Chapter 653
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Damon kept a poker face as he said, "I''ll give you three seconds. If you don''t talk, I''ll personally send you abroad to collect your son''s corpse." A sh of panic crossed the man''s face, and his voice trembled with fear. "I''ll tell you... I''ll tell you... They all went up the mountain..."
"You better not be lying to me. Otherwise, you''ll regret ever being born," Damon threatened.
He left a few people behind to watch the man and led the majority of his team up the mountain.
At the back of the flour mill loomed a medium-sized mountain.
With deep autumn approaching, the leaves of the shrubs and trees had begun to turn yellow and fall, making the area feel deste and abandoned.
Damon''s expression was grim, and he emanated a chilling aura.
Meanwhile, N had searched the flour mill for a long time but hadn''t found Mason. Instead, she ran into Damon''s subordinates.
"Ms. Kinsey... what are you doing here?" one of the subordinates asked.
"Where''s Damon?" N shot back.
"We just caught one of the kidnappers. Mr. Sumner is currently—"
Before he could finish his sentence, his colleague yanked him back.
Realization struck him, and he quickly shook his head. "I''ve been here looking for Mr. Mason. I don''t know where Mr. Sumner went..."
"Do you know something? Has something happened to Buddy?" N asked anxiously.
Panic filled N her usual calm demeanor hadpletely vanished.
Mason was still in danger, and she had no idea if the kidnappers would find him first. She struggled to remainposed.
"No... we still haven''t found Mr. Mason..." Damon''s subordinate said.
"Then why were you hesitating just now? If you have news, please tell me. I''m begging you!" N pleaded.
Seeing N about to kneel in front of them, the two men were startled and quickly reached out to help her up.
Theyforted her, saying, "Ms. Kinsey, please don''t do that! Mr. Mason is really fine..."
"If he''s fine, then why were you two so hesitant earlier?" N demanded.
"Well... I''ll tell you. Mr. Mason might
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have escaped to the mountain. Mr. Sumner has gone up there with some people, but the thugs have guns. It''s better if you don''t go up... Just wait for Mr. Sumner..." Before he could finish, N had already turned and sprinted toward the mountain. to
The two men hurried to catch up. If Damon found out they had let N go up the mountain, they would be in serious trouble. Even though N looked frail, she ran quickly.
The two athletic men struggled to keep pace with her. They were both frantic Mason hadn''t been found yet. If anything happened to N, Damon would definitely not spare them. to
"What do we do? We can''t catch up with Ms. Kinsey..." one of the men asked anxiously.
"Stop talking nonsense! She''s almost out of sight!" the other man eximed.
Soon, N vanished from their view.
Gasping for breath, the two men exchanged fearful nces.
"S-Should we notify Mr. Sumner?" one of them asked.
After a moment of silence, the other man replied quietly, "Let''s hold off for now. We shouldn''t distract Mr. Sumner any more than necessary, and Ms. Kinsey might not get into trouble..." to
They discussed it for a while and decided not to tell Damon. They would first try to find N.
Meanwhile, N began searching for Mason, marking her path as she entered the mountain.
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After more than two hours of searching, she still hadn''t found Mason and had not encountered a single person along the way.
Her heart grew heavier. Mason was so small and might still be injured. If those people found him first...
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. She stumbled, lost her footing, and fell.
"Ah!" N screamed as she hit the ground hard, rolling uncontrobly down the mountainside.
Intense pain surged through her, and she desperately grabbed for anything within reach.
Fortunately, the slope she rolled down was dotted with trees, and she crashed into one, finally bringing herself to a halt.