Luna''s phone still wasn''t picking up. Natalie grew frantic. Luna had a stubborn
streak and a tendency to get into fights. Worried she was hurt, Natalie looked at the GPS disy on her car''srge built-in screen, which showed Luna''s position had moved to the edge of the city. Luna had arrived at the banquet hall earlier than her and must have been discovered.
Natalie called Keith, her voice tight with urgency.
"Are the police on their way? Luna''s location is already outside the city limits."
"I''m with the police right now," Keith reassured her. "We''re very close to her position. Don''t worry, I''ll bring her back safe."
"Okay. Just make sure she''s safe." Natalie hung up and saw that the traffic ahead hade to aplete standstill. Her grip on the steering wheel tightened. Why was there a traffic jam now of all times? The chorus of horns from behind only frayed her nerves further.
Sebastian nced ahead. "Natalie, try to calm down. This road is always full of construction trucks. There was probably an ident up ahead.”
She ignored him. Her car was trapped in the middle of thene with nowhere to go. All she could do was trust Keith. Luna had to be okay. Suddenly, an idea struck her.
She essed theputer in her car. If Luna had managed to record any evidence, she would have uploaded it to the cloud. That way, if she was caught, she could delete the local file without putting herself in immediate danger.
Natalie found a file marked with today''s date. She opened it. It was a video. On the screen, a male waiter approached Marshall and, while he was distracted, dropped a small pill into his drink. A momentter, a friend came over to offer a toast, and Marshall, unsuspecting, drained the ss.
Then, a figure with a simr build and hairstyle to hers walked past. Marshall stood up and followed. "Natalie, wait up! I don''t feel so good. Can you take a look at me?"
It took only a few seconds to get
from that spot to the upstairs room. The footage showed Marshall was already stumbling on the stairs. The moment he pushed open the door, Sebastian and Mr. Wilson''s group arrived immediately followed by Joanna''s ear-splitting scream So that''s how it happened. Joanna''s methods were truly ruthless.
Natalie shot a sideways nce at Sebastian, genuinely puzzled by his actions. "Mr. Griffith, it must have
been quite art for you to bring
so many people to catch him in the act. Do you want the Spencer family for yourself too?" she asked bluntly. Cóntent
Sebastian''s expression was unreadable. He knew that no matter how he exined himself, she wouldn''t believe him Natali Spencer family is a vast and
the
prosperous enterprise with a strong stock price. Businessmen chase profits. Of course I want it."
Natalie sent the video directly to Mrs. Spencer Sr. "Well, I won''t let you and Joanna
get what you want," she said, her voiceced with steel.
"I''m looking forward to seeing what you''re capable of, Natalie,” Sebastian replied
without further exnation. He knew his past actions had hurt her deeply.
Natalie didn''t respond. Strangely, she had nothing left to say to him.
A message from Mrs. Spencer Sr. came through almost immediately.
[Natalie, thank you so much. I sent someone to check the surveince room, but the recordings had already been destroyed.]
Natalie typed back: [Grandma, my friend Luna filmed this, but Mr. Wilson''s men
might have taken her. I''m on my way to find her now. Please be careful of Mr. Wilson.]
Mrs. Spencer Sr. replied: [Natalie, don''t worry about that lecherous old bastard. I''m not afraid of him.]