Chapter 161 Into the Deep
By the time Eliza reached the street corner, dusk had already fallen and the sky was dimming fast.
She pulled out her phone to send Henry a message.
But just as she looked down, she caught sight of a shadow reflecting off the screen–someone was behind
her.
She turned quickly, alert–but it was too late. A heavy blow landed on her forehead.
In that blurred instant before her vision darkened, Eliza saw a twisted, snarling face.
Grace.
Grace raised the club again, glancing around the street. Once she confirmed no one was watching, she dragged Eliza’s limp body into her car.
Moments later, the vehicle sped off into the night.
Not long after, Henry pulled up at the corner.
“Where is she?” he frowned.
In the passenger seat, Nolan’s voice was calm but tight. “Eliza’s not the kind of person to be late. She should’ve been here already.”
“She messaged me just two minutes ago,” Henry said, handing Nolan his phone.
In the back, Colton leaned forward. “Maybe she made a mistake or something? Doesn’t seem too bright to me. Let’s circle the block. Ask security.”
“Good idea.”
Henry turned the car toward the gatehouse.
He rolled down the window and waved at the guard. “Hey, did you see a girl come out recently? About this tall, long hair.”
“You mean the resident from 606?”
“Yes!” Henry immediately replied–then paused. “Wait… how did you know which unit?”
“There were two women here earlier causing trouble,” the guard explained. “After I dealt with them, the girl came downstairs. That was about five minutes ago. She went toward the alley.”
He pointed in the direction they’d just come from.
“We just drove through there. Didn’t see her,” Henry muttered.
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Nolan’s eyes narrowed.
He’d been calling Eliza over and over this whole time.
No one had answered.
Finished
“Nolan! Where are you going?” Henry turned to see Nolan had already unbuckled and stepped out of the
car.
Nolan whipped out his phone and said coldly, “Deploy everyone. I need to find someone. Now.”
Henry quickly parked and jumped out with Colton‘ and Lewis.
Colton looked around. “Where’d Nolan go? He just vanished.”
Lewis was silent for a beat before saying, “Did something happen to Eliza?”
Henry’s face darkened.
“Split up. We’re finding her.”
“Better yet, check the surveillance. This whole area belongs to Nolan’s family. He’s probably already working on it.”
One hour later.
Eliza jolted awake from the rough bumping of the car. The motion was nauseating–her head throbbed from the blow, and it was all she could do not to vomit.
Her wrists were bound, her mouth taped, her eyes blindfolded.
But the way the car rocked and the distant sounds outside told her they were headed out of the city- toward the coast, maybe.
Grace… actually kidnapped me.
Eliza never thought Grace would go to such extremes.
Especially not now, when the Holt family still had a little money left and Zayden had gotten into a good school.
What was the point? Just to get him into Claire University?
Suddenly, the car jerked to a halt.
The trunk popped open.
Grace struggled to haul her out, grunting as she dragged Eliza across the ground and dumped her roughly by the roadside.
Then she yanked off the blindfold.
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Finished
Cold sea wind slapped Eliza in the face. The sky was black, the ocean darker still–an endless beast, roaring softly under the stars.
“Try to be civil, and you brush me off,” Grace hissed. “Don’t blame me now.”
She paced in front of Eliza, eyes wild. “Just hand over the billions under your name, and I’ll let you go!”
Billions?
Eliza’s eyes went sharp.
How did she know? Grace was only supposed to know about the few million…
No time to think. Grace had already grabbed an electric stun baton from the car.
She came prepared.
Even if Eliza handed everything over, there was no guarantee Grace would let her live.
“Mmph! Mmmph!” Eliza started struggling, trying to make noise.
Grace narrowed her eyes and slowly peeled off the tape.
“What, ready to talk now?” she sneered. “Not so tough anymore, huh?”
Eliza stared at her. “Well, you’re about to kill me. For the sake of my life, of course I’ll agree.”
“But I have one condition.”
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