Chapter 164


    Elgin furrowed his brow, double and triple-checking the passengers who had just gotten off, but no sign


    of


    Letitia!


    He floored the gas pedal, chasing after the bus.


    The roar of the Ferrari echoed through the streets, fast as lightning!


    Elgin whipped the steering wheel around, pulling off a slick drift, and parked the car right in front of the


    bus.


    The driver mmed on the brakes immediately.


    That car was way too pricey, worth millions. No way they could afford a fender bender!


    Elgin, with his long legs, stepped out of the car.


    “What… what the heck are you doing…” The driver was dumbfounded as Elgin vaulted through the


    window and into the bus.


    Elgin scanned the entire bus, but Letitia was nowhere to be seen!


    He had clearly seen her board this bus, when did she vanish into thin air?


    “Surveince,” Elgin said coolly, looking at the driver, “Pull up the footage now!”


    The driver replied, “I don’t have an ess to that, man. If you want to see the footage, you gotta go to


    ourpany…


    “Damn it!”


    Elgin cursed under his breath and leapt back through the window, slipping into his Ferrari in a sh.


    Letitia had learned to pull a fast one on him, huh? The old vanishing trick?


    He was determined to see how she slipped through his fingers!


    While speeding to the buspany, Elgin was on the phone, trying to reach Letitia.


    No answer.


    He sent her a voice message, “Letitia, pick up the phone! Text me back!”


    But still, nothing.


    And a few minutester, when he tried calling again, her phone was off!


    “Letitia!” Elgin gritted his teeth,


    She really had… no regard for him!


    Refusing to answer his calls was one thing, butpletely turning off her phone and ignoring him was


    an entirely different matter!


    Elgin stormed into the buspany, demanding the manager to pull up the surveince footage for


    him.


    When he saw Letitia slipping off the bus at one of the stops, his face turned sour.


    She did it on purpose!


    Just then, his phone rang. It was Letitia calling.


    Elgin answered immediately, “Where on earth are you?”


    “Hello, this is the police station,” a middle-aged man’s voice came through, “Someone turned in a found


    phone. What’s your rtion to the owner?”


    “Im her husband.”


    “Oh, thene on over and pick up the phone.”


    Elgin asked, ‘What about her? Who found it? Where was it found?”


    A wave of panic swept over Elgin.


    How did her phone end up lost, and where was she?


    After getting off the bus… what happened to her?


    Countless questions flooded his mind.


    The sky gradually darkened as night fell.


    Letitia fluttered her eyelids and slowly opened her eyes.


    Her head was spinning, and her neck ached as if it was about to snap, which took her a while to


    recover.


    Letitia sat up from the ground, surveying her surroundings.


    Where was this? Where was she?


    As her consciousness slowly returned, Letitia remembered everything. She was about to message


    Vidonia, and then suddenly everything went ck, and she knew no more!


    Letitia looked around and realized she was in a dimly lit basement with no windows, the air thick with


    mustiness.


    The floor was covered with straw. Suddenly something furry scurried over her foot.


    Letitia focused and saw it was a rat!


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    A big one!


    Luckily, having been in a mental hospital, she wasn’t easily spooked anymore.


    What worried her more was who had brought her here!


    “Hello? Is anyone there?” Letitia started banging on the walls, “Come out and say something!”


    Who had she offended?


    Who would kidnap her?


    It only made sense… Sh would be the one to hate her this much.


    But Sh, after being drained of blood and thrown into a psych ward to apany her father, didn’t


    have the


    means.


    As she pondered, suddenly, a panel in the ceiling opened.


    “Shut up and stay put!” A rough male voice barked, “Keep yelling and I’ll cut your tongue out!”


    “Who are you?“


    “That’s none of your business. Just stay quiet, and you’ll suffer less.”


    Letitia looked up, straining to see the man’s face.


    With a “bang,” the ceiling panel closed again.


    In the basement, it was pitch ck.


    The rats squeaked, cockroaches crawled everywhere, and the atmosphere was eerie and cold. Letitia


    couldn’t help but rub her arms.


    She was cold and hungry, and she hadn’t eaten anything yet.


    Now, she had to conserve her strength and wait for someone to rescue her.


    Would that person be Elgin? It had to be. He was so capable.


    Letitia racked her brains but couldn’t understand who would kidnap her. She was already so pitiful,


    barely hanging on, hardly worth the risk for a kidnapper.


    She huddled in the corner, hugging her knees.


    “If only I hadn’t gotten off the bus…” she murmured to herself, then sighed, “But then again, if


    someone’s got their eye on me, if they didn’t make their move today, they’d find a chance eventually.”


    She didn’t know how much time had passed, Letitia kept pinching her thigh, using the pain to stay


    awake, but she was at her limit…


    Just as Letitia was about to pass out, she heard footsteps above her head again.


    This time, there were also women’s voices.


    A woman?!


    Letitia perked up her ears, listening carefully.


    “Where is she? Alright… keep a close eye on her, don’t let her escape. She’s crafty, you guys better


    watch out. You took my money, now do the job right!”


    One of the men asked on purpose, ‘This chick’s pretty hot, can we have some fun with her first?”


    “What’s the rush? You’ll get your chance to have all the fun you want.”


    Letitia felt a chill down her spine.


    But that voice sounded vaguely familiar…


    “Sh!” Suddenly, Letitia shouted, “Sh, it’s you! I know it’s you!”


    Her voice echoed through the basement.


    Letitia didn’t know if Sh had heard her, so she picked up a stone from the floor and began to pound


    on the wall, “Sh, stop hiding,e out! You’ve kidnapped me, and now you’re scared to face me?”


    Finally, after her persistent shouting, the ceiling panel opened once more.


    Sh appeared above, looking incredibly creepy and scaring Letitia.


    “You’re smarter than I thought,” Sh sneered, “Yes, it’s me. Letitia, bet you didn’t see thising.


    You’re falling into my hands!”


    Letitia stepped back in fright.


    Because on Sh’s face were dense and crisscrossing scars!


    Scar after scar crisscrossed her face, with the longest one snaking its way from her forehead right


    down to her chin!


    “Scared yet?” Sh said, “Letitia, I owe this hot mess you see all to you!”


    “You just took a whipping, why is your face…”


    Elgin didn’ty a finger on Sh’s face, did he? How did it end up looking so freakishly terrifying?