Chapter 860


    "It''s been a year,’ rkmented, "I can''t believe it took me a year to realize she was in danger. How


    did you find out? I''ve also been to Stardust Lane, but the vigers there wouldn''t say a word about


    Carol. Either they yed dumb, or they simply walked away. How did you figure out something was off


    from what they said?"


    "I bought a cup of hot milk from her neighbor''s breakfast joint and sat down to listen to their chitchat."


    rk was in dumb silence..


    Just like that?


    And she managed to pick up hints from that?


    "They''re all from the same town. You, a stranger, suddenly asking about Carol would have made them


    wary, and they would hide the truth. But if they''re gossiping among themselves, it''s a different story."


    rkughed at himself, "I even went to her house, asking her parents abruptly."


    At that time, he was almost going insane, unable to find Carol anywhere. He had to swallow his pride


    and ask the vigers to visit her parents again and again.


    Her parents kept saying they couldn''t reach their daughter either, and rk thought they were lying.


    He thought Carol had fallen for someone else, that her parents didn''t want him to bother her anymore,


    so they lied to him.


    "Looking back now, her parents probably didn''t know anything, but I can''t be sure. We''ll have to wait for


    the investigation results."


    "What has she been through this past year?" rk murmured to himself, "Why are those people calling


    her a traitor? What kind of situation did she get involved in? Is she safe now?"


    "rk, don''t worry too much,’ Arabe softly consoled, "Those people are also trying to find Carol. That


    means she hasn''t shown up yet, and she must be hiding somewhere."


    "Where could she be hiding?" The thought of Carol possibly spending this past year in extreme danger


    and fear made rk heartache.


    It was all due to his negligence!


    He believed Carol when she said she liked someone else.


    "While Carol told you she was in love with someone else, she also told her adoptive parents she found


    her biological ones and then disappeared from your livespletely. I suspect neither of these things


    are true. She might have had a reason she couldnt stay, or she could have been taken by some other


    force."


    Upon hearing this, rk didn''t know whether to feel relieved or worried.


    The relief came from the possibility that Carol didn''t leave him because she fell for someone else.


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    The worry was because Carol was nowhere to be found. She might have gotten involved in something


    dangerous and couldn''t get out safely yet.


    Just then, Jack came out from the side building, followed by a few of his men.


    They were all wet and covered in blood, showing they had been working hard.


    "Boss, those hard-nosed guys won''t spill a thing. They''re barely hanging on. If we keep going, they''ll


    kick the bucket,’ Jack reported to Arabe, "I gave each of them one of those life-sustaining injections


    you developed. Once they wake up tomorrow, I''ll resume the interrogation."


    "Alright; Arabe instructed, "Take rk inside to rest for a bit.


    Have someone pour some tea and bring some food. I need to check on myb."


    Arabe took out two small transparent bags from her bag, each containing a cotton swab which


    seemed to have something on it.


    rk asked with confusion, "What are these?"