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Seeing the newcomers, James immediately went over to shake hands.
“We’re all colleagues. I’m here to check on Lucas’s sister.”
Only then did I notice that James was in plain clothes.
Next, as he walked towards the door, intending to slip away, he was stopped by the two police officers.
I stepped forward to report the current situation.
“Officers! My parents have really been kidnapped. I have a recording!”
The phone call I had specifically recorded finally came in handy.
When the kidnapper’s voice played, James’s face turned pale.
“But Lucas said it was just actors…”
“He said this was all your own production.”
I snorted coldly, not bothering to waste words on him.
I slowly unfolded the crumpled paper in my hand.
Relying on the somewhat blurred memory fragments from my previous life, I carefully recalled those details.
Quickly organizing and piecing together the information in my mind, I finally thought of a good explanation that could directly provide clues from my previous life.
“Officers! I can provide information about the suspects. They’ve appeared near my house before.”
“The voice sounds very similar… They asked me for directions at the time. I can’t be entirely sure.”
Soon, a sketch artist and listening equipment were in place.
I concentrated on describing the appearance of the two kidnappers.
After comparing with known criminals, results came quickly.
They were two young men who had been imprisoned for robbery before.
One of them had rented a house using his real name, and the police immediately arranged a rescue operation.
I sat on the sofa, but I felt like I had just been pulled out of a pool.
Cold sweat had soaked through my clothes.
20 minutes later, the police officer accompanying me received a report.
“I’m sorry, Mia, we didn’t find your parents at the scene!”
“But we did find this.”
There were many secretly taken photos in the kidnappers‘ house, not only of my parents but also of me.
“They’ve been scoping out the place for a long time. Don’t worry, these two won’t get away.”
My brain was about to explode.
The thing I feared most had ultimately happened.
The kidnappers had changed the location where they were holding the hostages.
That meant all these clues I had were useless.
James was calling my brother in a corner.
Even though he tried to keep his voice down, I could hear him clearly.
“It’s a real kidnapping. We already have suspects. You should come back quickly…”
Lucas actually laughed out loud on the other end.
The words he said seemed intentionally loud enough for me to hear.
“Give it up. The bigger you play, the harder you’ll fall…”
“When Mom and Dad lose face and disown you, don’t cry…”
The fear and hatred from my previous life surged up instantly.
Even if he disliked me, his sister who had only recently been found, he shouldn’t disbelieve others‘ words at a time like this.
I wasn’t wrong, and our parents were even less so.
The son they had lovingly raised for over twenty years was now ignoring their safety to accompany a fake sister.
If our parents knew, I wonder how heartbroken they would be.
I felt it wasn’t worth it for them.
As I wiped away the tears from the corner of my eye, the landline in the house suddenly rang loudly.
The officer in charge of monitoring gave me a look.
My heart suddenly accelerated.
The kidnappers were calling again!
