Chapter 26 A Night of Search
Hopelessly sitting on the couch, even Nicole herself didn’t know how she managed to live through the night. Under her eyes were the stains of her ruined makeup which she had yet to remove that made her seem extremely petty. It wouldn’t even be an overexaggeration to describe her as a banshee.
Meanwhile, accompanying by her side was Zachary, who was constantly making calls and contacting everyone he knew to scour for Hayden’s whereabouts.
Every minute that passed agitated her more as she remained in a posture, stationarily sitting on the couch until the sun rose. Because she had kept her eyes still for too long, when she eventually moved her eyes, she felt a sting in them.
At her zoned-out look, Zachary couldn’t help but feel pained. Pouting his lips, he turned to Nicole and suggested, “Nicole, why don’t you go get some rest? I’ll tell you as soon as I receive news about Hayden.”
Upon his timbre, there was finally movement on her frozen face. She turned to Zachary with a forced grin, and with a feeble voice, she replied, “I’m fine.”
Hearing that, Zachary hesitated to say anything knowing he wouldn’t be able to persuade her given her immense worry for her son. Subtly, he heaved a sigh and continued contacting his peers. He gave up sleeping for the entire night as he was, too, concerned about Hayden.
Right when Nicole spaced out, her phone beeped in her pocket. Immediately, she grabbed her phone and saw it was a call from Colton. Hastily, she answered the call and put the phone by her ear.
“My men found some news about your son. He was last seen at Pine Harbor. A witness saw some thugs carrying him onto a ship,” Colton stated.
At once, Nicole’s heart began to palpitate as she gripped her phone so hard that her hand paled. Ship? Hayden was brought to the sea? All of a sudden, her vision turned dark, but fortunately, Zachary managed to hold her up, or she would have collapsed onto the floor. Gasping, she quickly pursued the matter, asking, “President Gardner, have you found the thugs yet?”
“Only information about them. If everything goes according to plan, we’ll be able to locate them today. I’ll update you as soon as I can,” Colton said.
“Thank you, President Gardner,” she immediately thanked.
“You may drop the courtesy,” he faintly replied. After hanging up, Colton lay backward and rested his entire body against the back of his chair, visibly fatigued. With his slender fingers, he pinched the bridge of his nose, gently massaging it. As he was about to rest for a bit and shut his dreamy eyes, the phone on his desk rang. He answered the call, one hand on his forehead, and asked coolly, “What is it?”
“President Gardner, the thugs were just done with their traveling procedures. It seems like they’re going to hide themselves. We’re now sealing the airport, and all there’s left to do is wait,” the informant on the call conveyed.
Colton nodded. In order to look for Nicole’s son, he hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep the entire night. He then inquired with his hoarse voice, “Have you seen the kid?”
“Not yet. For now, we can only look for those thugs, and then we’ll force the kid’s whereabouts out from them.” Having received the commission from Colton, the informant and his crew had searched for Hayden the whole night. Hence, they, too, were exhausted. They first started with scrutinizing surveillance footage to track down the child before finding the thugs, leading to their progress now.
“Mm. Find the kid at all costs,” Colton icily ordered. He loosened his fingers that were pressing his brows as he figured that his effort was worth it. Once he succeeded in helping Lisa, Gardner Corporation would certainly thrive in the clothing industry.
After all, a businessman’s purpose was to amass profits.
