Clarence put the soup in front of her and said leisurely, âTell me.â
Stella said, âYesterday he went to the studio at noon. He was telling Elaine that he was going to take her and leave City N, and that she shouldnât tell us. She didnât want to bother us. After all, he was her most trusted and closest person, and plus she didnât want to bring any trouble to us. So of course, she thought that his words made sense.â
âCaesar and Elaine agreed that he would pick her up at 8pm, to bring her to a safer place. Caesar, as Elaineâs uncle, seemed not out of place to be doing so. Even though they were in my studio at that time, he was Elaineâs uncle, so I didnât know what reason I should have stopped him for.â
âThe strange thing about it is that Caesar purposely went at noon to tell Elaine about it. Even though he knew that City N was dangerous, however, he didnât take her away at that time. Instead, he told her to wait until 8pm. But Sherry learnt about this and convinced Elaine to stay in City N first instead of going with Caesar.â
âNot long after Caesar arrived, which was around 8 oâclock, those people came. That means that even if Sherry didnât make Elaine stay, when Caesar took her away, there was no way for them not to bump into those people on the way out. Coincidentally, according to what Maxwell said, if those people hadn't appeared suddenly, Caesar would have no chance to get Elaine out in the chaos with Maxwell and his man on the spot.â
âMy guess is, Caesar knew that you sent people to protect Elaine, in that case, there was no way for him to finish his plans. So, he went to the studio to convince her to leave with him, and after Elaine agreed, he planned the show at night.â
âBut to make the show work, first he needed to be sure that Elaine was gonna leave with him. Otherwise, if she didnât cooperate, it would be problematic to carry out the plan. Sherry said, when those people chased after them, it was a big mess. All her focus was on Elaine, and she didnât know what Caesar was doing.â
âIn that situation, Elaine being taken away, Caesar was not as shocked as he should have been being her uncle. That would only leave one possibility, which was, he never spoke once nor did he do anything to stop those men during the process.â
After she finished, she suddenly felt a chill running down her spine.
She remembered that Sherry said when Elaine was taken, she was yelling for Caesar to send Sherry to the hospital.
If that was the case, Elaine might still not know that the person who was staging all this, was her most trusted uncle.
Clarence smiled, âDid you get all that in such a short time?â
Stella answered, âSince Maxwell told me about the situation last night, I had a feeling that something was off, and with everything Sherry told me in the ward, the feeling got even stronger.â
As she said so, she paused and frowned, âBut there's still something I donât understand.â
âWhat is it?â
âIf Caesarâs people already took Elaine, why would he... bring Sherry to the hospital? And he was here all the time. This makes me doubt that my guess is not quite right.â
Clarence said, âWhat you are assuming is right. The reason why he brought Sherry to the hospital is because he hadnât gotten a chance to escape yet.â
Sherry paused, âDidnât get a chance to escape?â
âMaxwell must have told you that they almost ran after them immediately, so Caesar didnât have much time. He took so long to work on this plan.
Sherry was just an accident, but Elaine had to be taken away. Since he put so much time and energy into this, it means that he didnât want Elaine to know the truth.â
Stella immediately understood, and felt her scalp was turning numb. âSo he didnât leave those kidnappers. He waited till they were gone. But at that moment, Maxwell appeared, so he could only pretend that he was talking Sherry to the hospital?â
Clarence nodded, âHe had already gone so far, so clearly he couldnât get away with it. He might as well wait till we were back to find out the whole story, so that he could make himself off the hook.â
âSo, where is he now?â
âI told him to go home.â Clarence said, âSince we want to know where Elaine is, we need to start from him. That is the fastest way.â
Stella breathed in, quiet for a while before she said, âBut what I am worried about is that Elaine being kept from it all. Would something happen to her?â
Clarence said, âThere is no need to worry, the reason why he took Elaine is probably because he wants to do something in Riverside City. As long as they are in City N, Elaine will be safe.â
Stella opened her mouth to say something, but Clarence interrupted, âEat your food, it's getting cold.â
Stella swallowed her words back and drank her soup, her mind floating elsewhere.
She was wondering how Elaine was doing.
...
On the other side, after Elaine was taken, the men had knocked her unconscious because she was not cooperating and being loud all along.
When she woke up, she was in an unfamiliar room.
She slowly sat up, feeling the whole world was spinning around her.
Elaine shook her head hard. When she didnât feel so dizzy anymore, she got off the bed, but because her hands were tied, she could only kick the door, screaming, âOpen the door! Open the door! Open the door!â
After two minutes, the door was finally opened, the person who opened the door was the same guy as last night.
He looked at Elaine without any expressions, âMiss James, you should control yourself. This is not your own home.â
Elaineâs heart twitched, she was scared and took a few steps back, but she still gathered her courage to say, âEven if this is not my home, you need to bring me something to eat, I am hungry and havenât eaten since last night. If you let me starve to death, my father and my great grandfather would never let you get away with it!â
The man looked at the time, âWhat do you want to eat?â
Elaine especially asked for some special dishes of Riverside City, and she spoke in the proud manner of a noble lady, âI want all of it, and some milk tea, room temperature without any ice.â
The man snorted, âMiss James, or maybe I should call you Miss Attitude. We donât have any of that.â
âThen... what do you have?â
âJust eat what we have.â
As he said so, the man closed the door.
Elaine used all the strength to get back to the couch, while her hands were sweating.
Not long after, the door was opened again.
Looking at the food, she was quite sure that they were still in City N.
Leave alone everything else, she was a professional in food and drinks.
So she only need one glance to tell whether the food was from Riverside City food or from City N.
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