Chapter 1614

Chandler’s heart sank. “Tell me, you already have an answer, don’t you?”

Cordelia said after a long pause, “I’m glad that it’s not you.”

Chandler stared at her receding back and stayed in place for a long time.

After watching the complete footage in the surveillance room, everyone was shocked, especially Cordelia. Aldor noticed that her hands were trembling when she watched the recording. However, she tried her best to suppress her emotions and managed to keep herself under control.

The police immediately initiated an investigation upon obtaining the car’s plate number and the faces of the kidnappers.

After they came out of the surveillance room, Aurora rushed over anxiously.

“Aldor, what happened to my brother? Is it true that he’s been kidnapped?”

“The police are still looking into it.” Aldor paused before he continued, “Thank you for informing Mrs.

Kane Sr. for me.”

“He’s my brother!” Aurora’s eyes turned red. “I don’t want anything bad to happen to him no matter how much I hate him.”

Aldor’s eyes reddened too when he thought of the footage where Keegan was covered in blood.

“He’ll be fine. Be sure to take care of your grandmother. Her body is weak, and we can’t let anything happen to her before Mr. Kane comes back.”

“I understand,” Aurora replied in a hoarse voice.

She added after a short pause, “Notify the Saun family, so Stella can use her family’s connection to help with the search.”

Aldor then said in a low voice, “Mrs. Kane was also dragged into the van because she tried to save Mr.

Kane. We’ve already told the Saun family about what happened.”

Aurora froze. “Are you saying Stella was kidnapped too because she tried to save my brother?”

“Yes.”

Aurora had mixed feelings upon hearing that.

Then, Aldor received a phone call and hurriedly left.

Inside the van, Keegan and Stella went back to where they were. Then, the door of the van opened.

The three kidnappers loaded their items into the van. When the driver was about to start the engine, the shop owner suddenly came out running. He claimed that he had miscalculated the items and undercharged them.

The driver rolled down the window by a tiny gap and asked with a frown, “How much do I owe you?”

“I’m not sure. You need to show me all the items, so I can recount them,” the shop owner said, as he quickly glanced inside the car through the gap. He noticed that there seemed to be someone else in the backseat.

The driver took out a hundred-dollar bill and threw it at him.” This should be enough, right?”

“What are you trying to do? I’m running a business here, not trying to cheat anyone. I’ll only take how much the items are supposed to cost. I don’t want anything extra.”

The driver then got impatient. “Just take it. We have somewhere else to be.”

The shop owner replied, “I’ll be quick. It’s not going to take long, I promise.”

The driver was about to say something more, but the person who attacked Marshall suddenly chimed in and said, “Let him. I want to get two more packs of cigarettes.”

Then, he got out of the van, opened the trunk, and turned to the shop owner with a smile. “Go ahead.”

The shop owner grinned and said, “Sorry for the trouble.” Then, he began counting the items.

At that time, they were only separated from the shop owner by one row of car seats. Stella wanted to shout for help.

However, Keegan nudged her with his foot before she could do anything. Stella calmed down after that.

Their hands and feet were tied, and there was no one else but the shop owner nearby. It was not certain if the shop owner would be able to help them. Acting rashly at that moment and alerting the kidnappers would even get the shop owner in trouble.

So, she gave up the idea and continued to act unconscious.

After the shop owner was done counting, he said with a smile, “I’ve undercharged you by twenty-three dollars and thirty cents. I’ll just take twenty three dollars from you. Do you have any change?”

The man exhaled a puff of smoke and flatly said, “No.”

“Would you follow me back to the store, then? I’ll go back and get the change for your one hundred dollars.”

The man glanced at him and put out his cigarette. Then, he suddenly pulled out a knife from his pocket and lunged it at the shop owner’s stomach.