bChapter 238 /b

    Cleo burst into the ward and, seeing Maxine sitting up in bed, finally burst into tears. In a few quick strides, she rushed to the bedside and wrapped her arms around Maxine. “You silly girl! You scared me half to death!” Cleo cried.

    Maxine couldn’t help but give a wry smile, reaching out with the hand not hooked up to the IV to pat Cleo’s shoulder. “Come on, see? I’m fine, aren’t1?”

    No sooner had she finished speaking than Cleo gave her a yful knock on the head. “If you ever pull this stunt again, don’t even think abouting back! I’ll throw you out, baggage and all!”

    Maxine gave a sheepish nod. “I just wasn’t thinking at the time…”

    The police needed solid evidence before they could act, but with Brian in the hands of those two lunatics, every second counted. Maxine was so frantic that she barely had time to think, she just jumped in her car and sped off to find him.

    Cleo stole a nce at Sebastian sitting on the sofa. “So, once you’re discharged, are youing home with me or going back to his ce?”

    Maxine looked at her in surprise. “Home? Did you find a new ce?”

    Cleo let out a helpless sigh and tapped Maxine on the forehead. “Are you out of your mind? We can’t stay at the hotel anymore. The boss found out when I was looking for a new ce, so Urban helped me find one.”

    Maxine looked at her in surprise. “Urban’s back from overseas?”

    Cleo shook her head. “Breaking into overseas markets isn’t that easy. Those foreign executives all have some racial bias. These daysb, /bUrban can barely keep his head above water over there.”

    Cleo shook her head sympathetically and said, “Mr. Soto’s been getting doors mmed in his face left and right overseastely.”

    Thank goodness for Urban’s help, otherwise, after Maxine was discharged, the two of them would have had nowhere to go except the Mason family. If that wasn’t an option, they’d be crashing at the police station.

    Sebastian, who had been quietly listening nearby, cleared his throat. “I’ll hire personal bodyguards to stay with you at all times. But don’t worry too much, the police are already investigating the Jenson family because of the kidnapping case.”

    At the mention, Maxine set down her book. “The Jenson family? What’s happening with them now?”

    Sebastian was about to speak when Cleo cut in excitedly, “Because of this, their mountain vi got raided! Hamlin is under investigation nowi, /iand Gabriel won’t be getting out anytime soon!”

    Cleo couldn’t contain her excitement whenever she brought it up. “This incident has been a goldmine for news stories! Because of that magnificent vi, the public has started paying attention to Hamlin and his son Gabriel.”

    Cleo lowered her voice and said, “None of the other families managed to get their vis built, only the Jenson family did. You should see all the scathingments people are leaving in thements section of the official website!”

    Public sentiment was particrly vtile these days. Unlike the well–established Mason family, the Jenson family didn’t have bsuch /bdeep rootsb. /bbThe /bMason family’s home, passed down for generations, was practically a heritage property. If not for the government’s preservation befforts /bbin /bbrecent /byears, their old mansion would likely have be a tourist attraction by now.

    “Yeah,” Maxine replied, “I’ve seen a lot of buzz about this onlely. So, what’s thetest on the kidnapping case? And bhow’s /bbLondon /bbdoing/bb, /bbyou /bbknow/b, the woman who can’t speak?”

    Cleo said, “The two guys who kidnapped Brian have been caught. Hamlin put all the me on them. The police have sent London bhome/bb. /bbAs /bbfor /bbthe /bbman /bwho kidnapped her, when we found him, he panicked and ran. By the time they tracked him down, he’d already fallen off ba /bcliff and died.”

    “What?” Maxine gasped, her eyes wide with shock.

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    b08:56 /bbSat/bb, /bb28 /bbJun /bW

    bShe /bthought for a moment before saying, “Let me guess, the two guys who kidnapped Brian must have freely admitted to the bkidnapping/bb, /bbhuh/bb?/bb” /b

    Cleo gasped, “How did you figure that out?”

    Maxine said, “I bet that guy who ran off was most likely killed

    Hamlin’s orders.”