Chapter 500 This Is Illegal
Hearing Alexander’s words, Susan stopped for a second before laughing openly. Her shrill tone reverberated throughout the living room, making everyone’s hair stand on end.
“Do you mean to say that brat, Tina, has gone missing? Why have you come to poor old Susan when the Duncans lost their child? Did you think that I would kill her as a replacement for Anna’s life? She’s not worthy!”
Leaning against the staircase railing, Susan trembled slightly. These past five years had thoroughly taught her how tragic it was to be alone; the moment before her daughter fell was still imprinted in her mind, with her failing to forget about it no matter how hard she tried.
She had thought of making Courtney lose something of equal value, but every time Susan would remember what Alexander said to her on the top floor of the Sunrise Enterprise the day Sunhill signed the takeover contract. As a result, Susan could only dispel such ideas again and again.
The rage within Alexander finally manifested itself under Susan’s instigation. He snatched the printed screenshots and threw them coldly at her face. As the living room was slowly covered with papers, Susan glanced at some of them and suddenly turned pale.
“Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
The cold gaze staring right into her soul pulled her back to five years ago. Back then, Alexander had her stand on the tethering edge of the top floor while nonchalantly adjusting his cufflinks.
“I think you know best whether Mr. Hunter died of sickness or not. If you don’t want to die a dog’s death like Anna, I can also arrange for you to live the rest of your life in prison.”
“I’ve already agreed to sell Sunrise to your enterprise. What more do you want?”
“Leave Courtney alone. If I get wind of you approaching anybody close to her, consider yourself dead.”
When Susan snapped back from the frightful memory, her knees wobbled as she barely managed to stand straight. Looking again at the group of people in black, she did not dare to be as arrogant as before.
Wiping away the sweat from her forehead, she avoided Alexander’s gaze and looked toward the floorboards of the living room, saying, “Yesterday, it was Tina, that little wench, who followed me. It was after a while that I discovered what she was up to, but I only sent her away and did nothing to her.”
“Didn’t you purposefully lure Tina into an empty alley without surveillance? After that, your car then shortly drove away from the said alley. How dare you say that she wasn’t in your car!”
Alexander rushed forward and choked Susan. The rage within him caused him to tighten his grip until she was rolling her eyes and kicking her feet all over. Seeing this, Eric quickly went up and stopped him.
Panting, Susan shook her head vehemently. “I did not. I only rendered her unconscious. I then drove away after that…”
With a sharp gaze, Alexander looked down at Susan slumped on the ground and raised his hand. “Search this place.”
In an instant, the group of people behind him dispersed, heading to every corner of the villa. Looking up in disbelief, she quickly witnessed her lavish villa become dilapidated, with a porcelain vase smashed as its pieces landed beside her leg.
With bloodshot eyes, she shrieked, “This is illegal, Alexander Duncan!”
“You’re welcome to call the police.” While saying this coldly, Alexander, who upon confirming that no traces of Tina were to be found in the villa, nodded and walked out of the compound.
Just as he was about to step out of the main entrance, he stopped. Although his silhouette was slightly blurred by the dim light, his low voice was still as piercing as ever.
“Susan, you better pray that Tina is fine. Otherwise, I will make good on what I said back then.”
His fading footsteps matched her beating heart. It was until he finally disappeared from her sight that she quickly took her phone out and dialed a number.
“Woozy, have you found the brat?”
“I told you that you shouldn’t have messed around with Tina. Are you sure that she was gone by the time you went back? Or did you actually hide her away in secret?”
Susan then fell silent.
Hanging up, she loosened up slightly before clenching her teeth after recalling what happened last night.
On the way back from the villa to Sunhill, Eric kept peeking at Alexander in the rearview mirror. Eric’s hair stood on end after he remembered what had taken place just now.
Looking outside, Alexander had a calm but solemn stare. Suddenly, something came to his mind as he took out his phone from his pocket.
“Josh, about Mr. Hunter’s death that I told you to find out five years ago—”
There was total silence.
“Alright, come back then. As fast as possible.”
After hanging up, Alexander recalled watching Courtney not eat or sleep because of her father’s passing five years ago, which made it a painful memory for him. He ordered Josh to investigate the whole situation after overhearing some of Courtney and Susan’s conversations.
Although Josh did manage to find something, he and Courtney had completely fallen apart at that point. Therefore, he had chased Josh, who was there to report this matter to him, away. Since then, nobody brought this subject up in front of him again.
“Eric, to the police station.”
Leaning on the car seat, Alexander was slightly fatigued from running around nonstop, but he still had to keep his wits about him. In the short timeframe that he shut his eyes, his phone rang again.
“What’s wrong?”
“Alexander, Courtney’s missing—”
Cameron was the one who called and in obvious panic.
“After we came back from the police station, Courtney kept mumbling about needing to find that man, but I told her to hold it off until you return. Yet, she was gone after I accidentally dozed off.”
Closing his eyes, Alexander immediately hung up and called Courtney multiple times but to no avail.
“Go to Sakura Restaurant.”
…
Stepping into the Japanese restaurant, Courtney was greeted by a picture on the wall. At this time, a waiter in a kimono approached to ask about the number of guests.
Waving her hand, Courtney replied, “I’m looking for someone.”
“Who are you looking for?”
“My brother.”
She pointed at the man in the picture.
Understanding her intentions immediately, the waitress smiled before saying, “Mike isn’t working here anymore. So, you’re his sister. You are beautiful.”
While mumbling to herself, Courtney noticed something and showed an embarrassed face.
“Does my brother often mention me to you?”
“He does. He only smiles whenever he mentions his beloved sister each time. The boss had chided him countless times because of this.”
“Then, where is he now?”
Feeling a bit guilty, the woman then tugged on Courtney’s sleeve and went to the side.
“Didn’t Mike tell you? It’s actually because of me. That day, I accidentally spilled some alcohol on a customer’s shirt, and he only got fired because he took the fall for me. I bet he didn’t want to tell you because you might get worried. He said that he has a nice income being a fishmonger at the market too…”
“At the market?”
The woman looked at Courtney truthfully and nodded profusely with gigantic eyes.
“Which market?”
“That I don’t know. But it should be somewhere around here—”
Without waiting for her to finish, Courtney was already about to leave when she suddenly remembered something. Turning back, she shoved two notes in the girl’s hands.
“Don’t tell my brother that I was here.”
