab now.”
“Okay, inform me once you reach the ce. I’ve already asked someone to track the virtual number,
and the results will most probably be out this evening.”
“Okay.”
Just when she was about to hang up, Elijah suddenly asked, “Courtney, does this have something to
do with Alexander again?”
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“Yeah, and it’s quite serious this time.”
“Where is he? Why is he always putting you into such dangerous situations?”
“It’s a long story, and I can’t exin it now. I’ll tell you about it once I have settled everything.”
Hearing that, Elijah was silent for a while before hanging up, as though he was angry.
Courtney nced at her phone helplessly without caring too much. To her, Elijah was like a brother—
he had been kind to her for so long that she found it normal and took it for granted. Of course, an older
brother wouldn’t stay mad at his younger sister for long, so she sent another text to rush him. ‘Please
be quick about that virtual number.’
Unbeknownst to her, Elijah was in a rather bad mood across the ocean, wondering why the woman
whom he had held so carefully in his hands for almost five years started to live a worrywart life after
she was by Alexander’s side.
The hotel was a little out of the way, but it was close to the airport, which was within a thirty minutes’
drive.
It was already midnight by the time Courtney reached Fiona’s room. Fiona was worn-out and tired; the
shock she had received over the past few days was written all over her face, and she was astonished
when she saw Courtney at her door.
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m worried that something might happen to you. Don’t even think about shaking me off. It’s better to
have an extra person around to help out.” Marching into the room, Courtney set aside herints
and said, “Madam, you left without a word this morning. What happened?”
Seeing that Courtney had traveled miles to be here, Fiona had mixed feelings and was embarrassed to
hide anything from her anymore. “Felipe called me and said that I should go alone to hand over the
money. I’m afraid that something unexpected might happen, so I don’t want to bring anyone along.”
“So, you’re waiting obediently to take the bait, knowing that there might be unexpected situations?”
Courtney felt that she had a newfound understanding of the simplicity of her future mother-inw’s
mind. “Madam, what were you thinking? If the situation really turned out bad and Oliver couldn’te
home, you may not be able to return as well.”
“I’m prepared for this. No matter what, I can’t drag you guys into this anymore.”
“But I’m not just anyone.” Courtney took a deep breath as she needed to gather some courage to say
such boastful words. “I’m practically your daughter-inw. Even though I’m not married into the family
yet, do you not n to acknowledge me?”
Her words stunned Fiona, who looked at her in disbelief. After a long while, she finally returned to her
senses and said sadly, “No, of course I acknowledge you.”
“That’s great, then.” Aforting smile spread across Courtney’s face. “Just rx. I’ve already
arranged everything.”
“What did you do?”
“Don’t worry about it. Anyway, I’m going with you tomorrow. I’m quite skillful, and I can help you win a
bit of time when the timees. When it’s time to run, then we will run.”
Although Fiona wanted to turn her down, Courtney sounded so certain that she couldn’t refuse.
It was a sleepless night. The agreed time on the next day was supposed to be 2.00PM but it waster
changed to 3.00PM; every time Courtney and Fiona reached a spot, they would receive a call saying
that the transaction would be dyed for another hour at a new spot. In the end, it dragged on until
7.00PM, and since it was winter, the sky was alreadypletely dark at that time.
Felipe’s voice sounded even more grim over the phone. “After leaving the city, go 50 kilometers north.
There’s a power nt right next to the river. I’m waiting for you here. If you call the police, I assure you
that you’ll never get to see your son again.”
“Don’t touch him!” Gritting her teeth, Fiona hissed, “I already prepared the money. If he loses even one
strand of hair, I’ll perish with you, and nobody will have anything to gain.”
Felipe snorted. “Cut your crap ande over quickly. One minutete, and I’ll cut off a finger from him
to feed it to the fishes in the river. Your son wants to be a police officer, right? I would like to see which
criminal investigation team would ept a disabled person.”
The things he said were so terrifying to Fiona that she almost broke down. Along the way, Courtney
watched as color gradually faded from Fiona’s face, and now, even her lips were pale, and there was
no trace of blood left on her face after being tortured so much.
Actually, Felipe was ying around with them in a test to find out if they had really called the police. If
they really did, it would be impossible for the police to redeploy to the spot he had just informed in such
a short notice. In addition, he had changed the spots so many times, and it would be difficult to hide the
police if such a big batch of them were moving from ce to ce.
On the way to the north of the city, Courtney tried to distract the jittery feelings in Fiona by speaking
with her while driving. “Didn’t you tell me that Felipe already married a rich woman? Why is he still
doing this?”
Fiona’s face turned solemn at the mention of this. “He was born to be a curse to people. Back then, his
ex-wife divorced him because he owed too much in gambling debts, and I’m afraid he didn’t change
this bad habit of his until now. No matter how rich the woman he finds is, it’s impossible for her to fill up
such a big hole for him her whole life.”
Courtney was speechless.
In the abandoned power nt in the north of the city, a dim yellow light bulb swung from the wire on the
second floor. The two men who were in charge of guarding the ce stomped back and forth on the
concrete floor as they shivered from the cold.
“It’s f*cking cold. There will be snow in Shanghai tonight, and the temperature will drop to below
freezing point. Felipe couldn’t have chosen a better time to do this; now, we have to freeze ourselves in
the cold.”
“The nerve of you to speak about timing. Think about it—it will be a major holiday soon, and if Felipe is
unable toe up with the money for his gambling debt, do you think his wife will forgive him when he
returns?”
One of the men quickly covered his mouth and whispered, “Shah! Do you want to die? If he hears you
saying something like this so loudly, he’ll kill you first for sure!”
“Uh! Are you f*cking—” Finally, the man broke free and spat, “Are you f*cking trying to suffocate me?
Felipe is making a call on the top floor, trying to please his wife now. He doesn’t have the time to be
bothered about us.”
Speaking of Felipe on a phone call with his wife, both men exchanged nces andughed
sarcastically.
Felipe joined the underworld gang after taking his wife’s family name during marriage; they wouldn’t
have listened to any of hismands if it wasn’t because of his wife.
The winds were strong on the balcony as Felipe breathed out a puff of vapor. Despite the fact that he
was shaking from the cold, he said pleasingly into the phone, “Darling, I’m not having fun outside, and
I’ll be back in a couple of days. I’ve already collected all the debts people owed me. Don’t worry. Not a
single penny will be missing from that ten million.”