< Chapter 395 Chapter 395 Menu Alice stared intently at Aviana, just a wall separating them, desperate for the answer that would finally come from Aviana.
âTell me, whereâs Dari? Iâve been looking for him for years. Heâs been hiding so well, and he even stole my money!â
Aviana, terrified, quickly responded, âHe... he works at a car maintenance store. You can go there to settle things with him!â
She didnât hesitate for a second, spilling the information Alice frowned. But the truth was, the man had already run away.
immediately.
Jack spoke up, his voice calm but firm.âKeep asking. Get her to talk about the car accident and where Dari has been hiding all these years.â
The interrogator, after listening, asked, âDariâs been in contact with you all this time, hasnât he? And yet youâre still trying to say you didnât con me out of money?â
âI didnât! You can just go to the store and find him. Or I can make the call for you,â Aviana pleaded.
Her hatred for Darren burned through her words. That damn fool!
The phone was quickly taken from her. He called Darren. But it went straight to voicemail. Aviana panicked.âThis is the number Iâve always used to reach out to him. Iâm not lying. I swear, I can even give you some money as compensation. Just let me go, and the money is yours.â All she wanted now was to escape this place.
âAfter what happened, Iâve suffered enough! All these years, Iâve been living like a ghost. You think giving me some money will fix everything?â
âThen what do you want?â
Aviana, on the edge of breaking down, looked desperate.âIf something happens to me, people will come looking. My best friend is Amber. With the Wilson family backing her, you wonât be able to hide for long. Your best bet is to take the money and let me go.â
Before she could finish, a slap rang out. The blindfold fell from her eyes. She saw the dingy, chaotic room for the first time. This was no ordinary place. Her heart sank. What if her family had realized she was missing by now? If it was her eldest daughter who found out, sheâd be the first to run to Amber for help. If the Wilson family was involved, it wouldnât take long for them to find her. With that thought, Aviana felt a sense of relief.
She looked at the masked man in front of her, her voice a mixture of fear and desperation.âI can give you the money.
You can go find Dari and settle the score with him. Heâs the one who took your money.â
Her mind seethed with anger toward Darren. That bastard! How could he betray her like this?
âDari wonât even answer the call. Why should I trust what youâre saying? If I let you go and Dariâs still nowhere to be found, Iâd be the one at a loss.â
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< Chapter 395 âBut this isnât my fault!â
âHow can you say itâs not? You hired people to kill. Youâre the mastermind behind all this. If I go to the police, do you think you can go on living the life you have now?
Avianaâs face turned pale.âI didnât ask you to kill anyone! I only told you to cause an accident to stop the Welch family from making it to the bidding. It wasnât supposed to be anything more. But you screwed up and killed them!â
When Aviana heard the news, she was shocked.
She never meant for anyone to die, just to injure them enough to miss the bidding But the death? Could she really be blamed for that?
âLady, who can control something like this? When someone dies, the price changes.â
Avianaâs expression hardened.âI can give you money, but you have to let me go.
âYou have to tell me where Dari is.â
âHow would I know where he is? All I know is that he opened a dealership. Then he lost all his money gambling and sold the place. Now he works as a mechanic there.â Aviana regretted ever getting involved with these people. Now, she was trapped, constantly being harassed.
When Alice heard this, she looked at Jack in confusion. Wait a minute, the man whoâs been working as a mechanic at the dealership is Nick Black, the cousin of Darren Jack paused, thinking for a moment before picking up the phone. Stop there.
Come out.â The interrogator glanced at Aviana. âYou have some time to think about it. Donât make me lose my patience.â
âStop! I donât know anything!â
After the interrogator left, Aviana burned with fury. How dare they treat her like this? These lowlifes, filthy rats, who did they think they were, speaking to her this way? Aviana wished desperately for someone to find her soon. If they did, sheâd make sure the kidnappers would never get away.
and the Alice, standing just a wall away from Aviana, thought for a moment before speaking. âBut Darren person weâve captured are clearly not the same person. They look completely different.â
The whole situation was beginning to seem strange.
What was missing in the puzzle?
Jack glanced at Alice. Maybe Darren had plastic surgery.â
âBut if he had, then what about the photos Elena took? Those were clearly of Darren!â
âThere are skin masks that can mimic someoneâs features. If you donât look closely, you wouldnât be able to tell the difference.â
Jack frowned.âNo wonder we couldnât find him last night. If he had surgery, then he would have looked completely different by the time we came to search for him.â
âRight!â
Alice realized it now, the pieces falling into place.
09:22 100 < Chapter 395 Menu Darren and his cousin must both be at the dealership, but the key difference was that Darren had undergone plastic surgery, while Nick hadnât.
They had never noticed this detail before.
Thatâs why they hadnât found Darren.
Alice looked at Jack in realization.âI knew it. Darren always managed to escape. This explains everything.â
From the beginning, they had been looking in the wrong direction.
Jack turned to Elena. âSend someone to investigate the mechanics in the dealership, especially anyone whoâs particularly close to Nick. Dig up everything.â
Although Darren had undergone surgery, fake IDs would still reveal some clues. Alice felt much better now. At least they had found another lead.
Seeing her smile, Jack finally felt relieved.
She had been troubled and downcast since heâd first ever seen her today.
He spoke softly, âDo you have any other questions?â
âProbably not much else to ask, but you could ask who else was in the car back then!â Alice suddenly remembered this detail.
Now was the perfect opportunity to ask.
Jack pressed his lips together tightly, his eyes momentarily avoiding hers. His mind was racing. He knew that he could not avoid it forever.
Alice noticed the hesitation in his demeanor.âWhatâs wrong?â
âItâs nothing. Just ask her whatever you need to know.â
Jack glanced at the masked man standing nearby. The man nodded respectfully and walked over to Alice.âAsk me anything you like.â
âI want to know why Dari didnât die. Who was the driver who died in the car accident?â The masked man hesitated before responding, âBeing too blunt might give us away. After all, Iâm also one of the participants in this. Itâs hard to pretend I donât know what happened during the accident.â
Alice thought for a moment.âThen ask these questions in your way.â
The masked man glanced at Jack. Seeing no objections, he turned and walked back inside, holding he went.âHave you thought it through?â bottle of beer and sipping as a Aviana looked up as the kidnapper entered.âIâve told you everything I know.â
was someone else in the car.
was it?â
Who âItâs strange, though. There Avianaâs expression changed instantly.âThere was no one in the back. You must have seen wrong.