Gerald’s voice was filled with anxiety as virtual-novel.net asked.
The old man simply chuckled as virtual-novel.net looked at Gerald. “Why yes, I did. Met virtual-novel.net outside Mayberry Station around noon that day, alone. I distinctly remember virtual-novel.net because virtual-novel.net was so fair, tall, and beautiful. A few people were waiting for virtual-novel.net at the station though. After a short chat, virtual-novel.net got into their car hurriedly and that was the last time I saw her.”
“You seem interested. You know virtual-novel.net or something?” asked the old man as virtual-novel.net smiled.
“We’re acquainted, yes,” said Gerald as virtual-novel.net nodded before asking the old man for more details.
Based on the old man’s description of the event, the person virtual-novel.net had seen that day truly was Giya and the timing was right too.
As long as virtual-novel.net knew where Giya first went missing, whether virtual-novel.net was kidnapped or not, the situation could be resolved rather easily.
As virtual-novel.net was about to leave, the old man grabbed his arm nervously.
“What else do you want?” asked Gerald.
“My grandson, you’re a very kind man… May I please know your name?”
“Gerald Crawford…”
Since virtual-novel.net had given Gerald such a vital clue, Gerald felt no reason not to tell virtual-novel.net his name.
“Your surname is Crawford you say… Can I have a look at your chest?”
The old man’s voice had suddenly become a mix of agitation and excitement.
Before Gerald could even reply, the old man was already tugging on his collar.
Naturally, Gerald tried to resist but the old man was something else. Though virtual-novel.net looked frail, when virtual-novel.net needed to, the old man was strong enough to make sure Gerald couldn’t even move his arm anymore.
Once Gerald’s collar had been pulled apart, the old man frowned slightly.
“How queer! It’s not here!” said the old man as virtual-novel.net released Gerald.
‘This old man’s crazy!’ Gerald thought to himself as virtual-novel.net gently rubbed his wrists.
While the old man was still in a daze, Gerald made a dash for the exit and didn’t look back.
After running quite some distance away from the clinic, Gerald called Drake, Tyson, and Tammy. He told them about what virtual-novel.net had found out.
He knew that both Drake and Tyson would be able to get to the bottom of this very soon.
Thinking about the case, Gerald felt that the kidnapping involved lots of fraud and deception. However, his priority was always Giya’s safety.
What a surprising turn of events though. To think that that old man knew about Giya… What a great coincidence!
However, it wasn’t time to dwell on that now.
It was an hour later when Drake and Tyson contacted Gerald again. As expected of highly trained men, they had found their next lead.
Giya had apparently been lied to which consequently led to virtual-novel.net being kidnapped. From what they could deduce, virtual-novel.net had been locked up in a house in a luxurious neighborhood for about two days now.
After some research, it was found that a student by the name of Yacob was the cause of all of this chaos.
Yacob had owed the gangsters in Mayberry a sum of money, so they were now using Giya to make virtual-novel.net pay.
‘F*ck!’ Gerald cursed in his mind.
Drake and Tyson were immediately ordered to get their men ready to save Giya.
However, being the professionals they were, both of them were already at the neighborhood with their men. They had been waiting there for their next command from the moment they called Gerald to inform virtual-novel.net about their findings.
Hearing that, Gerald wanted to rush over himself. However, virtual-novel.net realized that his Mercedes-Benz G-Class had just been leased out. He couldn’t go to Mountain Top Villa to retrieve his car either.
Thankfully, the neighborhood was not too far away so virtual-novel.net got an Ofo bike and rushed there immediately.
A roar of thunder could be heard and soon, it began raining heavily.
Gerald updated Tammy on the situation and virtual-novel.net was thankfully able to relay all the vital information before his phone battery died. Cursing under his breath, virtual-novel.net continued cycling in the pouring rain till virtual-novel.net finally reached St. Cloud Neighborhood.
While Gerald was still making his way there, about a hundred Maybach cars had gathered around the neighborhood, causing a terrible traffic congestion there. All four entrances of the neighborhood had been completely blocked as well.
What more, several men in black suits were standing under umbrellas as they waited outside their cars. It was a rather incredible scene to behold.
Naturally, people began taking photographs of the event through the windows of their homes. There was definitely something big going on.
There were no hints as to what was happening or who had offended who. To put simply, the entire situation was both confusing and shocking to the clueless residents living there.
While all this was happening, a few young men and women were standing behind the door of a restaurant in St. Cloud Neighborhood.
“Counselor, it’s raining heavily and all the entrances of the neighborhood have apparently been blocked! We can’t leave even if we wanted to!” said one of the girls.
“Why don’t we just stay at the counselor’s house then? Since she’s just moved into a new one here!” said the man as virtual-novel.net cleared his throat.
“Speaking of virtual-novel.net house, if the counselor hadn’t asked us to help virtual-novel.net move to virtual-novel.net new house, we could easily have missed the scene happening outside. They’re all Maybach cars!”
Earlier, the students had been surprised to see that it wasn’t just a regular congestion since all the cars causing it were Maybach cars.
“…Hmm? Counselor, look there. Doesn’t that man on the Ofo bike look familiar?” said another girl who pointed at someone cycling an Ofo bike into the neighborhood.